Virgin Radio Pridecast

Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley step up to the My Pride Playlist microphone for our first ever double headed MPP.  Lotte and Stu are the hosts of ‘From Gay to Ze’ podcast and authors of ‘The Queer Parent’.  Lotte is an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor for Grazia Magazine, Stu is a publicist that has worked on some of the biggest film franchises in history including Star Wars...

Bisi Alimi is the founder and the Executive Director of the Bisi Alimi Foundation, an organisation working to accelerate social acceptance of LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria. The charity’s aim is work towards a Nigeria where everyone is equal irrespective of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity.  This is a fascinating chat where Bisi talks through his troubled childhood growing up in Nigeria, the s...

Benjy and Rod are back on Virgin Radio Pride delving into some top LGBTQ+ telly moments! In this episode they are joined by the actor Charlie Condou. Charlie chats through his career, from Gimme Gimme Gimme to Coronation Street, and picks his favourite telly moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma Goswell is back on Virgin Radio Pride with her Weekend Outing every Sunday from 6pm - 9pm! In this episode Emma chats to Keith from the LGBTQ+ charity Mermaids and Kate O'Donnell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma Goswell is back on Virgin Radio Pride with her Weekend Outing every Sunday from 6pm - 9pm! In this episode Emma chats to Eric Marcus from the podcast Making Gay History. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma Goswell is back on Virgin Radio Pride with her Weekend Outing every Sunday from 6pm - 9pm! In this episode Emma chats to the Queer I Am podcast and the world's first openly trans referee Lucy Clark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma Goswell is back on Virgin Radio Pride with her Weekend Outing every Sunday from 6pm - 9pm! In this episode Emma chats to Proud 2 B Parents, an inclusive organisation for all routes to parenthood, and 3 Queers and a Song Contest, a fabulous podcast for anyone interested in Eurovision! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Matt & Harry! A brand new show from bestselling author Matt Cain and life coach Harry Glasstone. Together, they're talking about all things relationships! From partners, friends, families and everything in-between, Matt and Harry want to explore what makes relationships in the queer community so special. So, they're putting their heads together to solve your dilemmas, put their own...

Welcome to Matt & Harry! A brand new show from bestselling author Matt Cain and life coach Harry Glasstone. Together, they're talking about all things relationships! From partners, friends, families and everything in-between, Matt and Harry want to explore what makes relationships in the queer community so special. So, they're putting their heads together to solve your dilemmas, put their own...

Welcome to Matt & Harry! A brand new show from bestselling author Matt Cain and life coach Harry Glasstone. Together, they're talking about all things relationships! From partners, friends, families and everything in-between, Matt and Harry want to explore what makes relationships in the queer community so special. So, they're putting their heads together to solve your dilemmas, put their own...

For a while, MPOX (previously named monkeypox) looked set to be the next covid. Fortunately, the outbreak in the UK was largely controlled - but one year on, it's still blighting the lives of gay, bisexual and queer men who have sex with men. So where are we at? How has our understanding of the science changed? And what do people who've had the virus have to say about their painful experiences?&nb...

Writer, radio presenter, Church of England clergyman and multi-instrumentalist Richard Coles joins Steve to pick his Pride Playlist. Richard shares stories from his time in The Communards with Jimmy Somerville, coming to terms with his sexuality, his work as a Vicar and life as an author.  Richard’s Pride Playlist includes tracks from Bronski Beat, Prince, Soul II Soul, Noel Coward & The...

Broadcasting legend and the latest member of the Virgin Radio family NICK GRIMSHAW joins Steve for My Pride Playlist. Nick shares the song that always makes him want to dance, his coming out journey, his experiences at Pride and stories from his illustrious career in broadcasting.  Nick’s Pride Playlist includes tracks from Ru Paul, Grace Jones, George Michael, Sylvester, Bronski Beat and Dia...

Join comedian and author ROSIE WILBY , co-founder of UK Black Pride LADY PHYLL and founder of Lesbian Visibility Week LINDA RILEY for a discussion on queer community.  Are we still the ‘logical family’ that Armistead Maupin once wrote about? Or now that we are more conscious of the complex intersectional identities represented within the LGBTQ+ community, is it more difficult to represent eve...

#1 Sunday Times best-selling novelist, screenwriter, journalist, columnist for Attitude Magazine, JUNO DAWSON joins Steve for My Pride Playlist. Juno chats partying in Gran Canaria, SKIN as an inspiration, her love for Placebo and her take on life for the trans community in this country.  Juno’s Pride Playlist includes tracks from Kylie, Spice Girls, Madonna, Little Mix, Skunk Anansie and Pla...

A brand new season of My Pride Playlist begins with S’Express’ very own Mark Moore who joins Steve Denyer to pick his top Pride tracks!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat to Marlena, a sexual health advisor from the incredible LGBTQ+ Sexual Heath clinic 56 Dean Street. Marlena answers those difficult to ask questions and busts some myths around LGBTQ+ sexual health. From PREP to MPOX, chem Sex to testing, a whole host of issues affecting LGBTQ+ Sexual Health are covered in this fascinating chat with one of the country’s leading Sexual Health Clinics.&n...

Join comedian and author Rosie Wilby joined by her guests Dr Qazi Rahman (one of the leading scientists in the area of sexual orientation) and Dr Alfredo Carpineti (a queer Italian astrophysicist that works as a senior science journalist for IFLScience) for a discussion on all things queer science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join comedian and author ROSIE WILBY as she hosts ‘Outed in 2023’ on Virgin Radio Pride.  Rosie will be joined by LGBTQ+ activist PETER TATCHELL and author PAUL BURSTON to discuss outing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Matt & Harry! A brand new show from bestselling author Matt Cain and life coach Harry Glasstone. Together, they're talking about all things relationships! From partners, friends, families and everything in-between, Matt and Harry want to explore what makes relationships in the queer community so special. So, they're putting their heads together to solve your dilemmas, put their own...

In this hour long documentary, Debbie Ryan delves into the life of George Michael and his influence on LGBTQ+ culture. Telling his life story from his start in East Finchley born into a Greek-Cypriot family, to the rise of Wham! we’ll hear how he broke down music barriers and despite being forced to reveal his sexuality, he became a proud gay superstar.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Steve Denyer is joined by HIV activist and one of the first people diagnosed with HIV in the UK, Jonathan Blake .    Jonathan shares the heart-breaking story of when he was diagnosed with HIV at a time when the virus was labelled a death sentence and what it was like to live with the virus throughout the height of the pandemic.    He explains how he became the inspiration for a...

Steve Denyer is joined by trailblazing trans journalist, author and presenter Paris Lees as she picks her Pride Playlist.   Paris shares stories from her youth and the struggles she faced growing up trans, her take on the issues facing the trans community today and the climate emergency.    Her Pride Playlist picks range from 90s rave to Kelly Rowland to Sugababes! Hosted on Acast....

Join Christian Hewgill on Virgin Radio Pride for ' A World Cup For Us? Qatar 2022', an in-depth LGBTQ+ panel preview of this year’s men’s football World Cup and what it means for the community of LGBTQ+ football fans. Christian will be joined on the hour-long special by Chris Paouros from the LGBT+ Football Fan Group of Tottenham Hotspur ‘Proud Lillywhites’, football writer and journalist at The A...

Virgin Radio presenter Vicki Blight sits down for Quite A Queer Conversation with actress Rachel Shelley , best know for playing Helena Peabody in the TV series ‘The L Word’.   If you didn’t know; ‘The L Word’ follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. It ran from 2004 to 2008.    They chat about rolemodels, dating disasters, h...