Slacks

We’re back on the topic of lesbian families, chatting all things adoption with very special guest Ali Donnelly, Director of Marketing and Communications at Sport England and Founder of scrumqueens.com. From the very first conversation with her wife about having a family to her current life with a gorgeous, boisterous three-year-old daughter, Ali tells the how, what, when and why of adopting in the UK as a lesbian couple.

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The days have been manic and Christmas is getting closer each day so this week we talk about what self-care means to each of us. Is calendar phobia a thing? Are the colours we wear hiding a deeper meaning? Can you ever self-care too much? We unpack, unfold and unwind together, so join us!

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This week we are joined by the fantastic Tash Walker - co-chair of Switchboard https://switchboard.lgbt and co-host of The Log Books Podcast – who tells us all about Switchboard’s essential work for the queer community and gives us a taster of her incredible new podcast. Dig with us into the never-before-seen archives of LGBT+ history, told straight from the mouth of who was there - you won’t want to miss this one trust us!

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Sleep is everything. But what if your partner is up at the crack of dawn while you shine brightest between 10.45pm and 11pm like Darina? Tricky. This week the Slacks discuss couples sleeping in separate beds, telling your crush how you feel (eek!), playing ‘the Game’ and sliding into those sweet, sweet DMs.

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We're baaack! After our little break from traveling around, getting married and having babies, we're back to discuss privacy in relationships. Is privacy important, and do we need to divulge everything from our sexual encounters, numbers, mobile phone passwords, and more.

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Your questions keep pouring in, and so do our answers. We’ve squashed our three lesbian brains together once again to give you a ton of well-meaning but non-professional advice, discuss the all-important rule of the three Cs, starting out on the scene and plenty more. Buckle up!

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Who remembers the first time they saw a lesbian on screen? We do! Joined by superstar actress Victoria Broom (Marcella Season 2, Different for Girls, The Bisexual) we discuss what gives us the ‘warm tinglies’, like lesbian representation in film, Saint Cate Blanchett, the second coming of the L Word and plenty more.

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The Slackers answer your questions! Riding on a wave of ‘opinionated rubbish’, we weigh in on fake veganism, when to come out at work, ethical lying, dental dams and plenty more questions sent in by all you listeners. Email [email protected] for the chance to win some sweet sweet swag.

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In this episode we welcome our very first guest, the wonderful Amy Sgarlata, a broadcast journalist and mother of two, who talks us through what ‘going down the IVF route’ actually means for a lesbian couple. With plenty of humour and patience, Amy answers our - at times bewildered - questions to shed some much-needed light over this fascinating process.

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Oh boy, here we go. Coming out is one of the biggest, hardest and most memorable moments for LGBTQ+ people everywhere. In this episode we tell our individual coming out stories as young – and not so young – lesbians, and remember how the happy news landed on families, friends and, for some, unsuspecting boyfriends. Buckle up, this one’s a bumpy ride.

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