Tan France’s Queer Icons
Fashion designer Tan France is best known as the wardrobe wiz of Emmy-winning TV hit Queer Eye - the makeover show that’s about so much more than new clothes.
In 7digital’s Queer Icons podcast for Audible, Tan explores the lives of eight inspirational people.
Gladys Bentley was the toast of 1920s Harlem queer culture. Bobbie Lea Bennett was a trailblazer for trans and disability rights. In 18th century London, Princess Seraphina was the first English drag queen. Dr Evelyn Hooker was a queer ally in 1950s Los Angeles. Munda Meza was a Mexican window dresser and activist. Yoyo is a member of Malaysian LGBTQ+ punk band, Shh…Diam! William Dorsey Swann was born into slavery but became a pioneering “queen of drag”. Esan Regmi is a Nepalese intersex campaigner whose activism inspires hope.
Tan France’s Queer Icons has been nominated for Smartest Podcast in the British Podcast Awards.
7digital’s other creations for Audible UK and Australia include Derren Brown’s Boot Camp for the Brain / Boot Camp for Life, and It Burns with Marc Fennell - our award-winning exploration of a scandal-plagued chilli-eating contest.
In 2021 we produced Michael Caine: Gangs and Australian true-crime podcast The Man In The Balaclava with author Tara Moss. 7digital’s first production for Audible was Mo-Joe - an 18-week marathon training diary with Sir Mo Farah, George Lamb and Joe Wicks. It won Best Sports Podcast at the ARIAS.
7digital’s expertise in creating world-class factual audio has been honed over hundreds of hours of BBC radio.