The Unsuitable - LGBTQ Stories

Luke Antony is a singer and recording artist who lives in Sydney and identifies as gay.

Luke is the eldest of 3 and was raised in a christian household that was very close and spent lots of time camping, water skiing and attending church.

Luke moved from Townsville to Sydney in pursuit of his singing career which saw him reach top 13 on The Voice under the guidance of Boy George.

That opportunity bought the nation to its feet as they applauded this incredible artist but it was the call from dad after one appearance on the show that reduced this openly gay man to tears.

Luke shares this moment with us and much more in this heartwarming interview.

Spat on, abused and bullied during the same sex marriage debate. Despite the fact the vote went in favour of legalising same sex marriage, there is still a large portion of the community that feel they have the right to voice publicly their opinion and bully those in the lgbtiq community.

Jade Alexander gives an honest and raw account of the abuse she was subjected to during the same sex marriage debate.

Jade also shares her life growing up in the Western Sydney suburbs and how she came to develop a passion for suiting up and sourcing antique mens accessories.

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Growing up in the 70's and 80's usually meant you married in your early 20's, had kids bought a house and supposedly lived happily ever after!

Thats exactly what Kylie did except the happily ever after never came.

Kylie spent most of her life in a state of depression and after 21 years of marriage and 4 kids in the mix she came to the realisation that happily ever after in a hetro normative marriage was never going to happen as she longed to be in the arms of a woman

Kylie shares what life was like during those years and how she overcame depression and left her marriage to start all over again

Nik Kacy was born in Hong Kong and grew up in New York before heading to LA for college.

Nik is the founder of NikKacy Footwear and we had the pleasure of accessorizing some of our designs at the dapperq show with Nik Kacy footwear and accessories.

Nik has an interesting story that will pull at your heart strings as they share their struggles to live in a body that didn’t belong to the real Nik Kacy.

Nik knew at around 8/9 years of age that they were born into the wrong body, and they longed to be able to live life as a boy. Suffering childhood depression and wishing they had never been born, Nik struggled for many years.

After 3 non fatal attempts at suicide, Nik knew they had to make some changes.

They share the life changing moment they made the decision to live and not simply exist and how it set them on a journey to make a positive impact on the lgbtiq community.

Carol Stephenson was born in Canada and spent her early childhood in Edmonton, before moving to Sydney at the age of 8. Life was different, moving to a new country and new school bought its challenges including the onset of Anorexia Nervosa. Carol fought the hard fight and eventually won the battle although it can still rear its ugly head in stressful situations.

Carol worked in Athletic Fashion in Canada and Australia before launching Charlie Boy Clothing in 2013.

Charlie Boy Clothing was born out of a need for well fitting, stylish shirts that was non gender conforming.

Deb Beveridge-Stephenson is Carols wife and together they make a formidable team.

Deb was born and raised in Melbourne but spent many years traveling and representing Australia in Inline Skating. Deb has won over 22 National Titles and 11 World Championships for Australia.

Deb met Carol when she made enquiries about getting some shirts through Charlie Boy Clothing. Clearly Carol won Deb over with more than her shirts and the rest is history. All will be revealed in this episode.

Sit back and enjoy this awesome and fun filled story of how two worlds collided in two states of Australia.

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