"The LGBTQ+ community is not just my friends and what some people refer to as a chosen family, but it's also a connection to history and what got us to where we are now."
Stewart O'Callaghan (they/them) is the Founder and Chief Executive of Live Through This, the UK's only LGBTIQ+ cancer charity and one which is firmly patient-led.
When, aged 29, Stewart was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, they moved back to England from Germany in the hope of being better supported there. Unfortunately, as a queer person, they instead encountered biases and barriers within cancer care.
Julian talks to Stewart about their treatment journey and how that led them to set up a charity to improve the representation, information and support available to LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer.