The way we heal pain is not by transmitting, it’s about transforming it.

This podcast was a dream to record. It was one of those conversations that leave you feeling uplifted for ages afterwards.

We talked about a range of different topics from:

-James’s trans experience, including when he first knew and how people in his life reacted & the person who really gave him an opportunity to feel supported during that confusing & challenging time

-The relatively small issue of gender neutral bathrooms and the more important issues that need to be discussed around support for talking therapy and medical care

-We are more than one label

-The joy and love that shines through from the LGBTQIA community

-Mental health and the seasons of life & depression

-Leaning in to your genuine, authentic self on social media

-Inclusive sex education in schools and how that can better support LGBTQIA young people

-Creating open and safe spaces for LGBTQIA young people to have conversations in schools and youth groups across Scotland

-The lack of LGBTQIA role models in leadership potentials and how much of difference it would make for young people in Scotland

-Being a lighthouse for people you love when they need support back to shore

-Politics and the lack of representation and lived experience 

& so much more