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:

1. Being transgender and growing up in 1960s Catholic Ireland
2. Coming out as trans later in life
3. Leading the way in LGBTQ+ rights and representation in the conservative Rotary Club community

Links mentioned in this episode:

• http://outcastpod.com
• https://www.mindfood.com/article/brand-new-me/

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

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:

1. Coming out as transgender.
2. Gender dismorphia.
3. Gender confirmation surgery.
4. Trans representation on screen.
5. Social media and activism.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://outcastpod.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu2P3v6-gW5aMDGQA2EOFXQ
• https://www.minus18.org.au/
• https://www.murdochbooks.com.au/browse/books/biography-memoir/memoirs/Girl-Transcending-AJ-Clementine-9781922351609

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

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:

1. Experiencing life as a trans person from the 60s to now
2. Being outed as trans after ordination in the Church of England
3. The concept of God as non-binary

Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://outcastpod.com/
• https://attitude.co.uk/article/god-is-beautifully-non-binary-the-transgender-church-of-england-priest-outed-by-a-national-newspaper-1/25157/

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

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:

1. Coming out after two long term relationships with people of the opposite sex.
2. Navigating life under the "baby queer" label (and do we even like the label?).
3. Being diagnosed with autism and ADHD later in life, and how that intersects with the queer experience.
4. Chrissy's "after school club for adults", Chaotic Social.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Chrissy's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chaoticsocialite
• Chaotic Social: https://www.chaoticsocial.com/
• Vivid Sydney neurodiversity panel: https://www.vividsydney.com/event/ideas/neurodivergence-diagnosis-normal
• OUTcast Podcast: https://outcastpod.com

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

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 discussed:

1. Loving guys and girls in the 1980s onwards
2. Coming out in a religious family
3. Having a child as part of a same-sex couple in the 1990s

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://sites.google.com/site/oneandallaid/home https://libbypentreath.bandcamp.com/

Links mentioned in this episode:

• http://example.com
• http://second-example.com

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

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. She shares her story of discovering her true identity as a member of Australian's 'Stolen Generation' of indigenous people taken from their families, and discusses how that intersects with her experience of being a lesbian.

Topics discussed:

1. Being an adopted aboriginal child
2. Coming out as a lesbian
3. Australia's forced removal of indigenous babies and children, known as the 'Stolen Generation'
4. Deborah's contribution to classical music and opportunities for indigenous musicians in Australia
5. Sydney World Pride 2023

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://outcastpod.com

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

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:

1. Coming out as gay after being in a heterosexual marriage for 20+ years
2. Coming out in the Jewish community
3. Sydney World Pride
4. How Zara's shoe business connected her with the love of her life

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://outcastpod.com https://www.paperkrane.com.au/

This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.

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:

1. Coming out in Thatcher's Britain under Section 28
2. Monogamy and navigating long-terms relationships in the LGBTQ+ ommunity
3. The paradox of progress

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://outcastpod.com/ https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/

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This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.