The JOIN Podcast
The JOIN Podcast, from Friends of the Joiners Arms, shares the voices and insights of members of our LGBTIQ+ community who are too often sidelined as we discuss building queer spaces that are accessible and affirming for all. In this six-part series, JOIN Project contributors explore how homelessness and insecure immigration status create painful barriers to queer spaces… and explain how we as a community can bring those barriers down!
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Episodes
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
How can LGBTIQ+ spaces be more inclusive and welcoming to everyone in our community – not just the most privileged?
Follow The JOIN Project team as they explain how to better support homeless and migrant queer people seeking community, opportunities and joy.
Co-produced by Ahed, Aiden, Casey, Charlie, Mazen, Sophrane, Tulsi, Violet, Wura, Xolisani and Zarith. Facilitation and Podcast Design Support: Siobhán McGuirk and Liv Wynter. Host: Anne Onwusiri. Production and Editing: Sam Whelan-Curtin. Podcast Artwork/Illustrations: BOE (@boestudio.s)
For more information on the JOIN Project and our Toolkit, as well as on the Friends of the Joiners Arms Campaign, please visit www.friendsjoinerarms.com
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
How do LGBTIQ+ people navigate the UK asylum system and its hostile environment?
Join Sophie, Cassie, Ahed, XO and Tulsi to explore the impact of years-long waits, horrible housing and painful restrictions on access to work, education, training and – most importantly – community.
Co-produced by Ahed, Aiden, Casey, Charlie, Mazen, Sophrane, Tulsi, Violet, Wura, Xolisani and Zarith. Facilitation and Podcast Design Support: Siobhán McGuirk and Liv Wynter. Host: Anne Onwusiri. Production and Editing: Sam Whelan-Curtin. Podcast Artwork/Illustrations: BOE (@boestudio.s)
For more information on the JOIN Project and our Toolkit, as well as on the Friends of the Joiners Arms Campaign, please visit www.friendsjoinerarms.com
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
What is ‘hidden homelessness’ and how does it impact LGBTIQ+ people?
Join Wura and Violet to discuss the realities of housing insecurity, and the challenges for queer people navigating housing insecurity – in hotels, shelters, nightclubs, buses, friends’ sofas or lovers’ beds.
Co-produced by Ahed, Aiden, Casey, Charlie, Mazen, Sophrane, Tulsi, Violet, Wura, Xolisani and Zarith. Facilitation and Podcast Design Support: Siobhán McGuirk and Liv Wynter. Host: Anne Onwusiri. Production and Editing: Sam Whelan-Curtin. Podcast Artwork/Illustrations: BOE (@boestudio.s)
For more information on the JOIN Project and our Toolkit, as well as on the Friends of the Joiners Arms Campaign, please visit www.friendsjoinerarms.com
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
How can we create accessible LGBTIQ+ spaces and fight isolation – without prioritising alcohol, drugs or unsafe practices?
Join Ahed, Cassie, XO and Mazen to explore how a lack of safe and supportive community spaces, queer culture and LGBTIQ+ identities all shape our relationships wellbeing.
Co-produced by Ahed, Aiden, Casey, Charlie, Mazen, Sophrane, Tulsi, Violet, Wura, Xolisani and Zarith. Facilitation and Podcast Design Support: Siobhán McGuirk and Liv Wynter. Host: Anne Onwusiri. Production and Editing: Sam Whelan-Curtin. Podcast Artwork/Illustrations: BOE (@boestudio.s)
For more information on the JOIN Project and our Toolkit, as well as on the Friends of the Joiners Arms Campaign, please visit www.friendsjoinerarms.com
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
What learning and training opportunities exist for queer people facing social marginalisation?
Join Zarith, Sophie, Wura, Mazen and Violet to explore the short and long-term impact of barriers to education and employment for LGBTIQ+ people – and the possibilities we can forge in queer communities.
Co-produced by Ahed, Aiden, Casey, Charlie, Mazen, Sophrane, Tulsi, Violet, Wura, Xolisani and Zarith. Facilitation and Podcast Design Support: Siobhán McGuirk and Liv Wynter. Host: Anne Onwusiri. Production and Editing: Sam Whelan-Curtin. Podcast Artwork/Illustrations: BOE (@boestudio.s)
For more information on the JOIN Project and our Toolkit, as well as on the Friends of the Joiners Arms Campaign, please visit www.friendsjoinerarms.com
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
The JOIN Project team share their hopes and dreams for LGBTIQ+ people and queer spaces that welcome, celebrate and support everyone – bringing the margins to the centre of our communities.
Co-produced by Ahed, Aiden, Casey, Charlie, Mazen, Sophrane, Tulsi, Violet, Wura, Xolisani and Zarith. Facilitation and Podcast Design Support: Siobhán McGuirk and Liv Wynter. Host: Anne Onwusiri. Production and Editing: Sam Whelan-Curtin. Podcast Artwork/Illustrations: BOE (@boestudio.s)
For more information on the JOIN Project and our Toolkit, as well as on the Friends of the Joiners Arms Campaign, please visit www.friendsjoinerarms.com