Pink Saltire Podcasts

In this new podcast series for Scotland's Year of Stories 2022, we examine how life has changed for LGBT+ people often on the margins of our community.

Episode 5 features Steven, a 28-yr-old asexual man who lives in Fife. Steven talks openly about misconceptions about asexuality and how he feels that lack of sexual attraction is often misunderstood, even within our LGBT+ community. As a major social media influencer, Steven also talks about the benefits but also the challenges having an online presence can create.

This project is supported by the Year of Stories Community Fund support from Event Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museum Galleries Scotland.

In this new podcast series for Scotland's Year of Stories 2022, we examine how life has changed for LGBT+ people often on the margins of our community.

Episode 4 features Dana, who is non-binary and has moved from Spain to live in Inverness. They explore issues of identity and gender in this episode, including why safe spaces are so important in helping us live our lives in an authentic way. They also look at how we can all play a part in removing barriers for non-binary people by simply using more inclusive language.

This project is supported by the Year of Stories Community Fund support from Event Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museum Galleries Scotland.

In this new podcast series for Scotland's Year of Stories 2022, we examine how life has changed for LGBT+ people often on the margins of our community.

Episode 3 features Billy and Katelyn, who both have transgender identities and have made Scotland their new home. As well as frank and open discussions about body dysphoria, Billy and Katelyn share how important friends have been in their journey and how we can all break down barriers of stigma and discrimination.

This project is supported by the Year of Stories Community Fund support from Event Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museum Galleries Scotland.

In this new podcast series for Scotland's Year of Stories 2022, we examine how life has changed for LGBT+ people often on the margins of our community.

Episode 2 features Denny, who moved from rural Brazil to Oban, on the west coast of Scotland. Denny shares how welcoming Scotland has been and how different life was growing up as an LGBT+ person in Brazil.

This project is supported by the Year of Stories Community Fund support from Event Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museum Galleries Scotland.

In this new podcast series for Scotland's Year of Stories 2022, we examine how life has changed for LGBT+ people often on the margins of our community.

Episode 1 features two older lesbian women from rural Scotland, Elaine and Michelle, who share the challenges of their early lives and coming out against the backdrop of real change in Scotland for LGBT+ people in recent years.

This project is supported by the Year of Stories Community Fund support from Event Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museum Galleries Scotland.

In the final part of our podcast series exploring the lives of LGBT older people in Scotland, we talk with David, Donald, Angela and John.

They share memories of dating when social attitudes were very different, and explore how bisexual erasure can still be an issue within our community today.

In this episode, Pink Saltire's Dom Miller-Graham talks to Donald, Denise and Neil in the fifth part of our 6-part podcast series.

Issues explored in this episode include why it's so important to continue re-telling the experiences of LGBT+ people to younger generations; why we need to have better self-care, and; the fears of isolation for many older LGBT+ people as they age.

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Join Pink Saltire's Dom Miller-Graham as he returns to talk with Charlie and Michael, in the fourth part of our 6-part podcast series.

The men explore how politics played a big part in their activism and how life outside the central belt could be very isolating for some LGBT+ people.

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Join Pink Saltire's Dom Miller-Graham here in Episode 3 of our podcast charting the lives and experiences of LGBT+ older people in Scotland.

In this episode, he talks to Emma who shares her emotional and moving experiences as a trans woman in Scotland, the effect on family and her political awakening.

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Join Pink Saltire's Dom Miller-Graham as he talks to Jenny in the second part of our podcast series recounting the lives and experiences of LGBT+ people in Scotland aged 50+.

Julie the experiences which shaped their early lives and led to community activism and the improvement of healthcare for our community.

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