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Queer chat, news and laughs with Graeme Smith joined by an array of guests and regulars. Including Cosmopolitan and Gay London Life columnist Topher Taylor, transmasculine icon Paris Munro, Fire London DJ Nick Charles, queer artist Liam McDonald + guests from professors to porn stars. Including the latest LGBTQ+ world news with Kev McGrath. winner-GOLD at BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS "As well as compelling debates, this is also a lighthearted podcast in many ways.. an eclectic mix of guests" - The ...
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Football chat and occasional analysis from non-experts of "the beautiful game"....what could possibly go wrong?! Originally from the UK, but now living in Australia and New Zealand we are football loving outcasts in these oval ball sport dominated countries!
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Liam McDonald is in the studio with Graeme Smith this week, chatting about the latest happenings and events across the queer diaspora. Get involved on Tik Tok and Instagram just search PLAYOUTCASTUK. Includes a news update from Kev McGrath at Pride daily. THIS IS OUTCAST UK --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcas…
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Topher Taylor and Graeme Smith are in the studio talking about what the Diane Abbott story says about us as a nation and the NHS stopping giving puberty blockers to under 18's.Plus a check on the week's LGBTQ+ news stories with Kev McGrath from Pride Daily.THIS IS OUTCAST UK--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcas…
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There has been an explosion in STIs in the UK in the last decade. But at the same time government funding for the services that treat potentially life threatening conditions has been dramatically cut in real terms. We speak to sexual heath expert Dr John White this week to discuss access to sexual health services and the ease of Hep C testing durin…
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With the shock news of queer strictly veteran Robin Windsor's passing this week, Graeme Smith talks to his friend David Allwood about grief and loneliness.We're also talking about the film that has cinema audiences in tears - all of us strangers AND how queer dance collective Homoparody is bringing the community together in London.Plus Kev is here …
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Our resident tart with a heart Topher is fronting this week's episode and takes Graeme along to the Grabby awards pre party in London. The great and good from the European gay porn industry throw an awards bash once a year with best bottom, best top and best collab. Thanks to sites like Only Fans, adult stars are no longer under the control of the …
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This week Graeme is talking through some of the world's biggest queer news with the New York born actor and podcaster Cameron Bernard Jones.Including the significance of Colman Domingo's Oscar nomination for the black queer community. Why Google have used the mid 20th century author civil rights activist and author James Baldwin.Also the worsening …
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Graeme is joined by cancelled queer artist Liam McDonald to chat through all the goings on across the LGBTQ+ diaspora of late. Including the obsession with Gypsy Rose and why the senate twink is all of us. Also we also ask if chemsex has in fact peaked or is it still going strong after surveys show crystal meth use in the Manchester gay scene is hi…
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Sex educator, and Gay London Life columnist, Topher Taylor, joins Graeme Smith in the studio to chat about his Only Fans page featuring him performing with downlow straight guys interested in making anon p0rn.Includes a check on the latest LGBTQ+ news stories making the headlines right now with Kev McGrath from Pride Daily.--- Send in a voice messa…
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Paris Munro from Gaydio breakfast joins Graeme Smith to chat through some of the worlds biggest LGBTQ+ news stories.Including an extended chat about the latest on the sad news this week about the death of Sophie Anderson just weeks after her partner.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcastuk/message…
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A mid week catch-up on the week's biggest queer news and chat with special guest Jaxon Feeley.Part two of Graeme Smith's interview with Jaxon Feeley from Channel 4 show Banged up - Stars behind bars. We talk about his reaction to increases in anti trans violence after the murder of Brianna Ghey in Warrington. As a trans man from nearby Wigan and so…
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Jaxon Feeley is a transgender male former prison officer who now appears on the new Channel 4 show Banged up- stars behind bars. Before this he worked in a prison in Wigan where he decided to transition with full knowledge of inmates. Jaxon gained their respect with his bravery and honesty and now a week ahead of organising the huge "live your trut…
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For World AIDS Day 2023 we got the experts in for a chat about all the latest news in the world of HIV. The amazing people behind The HIV podcast - Jessica Harding and Sarah Macadam join Graeme this week. Jess and Sarah are also the bosses of the HIV charity Thames Valley Positive Support and provide much needed support to people with HIV in Berksh…
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Chatting through the week's queer news stories is LGBTQIA activist David Allwood, the winner of Gold at Mr Gay GB 2022, Silver at Mr Gay World 2023 and founder of Homoparody.Minutes before the episode recording, Graeme learned of the sudden death of Oliver Spedding, the partner of Sophie Anderson and that Sophie herself is in hospital following the…
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We are back and after a check on the week's queer news stories with Kev from Pride Daily. GRAEME SMITH talks to Houston based author TATE BARKLEY. His new book outlines his battles with alcohol and partying and how he hit rock bottom and lost his law firm. After a friend paid for him to go into rehab, he built his life back up again. Tate’s 24 year…
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With Graeme still indisposed (he says moving his life from Manchester to London but Kev does not believe this)... Kev McGrath is on hand with a roundup of this world's queer news thanks to our new partnership with Pride Daily.Graeme returns next week with guest US based author, LGBTQ+ advocate and recovering alcoholic Tate Barkley.--- Send in a voi…
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A roundup of the weeks biggest LGBTQ+ news stories from around the world.Queer news man Kev McGrath sits in for Graeme Smith this week and he is back with a preview of his own podcast called Pride Daily. It's a roundup of the days LGBTQ+ news and it will be partnering with OUTCAST UK on our regular episodes to keep us upto date with the queer news …
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Graeme Smith is live in conversation with Ghislain Pascal live from Manchester on the Boys Boys Boys world tour 2023 in front of a live audience at UNITOM in the Northern Quarter. Ghislain was a celebrity agent and publicist for many years – including as agent to the legendary photographer Bob Carlos Clarke. Following the death of Carlos Clarke in …
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The episode begins with a roundup of the latest LGBTQ+ news stories.This week we are in Manchester at the same time as the Tory party but for very different reasons!With a live studio audience in UNTOM in the Northern Quarter, Graeme catches up with Ghislain Pascal, the founder of queer fine art photography series BOYS BOYS BOYS, about freedom of e…
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Graeme Smith is in Manchester this week talking to transmasculine-non binary legend Paris Munro from the Gaydio breakfast show about if things are OK with former cock destroyers star and OUTCAST UK guest Sophie Anderson. The LGBTQ meme star's partner (who appeared on this show with her just a few months ago) announced she was dead on social media a…
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Live from London Podcast Festival 2023 at Kings Place. Graeme Smith is joined by show regulars including the Loud Brown Gay’s podcast host, Gaydio and Fire London DJ Nick Charles. Alongside Topher Taylor – the sex educator, Only Fans model and columnist for Gay London Life magazine.Joining the team for the evening is the controversial queer artist …
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This Friday we are doing our first ever live episode recording of OUTCAST UK at The London Podcast Festival in front of a small ticketed studio audience. On stage will be Graeme Smith hosting as usual, joined by his mate and OG OUTCAST regular NICK CHARLES, The Gaydio host and Loud Brown Gays podcaster. Also joining are sex educator and London Gay …
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Ahead of appearing at our live episode recording at The London podcast festival at Kings Place, Kings Cross, this Friday the 8th September. Show regular Topher Taylor dragged his ass north of the river and dropped into our sketchy London studio in Tottenham.Normally Graeme and Topher catchup remotely but today they've blocked out some time to get i…
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2 years after their first episode went viral . Graeme Smith is catching up with Liam Stonier McDonald in London a week out from a live show at the London Podcast Festival in Kings Cross. Liam will join Graeme, Nick Charles and Topher Taylor for a live recording of an episode of OUTCAST UK in front of a studio audience at the event. This week we're …
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On our last edition of this Summer's Queer news updates on OUTCAST UK, we turn to Manchester Pride. Manchester Pride this year was without a doubt one of the most inclusive yet and saw entry prices seem to come down in price and some special access for lower income groups. This alongside a proudly diverse lineup headed by Danny Beard and Jodie Hars…
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NATHANIEL HALL is a queer icon. He's an actor, theatre-maker, writer, performer, director, producer and HIV activist from Manchester. He is artistic director of DIBBY THEATRE in Manchester - an LGBTQ+ working class theatre company. Recent credits include once in a generation TV drama It's A Sin in which he played love interest of Richie Tozer (play…
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One of the two men, stabbed outside a club in London, in a homophobic attack - says he couldn’t be prouder, to be gay.This comes as LGBTQ+ hate crimes are up massively in the UK in recent years.AND Graeme Smith caught up with LA based queer rapper Bobo Sango ahead of leaving for UK Black Pride this weekend. The "Thirst Trap" and "Stinky face" rappe…
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This weekend is UK Black Pride and this episode is celebrating the voices and perspectives of Queer people of colour from the OUTCAST UK archives.Graeme chats to DJ, music producer and radio presenter NICK CHARLES, LA based Queer rapper BOBO SANGO and DEI speaker in the tech startup world, STEVEN JOHN (who also happens to be Graeme's long term part…
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Bobo Sango is a queer rapper from Los Angeles and has been nicknamed the first male Niki Minaj. Bobo is an openly gay rapper with a genuine love for Hip-Hop. Capable of crossing into pop, Afro-beats and techno. He is a breath of fresh air to the genre.His first big performance was at LA Black Gay Pride in 2019 following the success of his first mix…
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All this summer we have been bringing you the latest queer news and on this episode we're rounding up the positive LGBTQ+ stories of the summer so far.Also this week a look at the Gareth Thomas case as Graeme speaks to Jess and Sarah from The HIV podcast and the bosses of Thames Valley Positive support about the effect coverage has had on people wh…
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In the Queer news... Alex Scott says, she’s still feeling the IMPACT - of her queer solidarity at the Qatar World Cup. (And not in a GOOD way.) Nearly half of young people in America reckon, misgendering someone on purpose - should be a criminal offence. Topher is manning the DM’s and is onhand with advice to all your queer sex and relationships qu…
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In the queer news update this week:Graeme chats to Ghislain Pascal about his Boys Boys Boys queer photography series featuring all the nudes about the difference between porn and art.In the queer news this week:A sixth person may have been Cured of HIV.The Swiss man in his 50s is known as 'The Geneva Patient'.There’s a split between Labour and Scot…
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Newsman Kev is back with the update this week...- Russiw continues to be an absolute bin fire - when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights…The country’s lower house of parliament’s, passed a new law - BANNING gender reassignment surgery. It’s to “protect… citizens and… children…” And people who have transitioned, won’t be allowed to adopt. - Thousands of peopl…
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We're talking London Fetish Week with Topher and he's helping out answer a DM from someone who's just moved to the capital.Newsman Kev is away so Graeme does what can only be described as news cosplay and jumps in for the queen of the queer news update.Also In this weeks update: - More on the fallout from the ruling by America’s Supreme Court meani…
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Greg Owen has been called "one of the U.K.’s most vocal proponents of PrEP", describing himself as the "poster boy for PrEP in the UK". He is the PREP lead for Terrence Higgins Trust and talks frankly about the issues surrounding PREP, being HIV positive and issues surrounding chemsex. He now leads the response at THT into the Mpox outbreak and is …
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ITS YOUR WEEKLY DOSE OF QUEER NEWS FROM OUTCAST UK - KEEPING A KEEN EYE ON THE LATEST LGBTQ+ NEWS STORIES AND REPORTING ON RIGHT WING BATSH*TTERY FROM AROUND THE WORLD.In this weeks update: - Fears, a ruling by America’s Supreme Court means businesses can now legally deny their services to LGBTQ+ people. - The House of Lords has voted to ban the de…
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Sophie Anderson was one part of the legendary LGBTQ+ extreme porn meme duo the cockdestroyers. Life after the destroyers split has been difficult for Sophie who continues to make extreme porn but has lost a boob twice after cosmetic surgery and her and partner, the porn actor and former Crystal Palace footballer Damien Oliver, have also begun recov…
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- This week - we hear about attempts to bring about a law forcing out trans pupils at school from a UK far right party, how Kenya looks set to follow Uganda with extreme anti LGBTQ+ laws. - The actor Jack Holden chats to us exclusively about his Olivier nominated show set in the depths of the HIV/AIDS crisis in late 1980's Soho, London. Cruise that…
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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS VERY ADULT THEMES AND LOTS OF SWEARING.Sophie Anderson is one half of the legendary C*ck Destroyers. She's still not in touch with Rebecca More the other half of the porn duo that went on to host Slag Wars and had legions of LGBTQ+ fans. But in this exclusive chat she makes clear that she would be open to a reconciliation and …
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Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.This week - Laurence Fox seems to struggle to set fire to pride flags in …
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Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.Sesame St is the latest US institution to be targeted by trolls for suppo…
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Dan Tiernan is a 26-year-old, gay, Mancunian with dyspraxia. He’s a high energy act with a gag heavy set all about his weird and chaotic life. He is the comedian of the year and also BBC new comedian of the year.Here he speaks to Graeme about being a standup comic, a dinner lady for a while, his new Edinburgh festival show this summer and ... being…
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Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.The Metropolitan police is a mess, we discuss. Also this week we hear abo…
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Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.Listen to OUTCAST UK on Virgin Radio Pride UK - Ask your smart speaker to pla…
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Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcastu…
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IF YOU'RE ENJOYING OUTCAST UK - RATE AND COMMENT ON THIS PODCAST WHEREVER YOU ARE LISTENING.Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week acros…
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The US based actor Aidan Moreno is in the Netflix series Heartland. After playing the character "Rick" since 2007, they decided to include an LGBTQ+ storyline on the show and was on the receiving end of a massive homophobic backlash from viewers to the show on US and Canadian network TV.Series 16 of the show dropped on Netflix this week and Aidan h…
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IF YOU'RE ENJOYING OUTCAST UK - RATE AND COMMENT ON THIS PODCAST WHEREVER YOU ARE LISTENING.Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week acros…
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