Erin Ekins's guest appearances

Erin Ekins

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Aut-Hour

Anna Lee

Ella Dawson

Andrew Gurza

Shan Boody

Grace Campbell

Laura Whitmore

Emily Nagoski

Gaby Dunn

Katherine Angel

Allison Raskin

Jackson Bird

Juno Dawson

Flo Perry

Chris Moore

Kimberly Foster

OwlTail

Aut-Hour is a limited-series podcast interviewing autistic authors about their life and work, hosted by Sara Gibbs, author of Drama Queen.Today’s guest was Erin Ekins, whose book, Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum, is available online or at any good bookshop. You can find Erin on Twitter @QueerlyAutistic.The Autistic Trans Guide to Life is available here.Special thanks to Graeme Rawson who composed the Aut-Hour theme, Graeme Watson who designed the Aut-Hour logo and John Gibbs who edited this episode. Photo in the logo is by Juliet McKee. If you like what you’ve heard, please hit subscribe, leave a review &amp; follow us on Instagram and Twitter @AutHourPod.A full transcript of this episode is available here in text format.Sara’s book, Drama Queen, One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels is out now. Find out more at saragibbs.com

Aut-Hour is a limited-series podcast interviewing autistic authors about their life and work, hosted by Sara Gibbs, author of Drama Queen.Today’s guest was Erin Ekins, whose book, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queerly-Autistic-Ultimate-LGBTQIA-Spectrum/dp/B09432825C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Erin+Ekins&amp;qid=1633957641&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum</a>, is available online or at any good bookshop. You can find Erin on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/QueerlyAutistic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@QueerlyAutistic</a>. The Autistic Trans Guide to Life is available <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N38ZJRB/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Special thanks to Graeme Rawson who composed the Aut-Hour theme, Graeme Watson who designed the Aut-Hour logo and John Gibbs who edited this episode. Photo in the logo is by <a href="https://www.julietmckeephotography.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Juliet McKee</a>. If you like what you’ve heard, please hit subscribe, leave a review &amp; follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/authourpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/AutHourPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @AutHourPod. A full transcript of this episode is available<a href="http://saragibbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Aut-Hour-S01E09-Lizzie-Huxley-Jones-Final_otter_ai.txt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://saragibbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AutHour_S01E10_Abigail_Balfe.txt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here in text format.</a> Sara’s book, Drama Queen, One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels is out now. Find out more at <a href="https://saragibbs.com/drama-queen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">saragibbs.com</a>

Erin Ekins (Season 1 Finale)

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Erin Ekins, who is the author of Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum. Erin discusses coming out as bisexual, being diagnosed with autism, and the combination of societal hypersexualization of bisexuality with the infantilization of autistic people. She and Hannah talk about the potential vulnerability of being autistic and the potential for abusive platonic or romantic relationships. They chat about Torchwood and how fandoms and fanfic can be a great way to explore your sexuality. Finally, Erin tells Hannah about the term "queerplatonic", gives advice for people in relationships with or friends with autistic people, and talks about the current poor state of research into autism.CW: abusive relationships (12:00 - 17:29; 4 minutes 30 seconds) and suicide (30:46 -31:59, 1 minute and 13 seconds). These timestamps are without ads: you may or may not be served ads whilst listening to the episode which may change the time stamps. If you hear a section start and don’t want to listen, just skip ahead the length of the section to avoid it.✨MORE ABOUT ERIN EKINS✨I am a queer, autistic woman who writes and advocates on issues surrounding being queer and autistic. I also work on wider disability justice and various other social justice topics. I have written for The Independent, Huck Magazine, and Neuroclastic, and have featured on Channel 4, The Victoria Derbyshire Show and BBC Radio 5 Live.My first book, Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum was released by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2021. I run a YouTube channel called Queerly Autistic, and you can also find me on Twitter as @QueerlyAutistic- Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781787751712- Twitter: https://twitter.com/queerlyautistic- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOTz1cKoHxSieKCV_4p5UQ- Website: https://queerlyautistic.com/📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US ✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY &amp; AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Erin Ekins, who is the author of Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum. Erin discusses coming out as bisexual, being diagnosed with autism, and the combination of societal hypersexualization of bisexuality with the infantilization of autistic people. She and Hannah talk about the potential vulnerability of being autistic and the potential for abusive platonic or romantic relationships. They chat about Torchwood and how fandoms and fanfic can be a great way to explore your sexuality. Finally, Erin tells Hannah about the term "queerplatonic", gives advice for people in relationships with or friends with autistic people, and talks about the current poor state of research into autism. CW: abusive relationships (12:00 - 17:29; 4 minutes 30 seconds) and suicide (30:46 -31:59, 1 minute and 13 seconds). These timestamps are without ads: you may or may not be served ads whilst listening to the episode which may change the time stamps. If you hear a section start and don’t want to listen, just skip ahead the length of the section to avoid it. ✨MORE ABOUT ERIN EKINS✨ I am a queer, autistic woman who writes and advocates on issues surrounding being queer and autistic. I also work on wider disability justice and various other social justice topics. I have written for The Independent, Huck Magazine, and Neuroclastic, and have featured on Channel 4, The Victoria Derbyshire Show and BBC Radio 5 Live. My first book, Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum was released by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2021. I run a YouTube channel called Queerly Autistic, and you can also find me on Twitter as @QueerlyAutistic - Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum: <a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781787751712" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781787751712</a> - Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/queerlyautistic" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/queerlyautistic</a> - YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOTz1cKoHxSieKCV_4p5UQ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOTz1cKoHxSieKCV_4p5UQ</a> - Website: <a href="https://queerlyautistic.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://queerlyautistic.com/</a> 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝 <a href="https://doingitpodcast.co.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://doingitpodcast.co.uk</a> ✨CONNECT WITH US ✨ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/doingitpodcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/doingitpodcast</a> 👀WANT EARLY &amp; AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀 <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton</a> ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️ <a href="http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter</a>

Queerness, Autism and Fan Fiction with Erin Ekins (Queerly Autistic)