In this special World AIDS Day episode of When We Were Out, we’re talking to Andrew Gilliver. Andrew has worked at LGBT Foundation (previously The Lesbian & Gay Foundation) for almost 20 years, and has had various roles within the organisation,

Adam Zane - Actor to Activist

Oct 31st, 2019 55m 34s

Famous for being one of the few out gay actors in Channel 4‘s Queer as Folk, in which he played the role of accident-prone Dane, Adam Zane is an accomplished actor, playwright and LGBT activist. Adam is the Artistic Director at Hive North, the

David Regan - Gay Men's Health

Oct 17th, 2019 1h 3m

David Regan is currently the Executive Director of Population Health & Wellbeing in Manchester and has worked in the city for 30 years. During the HIV and AIDS crisis of the early early 80’s and 90’s David was instrumental in securing funding f

Russell T Davies - The Queer As Folk Effect

Oct 10th, 2019 55m 6s

In this special episode, we’re talking to TV writer Russell T Davies. We talk to him about his life in Manchester, the ‘Queer As Folk effect’, the state of LGBT television, his brand new drama for Channel 4 - Boys, and what might have happened

Barry Priest - Celebrating Queer Arts

Oct 3rd, 2019 1h 6m

In this episode we’re talking to Barry Priest. Over the last 16 years or so, Barry has been at the forefront of programming, promoting and championing LGBTQ+ arts and performance in Manchester - from his early days at Queer Up North, to Queer C

Toby Whitehouse - Gaydio

Sep 26th, 2019 1h 6m

This week, Annie joins the podcast and is talking to Toby Whitehouse. Toby is the co-founder and station director of Gaydio, the UK’s LGBT+ radio station. Formed in Manchester in 2006, initially as a pop-up station for Manchester Pride, Gaydio

Gerard Gudgion - Healthy Gay Manchester (& Bears!)

Sep 19th, 2019 1h 6m

Gerard Gudgion was responsible (along with Paul Martin) for setting up Healthy Gay Manchester in 1994. HGM took a bold approach to HIV prevention and sexual health campaign work, with in-your-face sex-positive messaging that celebrated gay sex.

Duncan Craig - Survivor

Sep 12th, 2019 1h 16m

Duncan Craig is the CEO of Survivors Manchester, a voluntary organisation for male survivors of sexual abuse and rape. Duncan is a born Mancunian and has seen first hand LGBT Manchester grow and develop - sometime not always for the better. Wit

Annie Emery - Putting Women First

Sep 5th, 2019 44m 25s

Annie is the CEO of MASH (Manchester Action on Street Health) - a charity offering support for women who are sex working in Greater Manchester. Prior to this Annie worked for a while at akt, and from 2003 - 2013 at The Lesbian & Gay Foundation.

John Hamilton - Mr. Poptastic

Aug 29th, 2019 46m 17s

For over 30 years, John Hamilton has been Mr Poptastic in Manchester’s Gay Village. Currently bar owner of Bar Pop on Canal Street, he’s perhaps best known as the founder of Poptastic, a gay club synonymous with 90s/early 2000s gay Manchester.

Jackie Crozier - Manchester Pride

Aug 22nd, 2019 39m 34s

In our first episode we’re chatting to Jackie Crozier, former Festival Director of Manchester Pride. From 2005 - 2011 Jackie delivered one of the biggest Pride events in the UK and was at the helm during the rise of social media, which found he

When We Were Out - Trailer

Jul 27th, 2019 1m 2s

When We Were Out is a weekly podcast celebrating the past, present and future of LGBTQ+ Manchester. Hosted by Grahame Robertson ex-Editor of outnorthwest magazine. Every week we’ll talk to someone who has shaped LGBTQ+ Manchester, examining the

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