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Marking Transgender Awareness Week, we reshare Rotary Club chair Monica Mulholland's story. Monica Mulholland was the first trans chair person of Rotary New Zealand's Inner Wheel Club. Monica grew up in 1960s Catholic Ireland and came out as trans in her fifties after decades of hiding her true identity.

Topics discussed:

1. Being transgender and growing up in 1960s Catholic Ireland
2. Coming out as trans later in life
3. Leading the way in LGBTQ+ rights and representation in the conservative Rotary Club community

Links mentioned in this episode:

• http://outcastpod.com
• https://www.mindfood.com/article/brand-new-me/

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

Marking Transgender Awareness Week, we reshare Australian influencer AJ Clementine's story. AJ tells Rosie her coming out story and discusses why positive trans representation on screen and elsewhere in the media is so crucial.

Topics discussed:

1. Coming out as transgender.
2. Gender dismorphia.
3. Gender confirmation surgery.
4. Trans representation on screen.
5. Social media and activism.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://outcastpod.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu2P3v6-gW5aMDGQA2EOFXQ
• https://www.minus18.org.au/
• https://www.murdochbooks.com.au/browse/books/biography-memoir/memoirs/Girl-Transcending-AJ-Clementine-9781922351609

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

Rosie catches up with her distant cousin, singer-songwriter, charity worker and radio presenter Libby Pentreath, and they disciuss Libby’s experience of being a gay in 1980s Surrey and starting a family.

Topics discussed:

1. Loving guys and girls in the 1980s onwards
2. Coming out in a religious family
3. Having a child as part of a same-sex couple in the 1990s

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://sites.google.com/site/oneandallaid/home
• https://libbypentreath.bandcamp.com/

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

Special re-release of Australian novelist and queer sex worker Tilly Lawless's coming out story.

Tilly Lawless is a Sydney-based novelist and queer sex worker who uses her platform to speak up for sex worker, LGBTQ+ and women’s rights. She shares her coming out story with Rosie Pentreath, and discusses what it's like being gay in her industry.

Topics discussed:

1. Coming out as gay
2. LGBTQ+ experiences and rights
3. Queer sex workers
4. Debut novel, ‘Nothing But My Body’

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://outcastpod.com/ https://archermagazine.com.au/2018/01/tilly-lawless-making-space/

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

This week, Rosie is joined by the RAF’s Wing Commander Mark Abrahams OBE, who shares what it was like being gay while rising up the ranks in the British military, coming out in the Air Force, and helping to establish the RAF’s thriving LGBT+ Freedom Network.

Topics discussed:

1. Being LGBTQ+ being banned in the UK military before 2000
2. Coming out in the Royal Air Force
3. The UK military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ era
4. Founding the RAF’s LGBT Forum and LGBT+ Freedom Network

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

In the final episode of Season 2, British comedian and writer Rosie Jones shares what it was like coming out as a lesbian after achieving fame with her comedy, and discusses why representation of people with disabilities is so vital for a better world.

Topics discussed:

1. Comedian Rosie Jones’s coming out story
2. Why ‘lesbian’ has become such a loaded word
3. How Rosie overcomes the voice of doubt in her head
4. Becoming a comedian and coming out
5. What it’s like coming out as gay with cerebral palsy
6. The Amazing Edie Eckhart

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://outcastpod.com

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

Special re-release of British comedian, actor, writer and disability activist Rosie Jones's coming out story.

British comedian and writer Rosie Jones shares what it was like coming out as a lesbian after achieving fame with her comedy, and discusses why representation of people with disabilities is so vital for a better world.

Topics discussed:

1. Comedian Rosie Jones’s coming out story
2. Why ‘lesbian’ has become such a loaded word
3. How Rosie overcomes the voice of doubt in her head
4. Becoming a comedian and coming out
5. What it’s like coming out as gay with cerebral palsy
6. The Amazing Edie Eckhart

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://outcastpod.com

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

This week, Irish clarinettist Jessie Grimes reveals what it’s like being gay growing up in Ireland, how the classical music industry approaches LGBTQ+ representation, and what it’s like for same-sex couples starting a family.

Topics discussed:

1. Coming out in Ireland in the 2000s
2. Being queer in classical music
3. Starting a family with a same-sex partner

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://www.homemadegardenjam.com/

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

This week, editor of OutNews Global, Rob Harkavy, shares his experience of being bisexual in the 70s and 80s, and being a leader in the LGBTQ+ travel and media industries.

Topics discussed:

1. Bisexuality
2. Being LGBTQ+ and Jewish
3. The LGBTQ+ travel industry
4. How the LGBTQ+ community is navigating social media

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://outcastpod.com
• https://outnewsglobal.com

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

Special re-release of Dutch actor and ANNE+ star Hanna van Vliet's coming out story.

* ANNE+ star and co-creator Hanna van Vliet tells her coming out story, and discusses what it's like being an out LGBTQ+ television and film actor.

Topics discussed:

Coming out in Amsterdam Being an LGBTQ+ actor ANNE+ Dutch TV series and Netflix film Links mentioned in this episode:

https://outcastpod.com https://www.netflix.com/title/81337079

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.