“The LGBTQ community is not just for Pride – it’s for life.”
From protests to parades, parties to politics, Pride is all about visibility. The LGBTQ community is loud and proud, here and queer, after many years forced inside the closet.
The Out Crowd is the LGBTQ podcast from Reach, speaking to members of the queer community about their experiences in the past and present, and their hopes for the future.
The battle for equality still remains, and our podcast will look at the history of the struggle from those who continue to fight for it.
You will hear from activists, artists, drag queens, writers, educators, journalists, family, friends, and colleagues about what it means to be LGBTQ today..
This is a celebration of queer voices who fight to be heard against the insidious waves of homophobia and transphobia still experienced today.
This is an education about the history and culture of the LGBTQ community.
And this is a podcast that is loud and proud, here and queer, and most definitely out of the closet.
The Out Crowd is a Laudable production for Reach, in partnership with ReachOut. It is presented and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
The title music is Sunny Travel by Nico Staf.
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“The LGBTQ community is not just for Pride – it’s for life.”
From protests to parades, parties to politics, Pride is all about visibility. The LGBTQ community is loud and proud, here and queer, after many years forced inside the closet.
The Out Crowd is the LGBTQ podcast from Reach, speaking to members of the queer community about their experiences in the past and present, and their hopes for the future.
The battle for equality still remains, and our podcast will look at the history of the struggle from those who continue to fight for it.
You will hear from activists, artists, drag queens, writers, educators, journalists, family, friends, and colleagues about what it means to be LGBTQ today..
This is a celebration of queer voices who fight to be heard against the insidious waves of homophobia and transphobia still experienced today.
This is an education about the history and culture of the LGBTQ community.
And this is a podcast that is loud and proud, here and queer, and most definitely out of the closet.
The Out Crowd is a Laudable production for Reach, in partnership with ReachOut. It is presented and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
The title music is Sunny Travel by Nico Staf.
đźš« "There's no time to wait": Why Mind is demanding that the government bans 'conversion therapy' for all members of the LGBTQ community now
The Out Crowd
23 minutes
2 years ago
đźš« "There's no time to wait": Why Mind is demanding that the government bans 'conversion therapy' for all members of the LGBTQ community now
Five years ago, the government, under the premiership of Theresa May, pledged to ban conversion therapy - the insidious and psychologically damaging practice of trying to suppress a person’s sexuality or gender identity.
Half a decade later, the LGBTQ community is still waiting.
Back in 2021, the then-minister for women and equalities Liz Truss reiterated that the government would ban conversion therapy in England and Wales.
She wrote: “There is no justification for these coercive and abhorrent practices and the evidence is clear that it does not work: it does not change a person from being LGBT and can cause long lasting damage to those who go through it. We are committed to building a society in which conversion therapy no longer takes place.”
Well, that commitment has been wavering from the government. The conversion therapy ban was scrapped at one point, and then reinstated but excluding the trans community, and then another U-turn saying that all forms of conversion therapy would be banned.
Again, we are still waiting. On this episode of The Out Crowd, the LGBTQ podcast from Reach, Daniel J. McLaughlin speaks to Gemma Byrne from Mind, the mental health charity, about the dangers of what they call conversion practices - and their demands to the government to protect all members of the LGBTQ community.
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The Out Crowd is a Laudable production for Reach, in partnership with ReachOut. It is presented and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
The title music is Sunny Travel by Nico Staf.
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The Out Crowd
“The LGBTQ community is not just for Pride – it’s for life.”
From protests to parades, parties to politics, Pride is all about visibility. The LGBTQ community is loud and proud, here and queer, after many years forced inside the closet.
The Out Crowd is the LGBTQ podcast from Reach, speaking to members of the queer community about their experiences in the past and present, and their hopes for the future.
The battle for equality still remains, and our podcast will look at the history of the struggle from those who continue to fight for it.
You will hear from activists, artists, drag queens, writers, educators, journalists, family, friends, and colleagues about what it means to be LGBTQ today..
This is a celebration of queer voices who fight to be heard against the insidious waves of homophobia and transphobia still experienced today.
This is an education about the history and culture of the LGBTQ community.
And this is a podcast that is loud and proud, here and queer, and most definitely out of the closet.
The Out Crowd is a Laudable production for Reach, in partnership with ReachOut. It is presented and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
The title music is Sunny Travel by Nico Staf.
