Culture Club Special: Writing a Trans Rom Com with Alex Bertie
Homo Sapiens
Christopher Sweeney
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Where are we at with Trans-male representation in the media? In this week’s Culture Club we are chatting to YouTube sensation Alex Bertie. Alex’s new novel More Me With You is the trans romcom we have ALL been hoping for. Tune in as we discuss the trans male experience on hookup apps as well as how iconic shows such as Shameless, Orange Is The New Black and Heartstopper have shaped LGBTQ+ representation on screen. Plus, who else used video games to explore their gender identity when they were younger?
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| 0:00.0 | special episode alert everybody hello welcome this is homo sapiens you know that but what you don't |
| 0:10.9 | know is that I this is a very special culture club episode because it's brought to you by me |
| 0:17.1 | natch and by audible and their fabulous new audiobook more me with you by an amazing new writer not |
| 0:25.6 | that new actually sorry Alex Alex is sitting opposite me Alex Bertie it's a trans Alex is laughing |
| 0:31.3 | it's a trans romance and it oh no I think Alex is cross it's a trans romance and it truly does |
| 0:37.8 | take all the boxes it's inclusive it's feel good and it's full of humour and today I am joined by |
| 0:43.1 | the very man who wrote the book and we're going to be talking about books as well as all the bits |
| 0:46.9 | of culture that inspired us as LGBTQ plus people the godfather of all good radio I'm calling this |
| 0:57.8 | radio and I do love a connection problem right isn't it a lovely start it's a well old machine |
| 1:05.6 | this already I love it oh look well it's funny you say that because I've let the dog in to this room |
| 1:12.4 | during this record which is not my usual because the dog likes to bark a lot so it's like Alex is |
| 1:18.0 | going to be driven mad by the dog barking but that's fine that's also dangerous I've got two cats |
| 1:22.6 | that might charge over my face at any point so it's all good we're living on the edge here I know |
| 1:28.8 | where are you in the world I'm in half shit okay nice talk me through being a queer man in |
| 1:35.4 | Hertfordshire oh I feel like I'm the only one sometimes interesting really yeah well I moved here |
| 1:44.8 | about four or five years ago from Dorset most of them like Bournemouth area and there's a lot more |
| 1:50.4 | of a queer scene in Bournemouth like that was going to be pride and I had like trans groups that I |
| 1:56.0 | went to but yeah not so much in Hertfordshire I so as I was saying not that long ago on this very |
| 2:03.9 | podcast I had my first kiss in Bournemouth first gay kiss in Bournemouth oh I was trying to go |
| 2:10.0 | somewhere trying to go lovely and I would say I was reminiscing about the fact that we never spoke |
| 2:18.2 | I just went up to this guy on the dance floor and snogged it wow is that weird um also very |
| 2:25.1 | the triangle um yeah the confidence as well I envy that oh it was actually desperation |
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