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In their first appearance together, 2004 Big Brother UK winner Nadia Almada (she/her) and 2025 Big Brother UK housemate Zelah Glasson (he/him) revealed new details about their experiences, how they were treated by production teams – and how little has changed behind the camera in 20 years.

As a rare interview with Nadia Almada, she shared iconic stories behind the scenes of her time in the house, alongside Zelah Glasson who refelected on the differences when he entered the house in 2025. Both were interviewed by I Kissed A Boy contestant, Lars Fellows.

Kicking off a new season of the QueerAF podcast, recorded live in front of the Trans+ History Week community event with a gorgeous audience, the episode marks the ten-year anniversary of the show that has, for a decade now, been investing in marginalised LGBTQIA+ talent to build media careers.

The full season launches in June, with more live episodes to come.

Episode Credits: Hosted by Lars Fellows with guests Nadia Almada and Zelah Glasson. Editing and production by Jamie Wareham. This episode was recorded at a Trans+ History Week event and produced in collaboration with Trans+ History Week's Creative Talent Sponsor, Publicis Groupe UK.

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We need to shut down the lies the anti-trans movement tell.

The best way to do that? With queer journalism, and our history.

This season on the QueerAF podcast, as we mark ten years of bringing you award-winning documentaries and live podcast events, we’re back with our trademark approach.

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/podcast/

Investing in LGBTQIA+ talent to build their media careers, buying them equipment to keep forever, supporting them to change the media, and yes - telling you beautiful stories.

Season 7 of the QueerAF podcast is another community affair with episodes from National Student Pride with Ian McKellen and Munroe Bergdorf, From Margate Pride’s Heritage Hotline and we get started with a rare interview with Big Brother winner Nadia Almada in conversation with Zelah Glasson and Lars Fellows at Trans+ History Week’s community event, with a whole new series of mini-documentaties out in June, and all the way through Pride season.

We are QueerAF, and yeah - so are you.

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In a hostile enviroment for Trans+ rights and a year of rollbacks of rights since the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act will be a sharp focus, for 12,500 Trans+ people, allies, and some of the UK’s most loved household names as they gather in Wembley Arena on March 11th 2026, for Transmission Live - a significant intervention from the music industry, and changemakers to bring allies together, in step, to advocate for the needs, and rights, of the Trans+ Community.

Together with Not A Phase's Maxine Heron, QueerAF speaks to organiser Olly Alexander, and broadcaster, author and model Munroe Bergdorf to explore the cultural signifigance of the concert - but also to examine: When you’re a defacto minority, you just don’t have the numbers to deliver all the change you need - and that’s where getting allies to pick up the charge, really counts.

Could this event be a significant and historical intervention from some of the UK's biggest household names?

Get your tickets: https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
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Episode Credits: Hosted by Maxine Heron. Editing and production by Jamie Wareham. This episode was produced in collaboration with Not A Phase.

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Roberta Cowell, or Betty might have been born into a strict, religious family - but her history, is one with many lessons.

She shows us that Trans+ people are more than just their identity. That Trans+ people deserve to tell their own stories. That, as Sabah Choudrey wrote in this year’s Trans+ History Week workbook lesson about her - “while positive trans representation matters, you don’t need to see yourself represented to know that you can live authentically, and be trans, happy and celebrated.”

It’s time for the final episode of Season 6 of the QueerAF podcast, once again with Trans+ History Week.

Episode Credits: Hosted and produced by Amber Deveraux and Tin Can Audio. Voiceover from Ashleigh Talbot. With thanks to guests Charlie Martin and Victoria Scott. Executive production by Jamie Wareham. This episode was supported by Publicis Groupe UK.
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Reed Erickson was an eccentric trans multimillionaire who transitioned in the US in the 1950s. Erickson’s access to wealth and relationship to trans healthcare went on to greatly shape how Western gender clinics developed from the 1960s onwards. In this episode, Vic Parsons explores that link, and unpacks what we can learn from the story of a vastly influencial figure in gender affirming care models.

Read our history stories about Magnus Hirschfield:
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/i-just-learned-the-nazis-first-book-burning-happened-at-worlds-first-trans-clinic/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/its-time-for-the-trans-history-lesson-we-never-had/

Check out Vic's first exclusive investigation for the QueerAF newsletter:
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-therapy-groups-spend-2m-on-lobbying-and-promoting-practice-in-soaring-costs-since-promise-to-ban-the-abusive-practice/

Episode Credits: Hosted and produced by Vic Parsons, with thanks to guests Morgan M Page host of One From The Vaults and Cal Horton. Executive production by Jamie Wareham. This episode was supported by Publicis Groupe UK.
Sign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free and support our not-for-profit work, investing in a new generation of queer audio professionals:
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If you like our podcast, you'll love our free weekly newsletter that thousands of readers use to understand the LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 headlines, learn new perspectives and stay on top of the latest queer content. Try it now:
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Make sure to sign up for updates about Trans+ History Week, a QueerAF launchpad project:
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/
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