Music and words

Alex Iantaffi interviews CN Lester, a writer, musician, academic, and leading LGBTI activist. CN is the co-founder of the UK's first national queer youth organisation, they curate the trans art event Transpose for the Barbican, and work internationally as a trans and feminist educator and speaker. Their work has featured on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, SBS, The Guardian, ABC, The Independent, Newsnight, and at Sydney Opera House. Alex and CN talk about 17th century composer Barbara Strozzi, gender and CN's internationally acclaimed book "Trans Like Me". Instagram: GenderStories Hosted by Alex Iantaffi Music by Maxwell von Raven Gender Stories logo by Lior Effinger-Weintraub