OUTcast Podcast

Marking Transgender Awareness Week, we reshare Rotary Club chair Monica Mulholland's story. Monica Mulholland was the first trans chair person of Rotary New Zealand's Inner Wheel Club. Monica grew up in 1960s Catholic Ireland and came out as trans in her fifties after decades of hiding her true identity. Topics discussed: Being transgender and growing up in 1960s Catholic Ireland

Marking Transgender Awareness Week, we reshare Australian influencer AJ Clementine's story. AJ tells Rosie her coming out story and discusses why positive trans representation on screen and elsewhere in the media is so crucial. Topics discussed: Coming out as transgender. Gender dismorphia. Gender confirmation surgery. Trans representation on screen. Social media and activism. Li

Marking Transgender Awareness Week, we reshare transgender priest Sarah Jones's coming out story, in which she discusses the Anglican church’s approach to LGBTQ+ rights, and shares the issues facing the trans community today. Topics discussed: Experiencing life as a trans person from the 60s to now Being outed as trans after ordination in the Church of England The concept of God

Rosie has a fascinating conversation with Sydney’s ‘chaotic socialite’, Chrissy Flanagan, who discusses coming out on TikTok in her 40s, being diagnosed with autism and ADHD around the same time, her new life as a baby queer and how’s she’s tackling the last taboo – saying you want to make some new friends. Topics discussed: Coming out after two long term relationships

BONUS EPISODE: Special re-release of retired singer-songwriter, charity worker and radio presenter Libby Pentreath – AKA Rosie's second cousin's – coming out story. Rosie catches up with her distant cousin, singer-songwriter, charity worker and radio presenter Libby Pentreath, and they disciuss Libby’s experience of being a gay in 1980s Surrey and starting a family. Topics di

Special re-release of opera singer, composer, playwright and educator Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO's coming out story. Opera singer, composer, playwright and educator Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO describes herself as a 21st-century urban woman who is Yorta Yorta by birth, stolen generation by government policy, soprano by diligence, composer by necessity, and lesbian by practice. S

Special re-release of Australian entrepreneur Zara Cooper's coming out story. In this episode, Rosie meets Zara Cooper, an entrepreneur from Melbourne who came out as gay after the birth of her third child, and finds out how she navigated coming out amidst family life, her Jewish community and as part of juggling a busy career. Topics discussed: Coming out as gay after being in a

Special re-release of British comedian and writer Rosie Wilby's coming out story. British stand up comedian, writer and podcaster Rosie Wilby tells her coming out story. Off the back of her podcast and new book, ‘The Breakup Monologues’, she discusses monogamy, the paradox of progress, and navigating long-term relationships as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Topics discussed:

In the final episode of OUTcast Season 1, Australian writer Clementine Ford discusses falling in love, coming out, her queer identity, and her new book, ‘How We Love’. Topics discussed: Clementine Ford’s new book ‘How We Love: Notes on a Life’ Falling in love with a woman for the first time Coming out as bisexual Grief and losing a mother Links mentioned in this episode

Special re-release of clarinettist, music teacher and BBC contributor Jessie Grimes's coming out story. Jessie Grimes is an Irish clarinettist and BBC contributor, who’s currently on the journey to becoming a mother with her wife. She talks about being queer in classical music, and the challenges of having children with a same-sex partner. This week, Irish clarinettist Jessie Gri