Sissy

What do you think life was like, growing up on a farm, gay, in 1950s rural America? Well, Patrick's life was very different from that.This episode first aired on Short Cuts. Short Cuts is a Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Ryan Best wanted to find a way to fight back against bullies, bigots and homophobes. The solution he settled on was effective... if a little unorthodox.

Welcome to Sissy. A new podcast featuring intimate, in-depth and endlessly fascinating stories about queer life.PLEASE NOTE: This trailer is illustrative only — it features a mix of new material we’ve recorded for the podcast, as well as some old stories that we’ve worked on over the last few years. Existing material comes from: Call Me Mother's "Sandra Caldwell" and "Siobhan Fahey" episodes, Short Cuts' "Musical" episode, and Love + Radio's "Journey Into Manhood" episode.