AboutTermsPrivacyContact
 
Updating
The View From Here

The View From Here

Released: 2025-12-03
© 2025 The View From Here
The View From Here - QR Code
3 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
3 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2025-12-03
© 2025 The View From Here
Most Recent Episode
S1E2: Lisa Power - Pride, Policy and Persistence

S1E2: Lisa Power - Pride, Policy and Persistence

Lisa Power joins us to chart a raw, funny, and fiercely practical road through UK LGBTQ+ history—from Switchboard’s midnight calls to the birth of Stonewall, from Section 28’s chilling effect to the sudden light of Vancouver 1996 when HIV combinat
Time: 1:11:50
Lisa Power joins us to chart a raw, funny, and fiercely practical road through UK LGBTQ+ history—from Switchboard’s midnight calls to the birth of Stonewall, from Section 28’s chilling effect to the sudden light of Vancouver 1996 when HIV combination therapy changed everything.
We dig into the messy reality of coalition building: why Stonewall chose equality as the shared baseline, how the age of consent fight was won in stages, and what it took to navigate the frictions between feminism, the left, and queer communities. Lisa brings history to life: the cramped Switchboard office with maps and files; early THT meetings; treatment-activist showdowns where community experts out-briefed pharma reps.
Lisa's call is simple and sharp: stop fighting each other, fight the right enemy, and keep pushing the window of acceptance forward.
If this story moved you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Tell us what moment or tactic you’d pass on to the next generation.
This episode was hosted by Jonathan Chambers and James Alexander
Editing by Hannah Stewart
Music: Mystify created by AlterEgo
Visit our website, https://tvfh.co.uk
Follow us on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/theviewfromherepodcast
Episode ID: 1000739436250
GUID: Buzzsprout-18273362
Release Date: 03/12/2025, 04:00:00

Description

The View From Here is a UK-based podcast shining a fresh light on LGBTQ+ history through long-form interviews with some of the UK's leading changemakers. Our aim is to keep these stories alive and inspire the activists of tomorrow.

Apple Podcasts: Customer Reviews

2025-11-30

A timely and important look at the people who fought

A podcast it’s surprising that no one has made before, but worth the wait.
We stand on the shoulders of people who laid everything on the line and often suffered significant discrimination, we benefited and we should all listen and learn.
salyavin
2025-11-27

Inspiring conversations

Wonderful interviews with activists that helped pave the way for LGBTQ+ rights today. Illuminating stories that inform and inspire us to carry the torch forward.
Pato Fu
2025-11-27

LGBT history podcast

Absolutely brilliant first episode. Loved it. Can’t wait for the rest.
Albus2025
2025-11-26

Fascinating and important

This is a really intriguing political project - capturing a history in the UK that too many take for granted. But it’s also incredibly emotional, really drilling down into the personal stories behind the activism, reminding/educating listeners of the incredible courage that regular, relatable people showed in challenging a world that wouldn’t allow LGTBQ+ people to exist fully. Inspiring for confronting the (sadly) same challenges we see today!
HazardousPolkaDot
2025-11-26

Timely reminder

So pleased this podcast exists with informative, nuanced and humorous discussions of LGBTQ+ history and its contemporary relevances.
michael.amherst
2025-11-26

Incredible

Loved the first podcast. The conversation was thoughtful provoking, made me teary eyed in parts (when he mentioned his dad, and friends), and informative (I knew nothing about Stonewall and little about section 28)
Really well-done, and I eagerly await next week’s episode.
Tom W from London