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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. On this episode they talk about the mainstream culture microcosm that was Paul O'Grady's funeral, complete with Julian Clary a...

Topher is the self confessed Tart with a heart, the only fans model and PR manager for Clonezone is up for a grabby award this week at the Gay adult industry awards - The Grabby Awards in Spain this weekend as best adult content creator. He is here again to answer some of your queer sex questions including douching pills advice and some advice for Kinksters on CHASTITY.Also we hear about the recen...

Zara Larsson needs no introduction. She's brought us some of the biggest LGBTQ+ bangers of the last decade and at a young age cemented herself as one of the biggest popstars on the planet. The Swedish born star is back with new music and her current hit single can't tame her is one of the most streamed songs in the UK this year and is a hit across UK radio. She's worked with all the world's bigges...

After news of Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black having their second child by surrogacy in the U.S. we're exploring the different ways LGBTQ+ people are starting a family. Adoption seems to be one of the most popular in the UK right now but other options are available and we're keen to hear your stories around this as more LGBTQ+ people step into parenthood. Children's author Jennie Guay and her par...

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. We're hearing the latest about the UK and Scottish governments fight over the Gender Recognition Act, how Vauxhall's Chariots...

This week Paris is chatting to the US based musician Caroline Rose. Caroline Rose is an artist that has been patiently and effectively building a name for herself over the last few years, gaining increasing levels of acclaim with a steady stream of alternative pop bangers. Her latest full length offering Superstar is more of the same, and looks set to make Caroline just that. The artists latest fu...

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. After a news roundup of this weeks biggest LGBTQ+ stories ...this week we're talking about the self appointed voices of the LG...

Can you believe that Rumpelstiltskin is still being read in school? It’s a very old story – well past its time if ever there was one. It’s a story filled with misogyny, greed, and abuse; selling a daughter for financial gain, holding that daughter captive until she performs an impossible task, and all for the benefit of men. If that’s not a terrifying message to send to our kids, I don’t know what...

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. After a news roundup of this weeks biggest LGBTQ+ stories ...This week we talk about the sad loss of the scouse/LGBTQ+ and nan...

HoneyLuv is an Los Angeles based House DJ & producer. From a basketball player, turned U.S Navy sailor, turned DJ/Producer, Honey Luv is a force to be reckoned with. Hailing from a city filled with house culture, Cleveland’s own Honey Luv is currently taking the dance music scene by storm. She made her first debut with spinning Hip Hop and R&B music on Dash Radio as a Guest DJ for celebrity traine...

Baltimore singer/songwriter/DJ/producer and music legend Ultra Naté has long been adored by electronic, dance and pop fans since the early 90's. Three decades on with massive crowd stompers such as Twisted, Automatic, Party Girl, New Kind Of Medicine, Found A Cure, How Long (Ultra Flava) and the Top 10 pop nugget, If You Could Read My Mind, 2022 finds Ultra Naté joyously celebrating the enduring a...

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS VERY EXPLICIT ADVICE TO LISTENERS SEXUAL HEALTH ISSUES, JUST SO YOU KNOW!Whether its anxieties around cleanliness or questions around kink... Topher's DM's are always open. Graeme Smith talks with self confessed Tart with a heart,  OnlyFans model, columnist for Gay London Life and Clonezone PR brand manager Topher about sex, sex tech and relationships questions from OUTCAST U...

The morning after Joesef SMASHED a gig at Manchester Academy, mid way through a huge UK tour and as his debut album "Permanent Damage" is available to stream and buy we have an exclusive chat. Graeme is catching up with Paris Munro again about their new podcast Queer & The Beat. This week Paris catches up with LGBTQ+ musician Joesef, with details on THAT KISS people are going wild about from Joese...

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT ADVICE TO LISTENERS SEXUAL HEALTH ISSUES, JUST SO YOU KNOW!Whether its the best way to douche, anxieties around cleanliness or questions around kink... Topher's DM's are always open. Graeme Smith talks with self confessed Tart with a heart,  OnlyFans model, columnist for Gay London Life and Clonezone PR brand manager Topher about sex, sex tech and relationships quest...

Graeme Smith and Paris Munro catch up about the new podcast QUEER & THE BEAT... featuring an exclusive chat with MARTIN IKIN.DJ / Producer since 1991, Martin Ikin AKA: Soul Purpose, Indigo, MIGrant, DJ Mayhem, etc etc… Too many Aliases to mention them all…As well as producing, DJing, spending years employed as an in-house engineer at several recording studios, he’s also studied jazz piano, has bee...

Featuring exclusive interview highlights with JP from Cash Cash talking about mental heath and music. Graeme Smith chats to Gaydio radio presenter Paris Munro about the launch of their brand new podcast ‘Queer & The Beat’.Based in Manchester, the queer nonbinary presenter currently hosts the Gaydio Breakfast show weekdays from 7am. They have a passion for music, and love being goofy with their gue...

Graeme is talking to Shivani Dave on the morning after the Manchester and London vigils following the horrific killing of Brianna Ghey in Warrington. The media and political landscape has become more transphobic than ever, we discuss the implications for the LGBTQ+ community. We also talk about the importance of keeping your cool when dealing with transphobia after Shivani’s recent appearances on...

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DRUGS REFERENCES SOME PEOPLE IN RECOVERY MAY FIND TRIGGERING. 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. But did you know tha...

On this episode Graeme Smith catches up with the founder of iwantprepnow.co.uk and PREP lead for national UK HIV charity, Terrence Higgins Trust, Greg Owen. Greg is unique .... born in Belfast in the 80's he moved to London to study dance and drama... he like many of us has talked frankly about doing sex work and his experiences of chemsex. In fact... HIV researcher Sheena McCormack credits him wi...

Former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas has settled a legal dispute with an ex-partner who accused him of "deceptively" transmitting HIV to him. Ian Baum alleged Mr Thomas hid his HIV status and "failed to take reasonable care" to ensure he did not pass it on. The former British and Irish Lion said he had settled the case for £75,000 plus costs, but it was not an admission of liability or guilt....

We gather the facts and consider the implications of the standoff between the Scottish and the UK Government over trans rights. After 5 years of consultations, the Scottish government set about updating their gender recognition laws and a coalition of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, The Greens and The Scottish Labour Party recently passed the Gender recognition act. The vote in the Scottish parliament was...

After the boxer Chris Eubank Jnr was on the receiving end of what sounded a lot like homophobic abuse from the boxer Liam Smith we listen to the exchange in full and talk about what happened. Is mens sport intrinsically homophobic? Are LGBTQ+ people often on the receiving end of this kind of dog whistle/ teenage boy banter? Graeme is joined by LGBTQ+ activist and radio producer Calum McFabulous to...

Right now it's trans people being vilified by the right wing press and government around the world. But beware, it could be you on the menu next in the culture wars. Maybe the real enemy is toxic masculinity? Another talk with Graeme Smith and Steven John. Everything you do online is tracked, fix it in two minutes, get up to 75% off NordVPN on outcastworld.net--------------------------------------...

Topher is the PR Brand Manager at Clonezone and a bit of a star on social media and more recently on TV sex documentaries. He gives sex and relationship advice to his Only Fans followers as well as making adult content and advising on the latest sex tech to consumers. He also gives advice to LGBTQ+ sex toy manufacturers in the development of new products. He's never happier than when he's replying...

Diversity and DEI in most organisations is seen as a nice to have, but more and more research shows that it creates more successful and profitable organisations. Steven John continues to talk about DEI and it's practical applications. Also how is the Conservative party one of the most diverse parties in UK politics, whilst not appearing to actively support progressive policies around the rights of...