Queer Working Lives: Behind the Uniform | Jon Hague | Episode 3

Queer Working Lives: Behind the Uniform | Jon Hague | Episode 3

From the makers of the award-winning podcast What, That Old Queen?!

What does it mean to wear a uniform, and how much of ourselves do we reveal when we put one on?

In this episode of Queer Working Lives, Tom Marshman and Bernie Hodges talk to Jon Hague, whose extraordinary working life has taken him from theatre and nursing to military service and writing. Drawing parallels between the theatre and the Army, Jon explores the performance of identity, the experience of being gay within military culture, and the complicated relationship between individuality, authority and belonging. A conversation about the roles we play, the expectations we challenge and the stories we carry with us.

Presented by Tom Marshman and Bernie Hodges, with audio production by Bernie Hodges.

Queer Working Lives: Behind the Uniform

From the makers of the award-winning podcast What, That Old Queen?!

In this three-part podcast series, Tom Marshman and Bernie Hodges explore the experiences of LGBTQ+ people who served in the British Armed Forces, uncovering personal stories of identity, belonging, discrimination and resilience. Through intimate conversations with former service personnel, the series asks what it means to wear a uniform, what we conceal beneath it, and what happens when the institution you serve refuses to accept who you are.

Queer Working Lives was made possible with the support of all the project partners, Hartlepool Museum, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, RAF Museum, West Sussex Fire Service, Marlborough Productions and at Portsmouth Navy Museum. It would not have been possible without generous funding from the Arts Council and National Lottery Community Project Fund.

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