Proudly Said
Proudly Said
Podcast Description
Proudly Said is about being LGBTQ+ in the UK without compromise.
Hosted by John Hyland (he/they), a Liverpool-born activist and advocate, the show brings real conversations to the forefront. No studios, no scripts - just people, where they’re most at home, speaking in their own words.
Each episode centres voices you don’t hear enough, talking about what it means to live out loud, hold space, and just live.
There’s no performance. Just queer stories, proudly said.
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The podcast focuses on LGBTQ+ experiences in the UK, covering topics such as identity, activism, and community spaces, with episodes featuring poignant stories like Connie Frankish's impact as an openly trans teacher and Sarah Lovelock's role as an ally and safe space creator in her coffee shop.
Proudly Said is about being LGBTQ+ in the UK without compromise.
Hosted by John Hyland (he/they), a Liverpool-born activist and advocate, the show brings real conversations to the forefront. No studios, no scripts – just people, where they’re most at home, speaking in their own words.
Each episode centres voices you don’t hear enough, talking about what it means to live out loud, hold space, and just live.
There’s no performance. Just queer stories, proudly said.
🎙️ What’s This Episode About?
Jeneen Lilith is a former nurse, queer activist, artist, and the mum of Luna, a transgender teenager known within Liverpool’s LGBTQ+ community. John has known them both for ten years, and this conversation has been a long time coming.
Jeneen joins John to talk honestly about what it has meant to raise a trans child, from the fear and paralysis of those first early days, knowing nobody in the trans community and not knowing how to help her daughter, through to the joy, the fight, and the version of herself she found along the way. She talks about the people who gave her hope when she needed it most, and how she now finds herself being that person for other families starting the same journey.
They cover the political reality of being a trans parent right now, the protest song Jeneen wrote and performed at a Liverpool demonstration in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on trans rights, and what it means to channel anger into something that connects people rather than just exhausts them. Jeneen is candid about the complexity of her own position, holding cis privilege while being utterly woven into her daughter’s lived experience.
There’s also a deeply personal thread running through it all: how supporting Luna led Jeneen to question everything she had assumed about her own identity, and the unexpected but entirely her own conclusion she arrived at. Warm, sharp, funny, and at times genuinely moving, it’s a conversation about love as an act of courage.
🗣️ Why Listen?
If you’re seeking genuine conversations that reflect the diverse experiences within the LGBTQ+ community, Proudly Said offers a platform for those narratives.
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