Homo Sapiens

Filmmaker, author and trans advocate Jake Graf joins me in the co-hosting hot seat at Homo Sapiens this week. We talk all things parenting, gender expression, growing up feeling different, and Jake’s new children’s book The Silly Frilly Dress.

We discuss raising kids without rigid gender expectations, why children often understand self-expression better than adults do, and the changing, hostile climate around LGBTQ+ rights in the UK and beyond.

FINAL reminder too for the Homo Sapiens Dog Walk this Saturday! Sign up using the link in our Instagram bio!

✉️Get in touch [email protected]
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🎥Watch on YouTube @homosapienspod
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We're back with an inbox episode and a recap on recent episodes discussing Pride, trans rights and LGBTQ+ children in care. We're hear to start these conversations but we want to hear from you.

Keep writing in, tell us your experiences!

✉️Get in touch [email protected]
📲@homosapiens on instagram
🎥Watch on YouTube @homosapienspod
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The wonderful Kadiff Kirwan is in the co-hosting hot seat this week, what a treat! We discuss the rise of far-right politics and the aftermath of the local elections, disappearing queer venues and why LGBTQ+ spaces matter more than ever.

Fresh from starring in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in Stratford-upon-Avon, Kadiff talks about performing an anti-fascist play at a time when politics in Britain feels increasingly tense and why history feels closer than we’d like to admit.

✉️Get in touch [email protected]
📲@homosapiens on instagram
🎥Watch on YouTube @homosapienspod
👆🏼Subscribe for more conversations that matter to the LGBTQ+ community ✨
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It's been a manic few weeks, a lot of travelling and some illness along the way. A short update I'm afraid but fear not... order will be restored soon.

We've had so many wonderful messages over the last weeks. A proper sit down with the inbox is overdue.

Keep you emails coming and DO NOT forget about the Homo Sapiens Dog Walk on Saturday 30th May. We are meeting at Regents Bar and Kitchen at 1pm - you DO NOT need to bring a dog!

✉️Get in touch [email protected]
📲@homosapiens on instagram
🎥Watch on YouTube @homosapienspod
👆🏼Subscribe for more conversations that matter to the LGBTQ+ community
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This week on Homo Sapiens, Jax Feeley joins me to co-host.

Jax opens up about unexpectedly becoming a father after just three dates, navigating parenthood as a trans man, and the life changes that pulled him away from social media and back into frontline care work. We discuss masculinity, trauma, identity, toxic online influences, and what it really means to make vulnerable young people feel safe.

Buy Jax's book 'Fear Proof' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/FEAR-PROOF-Courage-Begin-Scared/dp/1917623194

✉️Get in touch [email protected]
📲@homosapiens on instagram
🎥Watch on YouTube @homosapienspod
👆🏼Subscribe for more conversations that matter to the LGBTQ+ community ✨
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