What makes you come home and feel safe, lean into that, and stay away from things that tend to hurt you, or discourage you, or make you feel less than, or less deserving.” – Kenny Ethan Jones We invited two best friends to sit in front of some cameras and have a chat. The result? A conversation full of laughter, joy, unreserved honesty and heartfelt reflection. From contemplating gender euphoria, to frank discussions about transphobia, and…gay dolphins. In this final episode of Anthems Talks, Ke...
Nov 17, 2023•34 min•Season 11Ep. 5
"As long as there's people there will be ideas, and there will be ways to express them" - Juliet Jacques Misinformation, erasure, and dangerous, transphobic rhetoric has noticeably intensified across mainstream media outlets in the past decade, with “debates'' around trans rights seeking to delegitimise and disempower the trans community. So how has this landscape changed, if at all, in recent history? How can cultural engagement combat this toxicity? Seasoned journalist Juliet Jacques and emerg...
Nov 16, 2023•36 min•Season 11Ep. 4
“Let me figure out what’s going to have the best impact whilst keeping me intact.” – Sabah Choudrey It’s important everybody has the opportunity to find communities wherein they feel free, loved, and accepted. What’s just as crucial is having access to spaces where people can seek out such communities. Two facilitators who have carved out inclusive, joyful spaces for trans people to connect are Sabah Choudrey and Xandice Armah. What is the meaning of community? How do you balance political activ...
Nov 15, 2023•36 min•Season 11Ep. 3
“As if people who aren’t trans can’t take something from our experiences and our stories. Well, we’ve been watching cis people tell stories forever, and we still take stuff from stories because we’re all human beings.” - Mika Onyx Johnson The arts have always played a powerful role in influencing public perception. That’s why it matters what stories we decide to tell, and who we choose to tell these stories. Stars of stage and screen Felix Mufti and Mika Onyx Johnson share their thoughts about w...
Nov 14, 2023•33 min•Season 11Ep. 2
“I generally feel like everything is on the table for a writer, but the further away you move from your experience, the greater responsibility you have to do the work to close that gap.” – Nicola Dinan Juno Dawson and Nicola Dinan are two powerhouse authors who are well-versed in the art of creating empathetic and entertaining stories. In this episode, the writers provide thoughtful insight into their craftsmanship. They sat down to discuss the different ways genre can facilitate creative freedo...
Nov 13, 2023•34 min•Season 11Ep. 1
Broccoli Productions is proud to present Anthems Talks. In honour of Transgender Awareness Week, we’re bringing you five episodes that capture intimate, one on one discussions between pairs of trailblazers, creatives and activists for a series of insightful conversations. We’re passing the mic to 10 influential voices to discuss their creative processes, what inspires them, and to reflect on the issues affecting their community. Dropping daily from Monday 13th November 2023 Learn more about your...
Oct 30, 2023•2 min
Chloe Filani is an Artist of Poetry, Performance, Black Feminism, Public Speaker and workshop facilitator. Her artistic practice/poetry works with her lived experience of being a black trans woman and the broader themes of identity of power structures and finding hope in the imagination and storytelling. Her work is an exploration of the metaphysical, the feeling and things. ‘Why black joy Why black sorrow why negro spirituals’. Chloe’s word of the day is CHANGE. CONNECT WITH CHLOE: I: @1.chloe....
Jul 08, 2023•7 min•Season 10Ep. 7
Tracey Ottomey is a Nashville native who is quickly becoming a Nashville staple in the drag scene. She initially began performing as a dare but soon found her calling in drag. She hosts a popular podcast called "Gay Space" and is a regular performer on the Big Drag Bus, as well as at Tribe and Play. When not performing, Tracy enjoys spending time with her dogs Bear and Waylon. Tracey’s word of the day is JOY. CONNECT WITH TRACEY: I: @traceyottomey T: @TraceyOttomey #AnthemsPride 2023 is a collec...
Jul 07, 2023•10 min•Season 10Ep. 6
Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, Han is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, writer, and activist exploring analog and electronic audio, visual and literary mediums as a means to champion vulnerability, and authenticity and tell stories that they believe have the power to heal in their telling. As a certified NLP, Hypnosis, and Timeline Therapy practitioner, inner work, healing, and growth are at the core of what Han does; they are what emboldens them and allows them to be present and demand sp...
Jul 06, 2023•7 min•Season 10Ep. 5
DJ Ritu is a London-based DJ and broadcaster. She presents and produces a radio programme called A World in London which champions under-represented music and artists from the entire globe. The show is 17 years young and it began at BBC London. It now airs at Resonance 104.4FM and on Mixcloud. Her DJ career began 37 years ago and she now manages two of the UK’s longest-running club nights. Ritu’s word of the day is CONNECTION. CONNECT WITH RITU: I: @djritu T: @djritu1 #AnthemsPride 2023 is a col...
Jul 05, 2023•9 min•Season 10Ep. 4
Moud Goba currently works as a National Manager for Micro Rainbow, the leading organisations in the UK supporting LGBTQI migrants. She leads the organisation programmes at national level: their safe housing work which provides 30,000 bed-nights a year to homeless LGBTQI asylum seekers and their social inclusion and employability schemes. More recently Moud has managed the integration process of LGBTQI people who arrived in the UK from Afghanistan. Moud is one of the founding members of UK Black ...
Jul 04, 2023•7 min•Season 10Ep. 3
Jacqui Bardelang is a queer Eurasian actor, voiceover artist, director and drag king known as Sigi Moonlight. After seeing her first drag king in 2017, Jacqui‘s performance career began a month later when she came third in Man Up!, the UK's biggest drag king competition. Since then a regular on the London cabaret scene, Jacqui has performed at Shakespeare's Globe, Manchester Pride, The Garrick Theatre, Glastonbury Music Festival and the Greenwich Maritime and has featured on Netflix, Vox, Hunger...
Jul 03, 2023•7 min•Season 10Ep. 2
Maneo Mohale is a South African editor, feminist writer and poet. They have been long-listed twice for the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology Award, and their debut collection of poetry, Everything is a Deathly Flower was published by uHlanga in September 2019. The collection was shortlisted for the Ingrid Jonker Poetry Prize, later winning the 2020 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry. They currently serve as a research associate with the Centre for the Study of Race, Gender and Cla...
Jul 02, 2023•9 min•Season 10Ep. 1
Our bodies, our choice, our voice. On Friday, June 24, 2022, in a chilling reversal of 50 years of established constitutional protection for abortion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. It is a violation of women's rights, of human rights. #AnthemsRoevWade is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories written and voiced by exceptional women in repsonse to the overturning of...
Nov 07, 2022•12 min•Season 9Ep. 7
Our bodies, our choice, our voice. On Friday, June 24, 2022, in a chilling reversal of 50 years of established constitutional protection for abortion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. It is a violation of women's rights, of human rights. #AnthemsRoevWade is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories written and voiced by exceptional women in repsonse to the overturning of...
Nov 06, 2022•9 min•Season 9Ep. 6
Our bodies, our choice, our voice. On Friday, June 24, 2022, in a chilling reversal of 50 years of established constitutional protection for abortion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. It is a violation of women's rights, of human rights. #AnthemsRoevWade is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories written and voiced by exceptional women in repsonse to the overturning of...
Nov 05, 2022•12 min•Season 9Ep. 5
Our bodies, our choice, our voice. On Friday, June 24, 2022, in a chilling reversal of 50 years of established constitutional protection for abortion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. It is a violation of women's rights, of human rights. #AnthemsRoevWade is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories written and voiced by exceptional women in repsonse to the overturning of...
Nov 04, 2022•11 min•Season 9Ep. 4
Our bodies, our choice, our voice. On Friday, June 24, 2022, in a chilling reversal of 50 years of established constitutional protection for abortion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. It is a violation of women's rights, of human rights. #AnthemsRoevWade is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories written and voiced by exceptional women in repsonse to the overturning of...
Nov 03, 2022•10 min•Season 9Ep. 3
Our bodies, our choice, our voice. On Friday, June 24, 2022, in a chilling reversal of 50 years of established constitutional protection for abortion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. It is a violation of women's rights, of human rights. #AnthemsRoevWade is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories written and voiced by exceptional women in repsonse to the overturning of...
Nov 02, 2022•8 min•Season 9Ep. 2
Our bodies, our choice, our voice. On Friday, June 24, 2022, in a chilling reversal of 50 years of established constitutional protection for abortion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. It is a violation of women's rights, of human rights. #AnthemsRoevWade is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories written and voiced by exceptional women in repsonse to the overturning of...
Nov 01, 2022•6 min•Season 9Ep. 1
Liz Ward is Director of Programmes at Stonewall. She has spent her career working in the charity sector fighting for racial justice, equality and creating a world where everyone is free to be themselves. Outside of work she is a big football fan and plays for Goal Diggers FC, London’s biggest women and non-binary football club and was named on the Football Black List 2021 in the practitioners category. Her word of the day is LEADER #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeche...
Jun 29, 2022•8 min•Season 8Ep. 30
Char Bailey is the founder of a Life Coaching business, is the Creative Director for Know Hope and an Education and Inclusion Officer for UK Black Pride. She sits on the advisory board for We Create Space and Neurodiversity in Business. Her word of the day is POWER CONNECT WITH CHAR: T: @char_bailey_ #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ contributors and allies. It was created, sound designe...
Jun 28, 2022•7 min•Season 8Ep. 29
Almass Badat is an artist and culture connector who creates and curates colourful, innovative & compassionate stories. Notable collaborators include: Dialled In, Amazon Music, the British Council, Tay Iwar, The Science Gallery, ICA, Netflix, V&A, Boiler Room, BBC, Trippin World, WorldwideFM, NTS, DAZED & more, and Almass is a judge for the British Podcast Awards, a member of the Soho House Committee and The BRITS Voting Academy. Almass is a visibly proud member of the QTPOC community, and advoca...
Jun 27, 2022•10 min•Season 8Ep. 28
David Kam | OPEN David Kam is a cis-queer Hakka Chinese Malaysian based in London. He is a creative, teacher and speaker weaving 10 years of multimodal research across architecture, dance and yoga. His work invites communities to explore the wonder in wellbeing through practices of movement, mindfulness and embodied placemaking. David’s advocacy work include running kindredpacket, a non-profit creating spaces for joyful activism, intergenerational connection and culturally sensitive wellbeing. D...
Jun 26, 2022•13 min•Season 8Ep. 27
Michael Stephens is a Creative Director, Story-Teller and Community Builder. He's also the founder of We Create Space, a global platform dedicated to the personal development and wellbeing of Queer Leaders. His word of the day is RETREAT. CONNECT WITH MICHAEL: I : @wecreatespace.co FB : @wecreatespace.co LI : @wecreatespace.co #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ contributors and allies. It...
Jun 25, 2022•8 min•Season 8Ep. 26
Bolly-Illusion is a Performance Artist/ Drag Queen who embraces their feminine and masculine energy through their performances. A former winner of The Glory's Lipsync 1000, they have also appeared in Priya Ragu & Joy Crookes music videos as well as being featured in Vogue Italia and Another Man publications. Their work includes music and elements from their South Asian Culture as they embrace the beauty India has but be sure to be gagged when you see them in a 6 inch heel twirling around! Their ...
Jun 24, 2022•6 min•Season 8Ep. 25
SL Grange is a poet and theatre-maker attempting to hold conversations with the queer dead. Building on a multi-disciplinary practice, their work includes A Note to Mary Frith commissioned by Shakespeare’s Globe, as well as sonic projects Wou d’Uelzecht and Fleet Footing, created with composer Catherine Kontz. Bodies and Other Haunted Houses is out now from Poetry Wales & Seren Books. Their word of the day is EXTEMPORE. CONNECT WITH SL GRANGE: I: @sl.grange T: @mollfrith #AnthemsPride is a colle...
Jun 23, 2022•14 min•Season 8Ep. 24
James Factora is an L.A.-born, New York-based writer and musician. Their work has appeared in Them, Teen Vogue, Slate, Refinery29 and others. Their word of the day is DISSONANCE. CONNECT WITH JAMES: I: @jamesfactora #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ contributors and allies. It was created, sound designed and executive produced by Hana Walker-Brown with lead producer Bea Duncan, producer ...
Jun 22, 2022•10 min•Season 8Ep. 23
Darkwah Kyei-Darkwah is a Non-Binary Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Content Creator and Presenter. Darkwah has also worked with Gay Times where they were Fashion Editor, as well as FGUK, Noctis Magazine, The Perfect and has been featured in Hunger Magazine, AZ Magazine & Attitude. Their word of the day is THRIVING. CONNECT WITH DARKWAH: I: @hausofdarkwah #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ con...
Jun 21, 2022•6 min•Season 8Ep. 22
Sylheti-born Tasnim Siddiqa Amin is an artist, theatremaker, writer and critic based in East London. Tasnim is committed to telling stories that celebrate community, culture and heritage. Tasnim studied Politics, Philosophy and History at Birkbeck University and St. Andrews where she grounded her values in the intersectional and postcolonial approach to art as a human right. Her visual art practices ranges from painting to henna art and her writing similarly is wide-ranging encompassing poetry, ...
Jun 20, 2022•8 min•Season 8Ep. 21
