QueerAF Podcast: Season Six, Episode One – A live recording with special guest Abigail Thorn (Star Wars, Game of Thrones) interviewed by guest host Anthony Lexa (Sex Education). This episode was recorded in front of an audience of 200 people in London's Canary Wharf at the 2025 Trans+ History Week community event - listen now
In this episode:
Abigail Thorn is currently filming a new role as a trans femme action star she revealed at the Trans+ History Week community event on a live recording of the QueerAF podcast.
The actor, who is known for her roles in the Game Of Thrones (House Of The Dragon, Sharako Lohar) and Star Wars (The Acolyte, Ensign Eurus) universes, said:
“I can't say what it is, but I am about to start filming a big action thing this summer. I'm having boxing lessons and sword fighting lessons like three times a week and like learning to dive across things.”
Although there has been a transgender superhero before, notably Dreamer, played by Nicole Maines in the CW series Supergirl - Thorn says this is the first time a trans femme person has been cast as an action star in a production of this kind.
“ I said to the producers when I got it, was like, thank you for giving me this. Because they didn't write it with a trans woman in mind, they just wrote it. And I said to the producers, thank you for giving me this because the idea that a trans woman can be an action star has not yet occurred to anyone outside of this project. And when it does, it's going to blow their minds.”
The star is also well known for her 1.6M subscribers on her YouTube channel, Philosophy Tube. Reflecting on how she came out, in a story which she said made international news in “five different languages”, added she thought coming out would end her career:
“I came out, and that video trended at number one on YouTube and made headlines in five languages and I thought, ah, that's gonna be the end of both [Youtube and acting] of my careers now,” before going on to list her many roles since, including on the BBC, period drams, cowboy show Django and the Prince. Thorn also added that she’d heard many stories of how her coming out, inspired others to do the same:
“Still people, people come up to me, a lot of people came out because of that video, that one clip of me coming out from backstage to David Bowie. was a nightmare to get the rights to David Bowie's music, but I did. And yeah, that one clip people still, people say that's what did it for them.”
The interview was conducted by Anthony Lexa (Netflix’s Sex Education), who empathised with the star about their families watching their shows:
“I was slightly embarrassed though because I was sitting behind my parents and there's this exchange where Morgana's character says, does Dracula know you sleep with other men? And I say we have a deal. I only let them f**k me in the mouth and p**sy. And I was sat behind my father as like 15-foot high version of me said this and I was like, Yeah, the parents' heads just bowed. My dad just heard about what anal sex is for the first time from me” Thorn said.
The live recording of the QueerAF podcast took place at the annual Trans+ History Week community event, with over 200 people in the audience to see the interview.
The history lesson we never had
The episode was produced as part of the QueerAF launchpad initiative Trans+ History Week. Season six of the podcast has been made by six Trans+ creatives who have been paid, mentored, and supported by the not-for-profit publisher QueerAF to make a show.
Each creative has also been given equipment to make the show, which they can keep forever, as part of an initiative to help more Trans+ creatives break into and succeed in the audio industry.
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