Meet Tom Rudd (they/them). Tom is a disabled non binary queer punk poet based in York, England. Their work focuses on the ideas of mental health, identity, grief and the importance of cuddles. Rudd's mercenary style of poetry has led to them winning the Stanza Slam and being a runner up at the Your Place Slam. Tom is the author of the poetry book, 'i am a thing of rough edges',
Tom is a mental health advocate, and talks about Borderline Personality Disorder. How . We dive into their book and some of the poems within it. Tim gets to ask questions that most people who are CIS are afraid to ask that deals within LGBTQ+ community. As in what the difference between Queer and Gay/Lesbian is. How the community is taking the word Queer back, & the history of non binary. We also find out we're both huge wrestling fans and ask Tom who their "Survivor Series" team would be!
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*I would like to apologize to Tom (which I also did personally), for using the wrong pronoun on Ep. 030. Everyone still makes mistakes and Tom agreed. This is exactly why I did this interview and how we need to make sure we're always learning. Thanks again to Tom for helping me learn*