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Come Out Wherever You Are with Sean Szeps
Come Out, Wherever You Are is a podcast about the coming out experience, told by the people who’ve done it. Host Sean Szeps is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community. In each episode he speaks with guests across Australia’s gender and sexual spectrum to learn about their unique experiences and und...
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What this podcast has taught me
I started this podcast to learn more about the LGBTQIA+ community. I felt like I had a pretty good grasp on the 'G' but I didn't know as much about th...
"You've had sex with MEN!?" Rob Mills on masculinity, fluidity and *that* night with Courtney Act
Can you have sex with someone of the same gender and not have it define your life or even your sexuality? Rob 'Millsy' Mills thinks you can. Rob came...
Your cheat sheet to surviving family Christmas as a queer person
Merry Christmas my beautiful friends. You asked: “Help! My family isn’t accepting of my sexuality. They won’t let me bring my girlfriend home either,...
Jesse Dutlow was kicked out of church for being queer
Jesse is a queer, non-binary actor and performer. They learned to sing, and fell in love with performance, in the Pentecostal Church as a kid and afte...
"Are you sure it's not a phase?" and other inappropriate questions with Robyn Lambird
Robyn Lambird is a non-binary athlete and the first out non-binary Paralympian to win a medal at the Games. Impressive, right? So why are people so ob...
Ellia Green is living in the body he's meant to be in
Ellia knew he was different before he ever had the language to describe how he felt. He knew he was different when he was winning gold for Australia a...
Is it transphobic to call yourself bisexual?
Today's Queer Question comes from you! You asked: how is bisexuality not transphobic and/or erasing to non-binary people? And we brought in friend of...
If it makes Jack Vidgen feel hot, he'll wear it
Where's the line between gender, sexuality and self-expression? Jack dresses to feel good. Some days that means wearing a crop top and heels and he's...
My kid came out to me...what do I do?
This one's for the parents. Every week you guys will DM me saying "my child has come out as gay or lesbian or trans or non-binary or "I don't know wha...
Dennis Altman shaped the gay liberation movement in Australia & USA
From the HIV/AIDS epidemic, to marriage equality, to the current treatment of gay refugees in Australia, Dennis Altman has been there for all of it. H...
Isaac Humphries & caring about male athletes coming out
Last week Melbourne United basketball player, Isaac Humphries, came out as gay. This makes him the only openly gay male player in a top tier men's bas...
Carla from Bankstown is Ben from Bankstown too
Who's the person behind the hair and makeup? Carla From Bankstown is one of Australia's most recognisable characters, but growing up as a flamboyant b...
Eminem: talented, homophobic and Hall of Fame worthy?
Eminem has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He's the second-best selling male artist in US history, having sold over 220 million rec...
Tom Ballard loves being gay
Being gay is fundamental to who Tom Ballard is. His life, his career and his politics are all because he's gay, not in spite of it. Tom is one of Aust...
Kit O'Connor & Madonna have been accused of queerbaiting. Why does it matter?
"i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. i think some of you missed the point of the show. bye" After being driven off Twitter fol...
Queer sex worker Tilly Lawless is still learning about sex
What can sex work teach you about your sexuality? Why don't more women hire sex workers? Are straight people more judgemental of sex workers than quee...
Deni Todorović is rewriting the rules on fashion, gender & fitting in
'Love This For You' is the debut book from beloved friend of the podcast Deni Todorović. Deni was the first ever guest on Come Out Wherever You Are. T...
"My life's not sad" - James Parr on losing a limb and what men on Grindr say when you have one leg
James Parr was diagnosed with cancer a week after he came out. At the same time that James was exploring himself as an out, bisexual man, he was also...
Why do queers love Halloween?
It's Gay Christmas! 🎄🎃 To celebrate, Sean sits down with Sandy McIntyre to ask: Why are queer people so obsessed with Halloween? Where did the term...
An Intersex Q&A with Cody Smith
Today is Intersex Awareness Day! It's no secret that intersex is one of the less represented and understood letters of the LGBTQIA+ alphabet, so this...
Billy Eichner & Luke Macfarlane: the first gay Hollywood love story 🌈❤️
Bros is the first gay rom-com ever made by a major studio AND the first movie at a major studio to star and be written by an openly gay man. It's fun,...
Casey Dellacqua didn't want to be a queer tennis poster girl
Casey Dellacqua has always had her eyes on the prize. She wanted to be a world-class tennis player and represent her country in the Olympics one day....
Grindr has added a new sexual position option: side
Not top, not bottom, not verse, but side. Why does it matter? What does a side actually do? And is sex still sex without penetration? It's ya weekly Q...
"There's receipts" - Matthew Backer on being typecast as the 'gay actor'
Should gay actors be hired to play gay roles? Since coming out in his 30's, Mathew's acting has improved and he's gotten more work. But despite his be...
"Stop asking lesbians how they have sex" - AMA with Emma Horn
We asked YOU to submit questions for a Lesbian-themed Ask Me Anything. You did, we vetted them and now we're sitting down with actor and creator, Emma...
"I'm so lucky I get to be this person" - Milo Hartill loves being queer
The moment Milo Hartill realised she might like women was during a Halle Berry movie. And she's never felt bad about it. Milo's story is a modern comi...
Peppa Pig...an unlikely queer ally?
The kids' TV show Peppa Pig has introduced a lesbian couple. For some people, it's a long time coming. For others (cough cough the religious right) it...
How David Bradford tackled the Vietnam War and AIDS
We speak about the HIV/AIDS epidemic a lot like it's a mythical, historical event and not something that happened verrrrry recently. David Bradford is...
Dear bisexuals: I’m sorry
Today is Celebrate Bisexuality Day. I don't need to tell you that bisexuals get the shit end of the stick in the LGBTQIA+ community. They're the butt...
"Mum's my everything" - the woman behind drag queen Art Simone
Art Simone has forged their own path in the drag world. These days you'll find her on tour for RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, but she has been perfect...
What's the Catholic Church up to now?
Last week the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s published 'Created and Loved: A guide for Catholic schools on identity and gender'. It's a 12-p...
Rudy Jean Rigg on trans acceptance in sport
"We should be allowed to succeed and win” When Rudy Jean Rigg was at the height of their competitive badminton career, they made the decision to affir...
Can you be non-binary and straight? with Sandy McIntyre
It's our very first Ask Me Anything episode. And we're doing it with our non-binary hero, Sandy McIntyre. We start off easy: What's the difference bet...
Yvonne Sillett was forced out of the army for being a lesbian
Imagine you're a young girl dreaming of serving in the Australian Army. Then, it becomes your reality. You have your dream job now. And a few years in...
Why is everyone talking about Singapore?
Singapore is repealing its controversial 377A gay sex law. But it's not all good news. Because at the exact same time, the government is making it imp...
Don't put Katie Williams in a box
If you're a woman who's in a relationship with a woman, people call you a lesbian. If you're a woman who dates men and women, people call you bisexual...
Is Monkeypox a gay disease?
Monkeypox is here and we need to talk about it. For our inaugural Queer Questions episode, Sean asks if Monkeypox (a virus that is mostly affecting me...
Come Out Wherever You Are is back! 🌈
We're here, we're queer and we're finally BACK to regular publishing! Things will look a little bit different this season. Not only will we be in your...
There's nothing funny about Samantha Andrew's coming out story
What happens when everyone in your life totally supports you coming out? It never occurred to comedian and content creator, Samantha Andrew, that bein...
What does it mean to be intersex? with Mari Wrobi
Intersex is the 'I' in the LGBTQIA+ alphabet. It's estimated that there are more intersex people in the world than people with red hair but it's one o...