Talk to Touch - Open Conversation with Queer Artists & Creatives

This is my final interview from Birmingham Gay Pride. It was an opportunity to hear about queer life from the perspective of a man who came out when being gay was illegal. Listen out for new episodes every Monday Click the “Follow” button so you will always stay up to date with new episodes 🔔 Share with someone you think might like and benefit from the podcast Thank you for listening DK Shai 🌻 x...

One thing about life is you never know who you'll meet along the way. This interview was not only fun and entertaining, but educational too - it will remain in my memory of my first Pride. These guys were the best. A huge thanks and hugs to Tom and Chris 🧡 xx --- Listen out for new episodes every Monday Click the “Follow” button so you will always stay up to date with new episodes Share with some...

Welcome to season 2. I kick off by sharing with you my first Gay Pride experience. There are impromptu interviews with participants and attendees. My knees are still recovering from the hours of dancing, but I have no regrets. Enjoy. xxx Listen out for new episodes every Monday Click the “Follow” button so you will always stay up to date with new episodes Share with someone you think might like th...

With Birmingham Pride next week and university starting too, I share with you what I’ve learned since starting this podcast, the changes come and plans for Talk to Touch’s future. Infused with the odd mini-rant, I share my new podcast format and what's to come. I'm excited. 🥳 Click the “Follow” button so you will always stay up to date with new episodes where ever you listen to your favourite pod...

The joy of discovering independent cinema, BFI and recommending Firebird. https://firebirdmovie.com/sergeys-story/ If interested in exploring more queer cinema that celebrates our community, check out: BFI FLARE: The London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 12 days of the best new LGBTQ+ cinema https://player.bfi.org.uk/help https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online/ Youtube: https://youtu.be/D7XT9OWifHs --- L...

It can be difficult to love our queerness and who we are when society tells us we don’t belong. How can we love and respect ourselves despite the constant rhetoric of being othered? There are steps each of us can take to overcome shame and fear - starting with loving our bodies. Listen out for new episodes every Monday Click the “Follow” button so you will always stay up to date with new epis...

Imagine forgiving yourself for past mistakes; how different would your life be? In this 2-part episode, What is The Worst That Could Happen If (WITWTCHI): You Were Willing to Forgive Yourself? I discuss what impact not practicing self-forgiveness has on our lives, and the ways in which it keeps us trapped. I also share practical steps I used to overcome guilt and regret to move my life forward. In...

Part 2: What Is The Worst That Could Happen If We Learned Not to Hate? if you don't understand something, you should ask questions about it and engage with it rather than shut it out and criminalize, make it a pariah. If you've got questions about something, ask those questions rather than hating the thing that you don't understand.  Wilow Listen out for new episodes every Monday Click the “F...

This is a two part episode filled with interviews of unsuspecting people, about the downside of learning not to hate. Is there a downside to not hating? I wonder... Few of us, if any, have considered the consequences of not hating or if it's even a possibility. Is it a learned behaviour? Or is it integral to the human psyche? Listen to find out if anyone thought hate had its benefits.   If so...

What is the worst that would happen if: you learn to understand someone else's life from their point of view?   Learning to understand the lives of others can be challenging, especially when we have not learned how to listen without our judgement and biases blocking our ears. We can enhance our LGBTQ+ community skills by choosing to open up to the idea of learning about our fellow community m...

If I was permitted to keep only one book, I would keep this one. It has so many voices and so many stories to share. It is absolutely worth keeping on your bookshelf because it is so diverse in the people that have contributed to it and the stories really do teach you about the lives of others. So it's very difficult to read this book and become insular and just have one point of view.  How d...

Start seeing the world differently. Meet people who can teach you new things about life that you never knew. It challenges your biases and it can increase your curiosity. It teaches you also how to build rapport, to develop that win-win so that you can learn to disagree with people respectfully. It can build a more inclusive community. https://youtu.be/1YO1FmVAPrA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

In the second part of this two part episode, James discusses an important decision that changed our relationship finding a way forward towards a win-win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A personal interview with James Priestley revealing how he handled his wife coming out as queer and how he chose to handle it. At about 13:37 mins in, I was trying to recall the name of a podcast. It is a brilliant and funny podcast called The Guilty Feminist, where they start a sentence with the phrase - “I am a feminist but…” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A podcast about making connections, touching each other's lives, listening to people who we might not usually include in our social circle, to build a more inclusive queer community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode, I explain why I started this podcast and how I feel about the need for open conversation with those outside of our usual social circle. Building unity and cohesion between us means we can teach the straight world what unity, compassion and respect for your fellow human being looks like; regardless of their sexuality. In this first episode, I explain where I'm coming from, wh...