with Alan and Stephanie.

This week’s stories, shocking number of children bullied in Aberdeen schools due to race, body image, disability and sexual orientation, Going back on conversion therapy ban is sign of SNP cowardices, Wales NHS gender surgeries paused for review into referral numbers, and Good Law Project is defending the Greens against a ‘gender critical’ group.

In other news, LGBT+ veterans urged to come forward as hotspots for missing claimants revealed, conservative Americans were asked why queer people bother them – the answers are surprising. We share, ‘Keeping Children Safe In Education’ Guidance: An Explainer for Trans Children and Young People and their Parents and Carers and Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional.

In the good news, Judge in Muslim-majority country defends decision to legally acknowledge trans woman.

If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

This podcast is lifted from the Aberdabbadoo radio show, the UK’s longest running LGBT+ radio show, on shmuFM. Sundays, 11am to 1pm, on 99.8FM and DAB in and around Aberdeen and around the world on radio streaming platforms and shmu.org.uk or ask your smart speaker to play ‘Station House Media Unit’.

with Alan and Stephanie.

The headlines. Isle of Bute woman to pay compensation over 'horrific' transphobic messages, attacks on LGBT+ health are a threat to all, haters are targeting a beloved trans teacher. Her defenders are fighting back, Moms for Liberty co-founder who had bi threesome rape scandal to lose school board seat, gay Republican group abandons transgender people, calling decision a return to ‘moral’ clarity, and confused Trump claims hospitals now perform “reverse surgery” on trans people “at my order”.

In the US, conservatives fume over fake claim Disney is making Mickey Mouse transgender, and controversial owner says Old State Saloon in Eagle is for sale. Here’s why, whilst in Africa, Niger criminalises same-sex intimacy for the first time in its history and Anglican archbishop in Ghana states, ‘We do not support criminalisation’.

In the good news, Texas drag ban shut down as judge cites Dolly Parton in ruling.

If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

This podcast is lifted from the Aberdabbadoo radio show, the UK’s longest running LGBT+ radio show, on shmuFM. Sundays, 11am to 1pm, on 99.8FM and DAB in and around Aberdeen and around the world on radio streaming platforms and shmu.org.uk or ask your smart speaker to play ‘Station House Media Unit’.

with Alan and Stephanie.

The headlines. Police Scotland's transgender strip search rules endorsed by judge, women’s and trans rights dominate Scottish Labour leadership hustings, I write queer romance so that people feel seen, NHS to roll out ‘life-saving’ medication to combat drug-resistant HIV, and we share the cabinet office’s response to two LGBT+ petitions.

In other news, new study challenges trans ‘advantage’ argument in women’s sports, know your rights: What to do if you’re stopped, challenged or photographed, Christians, If You’re Afraid of Trans People, Read This, and Gay principal accuses school board members of faking ‘grooming’ claims to fire him.

In the good news, new study finds that affirming teachers can have the biggest impact on trans kids’ success in school.

If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

This podcast is lifted from the Aberdabbadoo radio show, the UK’s longest running LGBT+ radio show, on shmuFM. Sundays, 11am to 1pm, on 99.8FM and DAB in and around Aberdeen and around the world on radio streaming platforms and shmu.org.uk or ask your smart speaker to play ‘Station House Media Unit’.

with Alan and Stephanie. This week we’re joined by Monstera

In the news, Ofcom launches investigation into GB News after guest linked Pride to paedophilia, attacks on LGBT+ people are the warning sign of a wider backlash against democracy, Wes Streeting addresses ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse he receives whilst in America, Rudy Giuliani claims Mamdani’s childcare plan will teach kids to be trans.

In other news, we ask why gay white men so threatened by transgender women, Lauren Boebert calls LGBT+ people “groomers.” Her son was just arrested for child sex abuse, religious homophobia fuelling conversion therapy and 'My dad kicked me out because he thinks I'm gay but 4 years later I got five-thousand pounds revenge'

If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

with Alan and Stephanie

In the news, 73% of out LGBT+ athletes at Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games won medals, while LGBT+ activists from countries with anti-gay laws defend Commonwealth Games flags display. Unions boycott Labour Women’s Conference over trans ban, playing sports doesn’t qualify you to talk about trans people and ‘Queer Milk’ support group faces criticism – here’s what the research says about trans women’s lactation.

In other news, resurfaced Alan Turing short story sheds light on how he felt about being gay, the 334-million-dollar reason to legalise same-sex marriage in Cambodia, when San Francisco “went absolutely bonkers” over a gay vigilante group, christian food bank’s shelves are empty after pastor rejects supplies from LGBT+ allies and same-sex couple sues anti-LGBT+ clerk Kim Davis for allegedly hiding big money she owes them.

In the good news, Aviation Pride UK launches scholarships for LGBT+ community.If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

This podcast is lifted from the Aberdabbadoo radio show, the UK’s longest running LGBT+ radio show, on shmuFM. Sundays, 11am to 1pm, on 99.8FM and DAB in and around Aberdeen and around the world on radio streaming platforms and shmu.org.uk or ask your smart speaker to play ‘Station House Media Unit’.

Music - Professor Umlaut Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

with Alan and Stephanie

In the news, London Trans+ Pride 2026 makes history with record-breaking number of attendees, Armed officers to patrol UK's largest Pride event amid heightened safety fears, LGB Alliance’s claim that ‘94% of LGB people are unhappy with LGBTQ+ label’ isn’t what it seems, LGBT+ people don’t need advice from British right-wingers after the Berlin attack, and How anti-gay law derailed artist's windmill quest.

In the US, Sarah McBride responds to actor James Woods’ attempt at trolling, will churches welcome registered sex offenders? In viral videos, many say 'yes', “parental rights” are the next frontier In the conservative war on LGBT+ people and in the UK, Charity law is enabling religious homophobia.

In the good news, educator who displayed Matt Walsh’s anti-trans book & got fired loses appeal in free speech case.

If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

This podcast is lifted from the Aberdabbadoo radio show, the UK’s longest running LGBT+ radio show, on shmuFM. Sundays, 11am to 1pm, on 99.8FM and DAB in and around Aberdeen and around the world on radio streaming platforms and shmu.org.uk or ask your smart speaker to play ‘Station House Media Unit’.

Music - Professor Umlaut Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

with Alan and Stephanie

In the news, Aberdeen University worker charged over Ann Widdecombe death comments, what happens next as EHRC trans code clears 40-day scrutiny period, trans men may face higher miscarriage rates as review urges more research, and ambulance service allows trans workers to defy Supreme Court ruling.

In other news, minister says there will be no "carve-out" for parents In LGBT+ conversion practices ban, a Pride display created by little kids was set on fire. The community is fighting back in full force, Why is the right so obsessed with banning Pride flags, microaggressions LGBT+ people deal with all the time, and conservative pastor rages at “gay, effeminate” Jesus images.

In the good news, court issues major blow to DeSantis’s “Stop WOKE Act” & calls it “a breathtaking assertion of power”

If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

This podcast is lifted from the Aberdabbadoo radio show, the UK’s longest-running LGBT+ radio show, on shmuFM. Sundays, 11am to 1pm, on 99.8FM and DAB in and around Aberdeen and around the world on radio streaming platforms and shmu.org.uk or ask your smart speaker to play ‘Station House Media Unit’.

Music - Professor Umlaut Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

with Alan

This week’s headlines, why LGBT+ people fear UK is becoming less welcoming, new UK Envoy to champion LGBT+ rights globally, MP says trans people at risk of 'enforced segregation' under new guidelines, Good Law Project sues Ofcom over failure to investigate TalkTV trans debates, and gay and trans women less likely to undergo cancer screening.

In other news, poll shows 76% of UK adults support same-sex marriage, what people with intersex traits want you to know, new bill could introduce intersex and non-binary recognition in Ireland, the first one to know you're gay? Your TikTok algorithm, TUC LGBT+ conference backs Equity’s call to decriminalise sex work.

In the good news, Allied Gardens church raises Pride flag after repeated acts of vandalism.

If you have any comments or questions, email lgbt@shmu.org.uk and we’ll get back to you next week, and please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!

This podcast is lifted from the Aberdabbadoo radio show on shmuFM, the UK’s longest running LGBT+ radio show. Sundays, 11am to 1pm, on 99.8FM and DAB in and around Aberdeen and around the world on radio streaming platforms and shmu.org.uk or ask your smart speaker to play ‘Station House Media Unit’.

Music - Professor Umlaut Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License