New Radio Show: Being LGBT

SparkFM, the Sunderland University radio station, has launched a new show, ‘Being LGBT’.  The station has deservedly won a stack of awards, and this latest show marks a new project for the extremely talented Sam Willey.  It’s every Wednesday at 2pm (and you may hear a familiar voice in the near future) , and you can catch it on listen again if you missed it.

This week:

Kieron Brady former Sunderland football player, now equality expert with CICI speaks about homophobia in the game.

Lindsay England from the Just a Ball Game? initiative says more needs to be done to tackle homophobia in football.

Megan Worthing-Davies from Football V Homophobia chats to us live about the campaign and her involvement with the Justin Campaign.

Lewis Moody, former England Rugby international speaks out, calling for more open LGBT people in Sport.

Gentoo and the Tyne and Wear Fire Service talk to us about being a North East employer included in the Stonewall Top 100 of LGB friendly employers.

Check it out here.

Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India

I was recently fortunate enough to chair a brilliant author meets reader session at the SLSA Annual Conference in Leicester.  The book in question was Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India (published by Princeton University Press) from the wonderful Prabha Kotiswaran from SOAS.   The text had just been crowned winner of the SLSA-Hart Prize for Early Career Academics, and she recently appeared on Laurie Taylor’s Thinking Allowed.  You can still listen to the programme here – give it a whirl.

Pride Radio

I’ve previously given a big shout out to the wonderful Manchester based queer radio station, Gaydio. If you’ve not tuned in, check them out here. I’ve also recently re-discovered a North East based queer radio station – Pride Radio. It’s very good and they are trying to get a FM license to broadcast all year round rather than just in the run up to Pride. Please go on their website (wherever you are in the world), and give them a little listen. Check them out here.