Europe - United Kingdom

• Interview with Abby Grace Hughes
  Monika: Today’s interview will be with Abby Grace Hughes, known to friends and family as Abby-Grace. She is a video blogger that documents her transition on YouTube and on her blog. Hello...
  
• Interview with Shelley Bridgman
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Shelley Bridgman, a British stand-up comic, presenter, actress, and writer who started stand-up in 2004 under the stage name Shelley Cooper...
  
• Interview with Rebecca Root
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Rebecca Root, a talented British actress, voice, and speech teacher, stand-up comedian, playing the lead role in “Boy Meets Girl” - a...
  
• Interview with Helen Belcher
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honour to interview Helen Belcher, a British trans rights campaigner, member of the UK Parliamentary Forum on Gender Identity, and one of the founders of Trans...
  
• Interview with Emma Roebuck
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Emma Roebuck, a transgender activist from the UK, Chief Officer Gay Advice Darlington/Durham GADD, ex-rock group roadie, and...
  
• Interview with Vikki-Marie Gaynor
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Vikki-Marie Gaynor, an inspirational woman from England, truck driver featured in the British Channel 4 documentary titled...
  
• Interview with Rachel Mann
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Rachel Mann, the Church of England priest in charge of St. Nicholas’ Church Burnage in Manchester, and Minor Canon of Manchester Cathedral....
  
• Interview with Treva Angelina Askey
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Treva Angelina Askey, a British army veteran who completed tours in Kenya and the Falklands Islands and operational tours of Bosnia; her...
  
• Interview with Fay Presto
  Magic has long been a male-dominated field, but there are those who have defied the odds, breaking barriers with skill, wit, and sheer determination. One such trailblazer is Fay Presto,...
  
• Interview with Andie Davidson
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Andie Davidson, a publisher, writer, blogger, musician, and author of "Realisations" (2012). Hello Honey! Andie: Hi Monika,...
  
• Interview with Merryn Witherspoon
  Monika: Today’s interview will be with Merryn Witherspoon, a video blogger that documents her transition on YouTube. Hello Merryn! Merryn: Hello Monika! Monika: Could you say a few words about...
  
• Interview with Robyn-Jane
  Monika: Today’s interview will be with Robyn-Jane, inspirational woman, blogger, transgender artist, and leader of the band "Robyn-Jane". Hello Robyn! Robyn: Hi Monika, it's so...
  
• Interview with Christine Burns MBE
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Christine Burns MBE, a British equalities specialist; former vice president of Press for Change; ranked 35th (2011) and 42nd (2012) on the...
  
• Interview with Juliet Jacques
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Juliet Jacques, an inspirational British journalist, critic, writer, and columnist for The Guardian and The New Statesman. She is the...
  
• Interview with Roz Kaveney
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Roz Kaveney, a prolific British novelist, poet, critic, transgender activist, editor of Reading the Vampire Slayer, member of the Midnight...
  
• Interview with Adèle Anderson
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Adèle Anderson, an inspirational British songwriter, actress, and member of the acclaimed British cabaret group Fascinating Aïda. She is a...
  
• Interview with Drew-Ashlyn Cunningham
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Drew-Ashlyn Cunningham, a talented woman, British celebrity and model, make-up artist, and participant of Channel 4’s reality...
  
• Interview with Samantha Valentine
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Samantha Valentine, a British transgender activist, model, actress, and member of TEAM TG. Hello Samantha!  Samantha: Hi Monika, It's a...
  
• Interview with Jenna Arriving1
  Monika: Today, we are lucky to sit down with Jenna Arriving1, a courageous and inspiring video blogger who documents her transition on YouTube. Jenna’s journey is not only a...
  
• Interview with Aeris Houlihan
  Monika: Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Aeris Houlihan, a British football player and transgender video blogger who has been documenting her transition on...
  
• Interview with Carol Mapley
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Carol Mapley, a Scottish nationalist, LGBT activist, and a former policewoman. She served in the RAF’s Observer Corps for 18 years. Her...
  
• Interview with Jenny-Anne Bishop
  Monika: Today I have invited Jenny-Anne Bishop, a British transgender activist and former sales and marketing manager in scientific instruments. She is a graduate...
  
• Interview with Frances McKevitt
  Monika: Today I would like to present to you Frances McKevitt, an inspirational British woman, transgender artist, and leader of the band "The Frantastics". Frances was born in...
  
• Interview with Kirsty Scarlet Cass
  Monika: Today I would like you to meet Kirsty Scarlet Cass, a lovely lady from West Sussex in England. Her gender dysphoria was covered by the British media in 2010, following her suicide...
  
• Interview with Hailey
  Monika: Today’s interview will be with Hailey, a young aspiring creative writer, student, and transgender woman that documents her transition on Reddit.com as the_forsaken_queen. Hello...
  
• Interview with Annie Wallace
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Annie Wallace, a Scottish actress from Aberdeen, one of the most prominent LGBTQ persons in the UK, computer science and sound...
  
• Interview with Fay Louise Purdham
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Fay Louise Purdham, a British beauty queen and media celebrity from Newcastle, nominated for the Positive Role Model at The National...
  
• Interview with Kirsty Jayne Crow
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Kirsty Jayne Crow, an aviation consultant, teacher, and author of the memoir “Three Weddings and a Sex Change” (2016). Hello...
  
• Interview with Rhyannon Styles
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Rhyannon Styles, an actress, writer, ELLE UK magazine’s columnist, one of the most influential British LGBTQ activists, and the author of...
  
• Interview with Caroline Cossey
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Caroline Cossey, aka Tula, a former model, and actress from the UK, Bond girl, transgender rights activist, one of the most...
  
• Interview with Juno Roche
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Juno Roche, a Writer, and Campaigner, Patron of cliniQ, and a Trustee of the Sophia Forum. Juno writes for a wide range of publications and...
  
• Interview with Gabriele Orman
  Monika: Today’s interview will be with Gabriele Orman, a British video blogger that documents her transition on YouTube. Hello Gabriele! Gabriele: Hello Monika, nice to meet you,...
  
• Interview with Pamela Giovanni
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Pamela Giovanni, a British actress, model and singer, performer, entertainer, and diva. Hello Pamela! Pamela: Hi! Monika: Could you say a...
  
• Interview with Jossy Yendall
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Jossy Yendall, an inspirational performer from Gateshead, UK, and beauty pageant queen. Hello Jossy!  Jossy: Hello Monika! Monika: Could...
  
• Interview with Reena Gibson
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Reena Gibson, a British writer and author of her new biographical book titled “The Long Road Ahead” (2015), as well as lead singer and...
  
• Interview with Katie Bainbridge
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Katie Bainbridge, a Scottish writer, blogger, and the author of the autobiographical book titled “Flowers and Tightropes” (2015). Hello...
  
• Interview with Nicola Jane Chase
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Nicola Jane Chase, a British writer from near Liverpool, who currently lives in New York. A former globe-trotting DJ and radio personality,...
  
• Interview with Emma Martin
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Emma Martin, a British IT consultant, clinical psychotherapist, and transgender activist. Hello Emma! Emma: Hi Monika. Thank you for...
  
• Interview with Bright Daffodil
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Bright Daffodil, a British woman born intersex, a participant in many documentaries and interviews. Hello Bright Daffodil! ...
  
• Interview with Merryn Witherspoon: Part 2
  Monika: It has been over a year since our first interview. You look fantastic! What has changed in your life since then? Merryn: Many thanks, Monika! It’s nice to keep in touch. Yes, a lot has...
  
• Interview with Sophia Gubb
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Sophia Gubb, a writer who is British by birth but living in Germany, the author of the biographical book titled “Stubborn Soul”...
  
• Interview with Jennifer Maidman
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure to interview Jennifer Maidman, a talented British musician, songwriter, actress, music producer, humanistic counselor, and writer. Hello Jennifer! Jennifer: Hi...
  
• Interview with Samantha Collins
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Samantha Collins, a British criminal lawyer, happy wife, and mother. Hello Samantha!Samantha: Hello, thank you for wanting to speak with...
  
• Interview with Lexi Jean McPherson
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Lexi Jean McPherson, a British writer, the author of the biographical book titled “HE wants HER” (2014). Hello Lexi! Lexi: Hello Monika....
  
• Interview with Jameela Maxwell Boardman
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honour to interview Jameela Maxwell Boardman, a British free thinker, scientist, spiritualist, and the author of the biographical book titled “Jameela's...
  
• Interview with Maki Yamazaki
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honour to interview Maki Yamazaki, a Japanese-British musician, producer, artist, games developer, trans-feminist, and advocate of queer and disabled people’s...
  
• Interview with Miranda Yardley
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honour to interview Miranda Yardley, a British accountant, music magazine publisher, blogger and businesswoman. Hello Miranda!Miranda: Hello Monika! Thanks...
  
• Interview with Sarah Brown
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honour to interview Sarah Brown, a talented British Liberal Democrat politician and transgender activist, the former Cambridge City Councillor for Petersfield...
  
• Interview with Alice Denny
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honour to interview Alice Denny, a British poet, and transgender activist from Brighton, England. Hello Alice!Alice: Hello Monika, it’s a pleasure to meet you -...
  
• Interview with Helen Dale
  Helen Dale, an RAF Brat, once dreamed of being a pilot but turned to PR, advertising, and marketing while keeping her transgender identity secret. In 1998, she transitioned, losing a...
  
• Interview with Charlie Craggs
  If the transgender community had a fairy godmother with a perfectly manicured middle finger to transphobia, it would be Charlie Craggs. Activist, author, actress, and all-around badass,...
  
• Interview with Sarah Wenno-Stephenson
  Monika: Sarah Wenno-Stephenson is my lovely guest today. Sarah is a London-based fashion model, background artist, presenter, and property investor. Hello Sarah! Thank you for accepting my...
  
• Interview with Meja Foss
  Monika: Today I would like to introduce Meja Foss, a British woman, fitness and fashion blogger living in Norway, documenting her transition on social media. Hello Meja! Thank you for accepting my...
  
• Interview with Emma Smith
  Monika: Today let me introduce you to Emma Smith. Emma is a British journalist, podcaster, and trans woman that shares her transition story on social media. Hello Emma! Thank you for accepting my...
  
• Interview with Emily Green
  Monika: The city of Glasgow is our next destination today where my guest lives. Emily Green is a Scottish transgender woman and blogger that documents her transition on social media. Hello...
  
• Interview with Hanne Carrington Reay
  Monika: Today I have the pleasure and honor of interviewing Hanne Carrington Reay, a British artist living in Mexico, poet, writer, transactivist, witch, and transgender woman that shares her...
  
• Interview with Danielle St James
  Monika: Today I have invited Danielle St James, a successful British businesswoman, model, makeup artist, beauty pageant, media celebrity, and transactivist from Barry, South Wales. In 2021, she...
  
• Interview with Samantha Pearsall
  Monika: Today I would like to introduce to you Samantha Pearsall, an inspirational woman from Manchester, England. Samantha is a transgender educator, and speaker, known for her Deaf Transgender...
  
• Interview with Pia Notoriyas
  Monika: Today we are going on a journey to the United Kingdom where we are going to meet a talented female artist. Pia Notoriyas is a Filipino-born singer and songwriter, model, YouTube vlogger,...
  
• Interview with Chrissie Chevasutt
  Monika: Today I am honored to host Chrissie Chevasutt, an inspirational woman, writer, and transgender advocate from Oxfordshire, England, the author of the recently published biography "Heaven...
  
• Interview with Petra Wenham
  Monika: Today I have the pleasure and honor of interviewing Petra Wenham, a British woman from Suffolk, UK, the first transgender woman to star on the front cover of the Women’s Institute magazine,...
  
• Interview with Catriona
  Monika: Today I have invited Catriona, a Scottish transgender lady, LGBTQI+ advocate, gamer, and photographer that documents her transition on social media. Hello Catriona! Catriona: Hi Monika,...
  
• Interview with Louise Croucher
  Monika: Today I am going to interview Louise Croucher, a British aspiring writer from London who has recently put down the pen to start her own handmade candle-making business. She is the author of...
  
• Interview with Eva Echo
  Monika: Today I am going to take you for a journey to the city of Birmingham, in the West Midlands, England, where I am meeting Eva Echo, an inspirational lady that loves tattoos. Eva is a...
  
• Interview with Daniella Schofield
  Monika: Today I am going to interview Daniella Schofield, a British beauty expert and Avon representative from Blackpool in the United Kingdom. In 2019, Daniella joined Avon, a direct sales company...
  
• Interview with Siân Longthorpe
  Monika: Today I am going to interview Siân Longthorpe, a British 40-something runner, fitness enthusiast, and lover of the outdoors. Hello Siân!Siân: Hi Monika, thanks for getting in touch.Monika:...
  
• Interview with Willow-Jayne Davies
  Monika: Today I am going to introduce to you Willow-Jayne Davies, a British makeup artist, nail technician, and beauty pageant queen from Swansea in Wales. She is Miss Swansea Sparkle 2016-2019 and...
  
• Interview with Angie Brewer
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Angie Brewer, a British blogger, and author of the biographical book titled 'It's Just a Phase!' (2020). Hello Angie!Angie: Hello...
  
• Interview with Farrah Mills
  Monika: Today I am hosting Farrah Mills, one of the most inspirational ladies from the United Kingdom, a London model, singer, entertainer, former adult movie actress, and YouTube vlogger. We are...
  
• Interview with Rachel Reese
  Monika: It is both a pleasure and an honor to interview Rachel Reese today. Rachel is a trained solicitor, transgender activist, and Vice-Chair of the Law Society’s LGBT Lawyers...
  
• Interview with Kelly Grice
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Kelly Grice, an inspirational woman from Manchester, England, happy wife, and the author of the biographical book titled “My journey from He...
  
• Interview with Laura Smith
  Monika: Today’s interview will be with Laura Smith, a transgender woman that documents her transition on Reddit.com as inharmony123. Hello Laura! Laura: Hi Monika! Monika: Could you say a few...
  
• Interview with Charlotte Flanigan
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Charlotte Flanigan, a British writer, and the author of the biographical book titled “The Whole Shenanigans: Charlotte's Story” (2017)....
  
• Interview with Molly Cutpurse
  Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Molly Cutpurse, a British writer from Stratford in the East End of London, one of the most prolific writers for the Amazon audience. Her...