Podcast appearances and mentions of nadine boulay

The last Dyke bar in Vancouver closed in 2011. It was called Lick. Since then, the party scene for queer women, non binary and Trans folks has been roving and vibrant. Last summer I sat down with Paige Frewer, Drag performer, entrepreneur and party organizer, and Nadine Boulay, a Queer Historian DJ, and Drag Performer, to talk about where this scene came from, and where we see it going. This piece was originally broadcast for International Women’s Day 2018. Produced by Madeline Taylor.

“First I was a freak, then I was a queer, then I was a femme, then I was a lesbian feminist, I still am all these things, and then a queer femme lesbian feminist, I don't know if it's clear but maybe it's good that it's not clear. My primary definition is as a 50s femme.” - Joan Nestle For episode 25 we talked to Joan Nestle, Lauren Hortie, Mary Woo Sims, Nadine Boulay and Selly Chiam about lesbian identification and identity formation surrounding the word lesbian. Then afterwards we had a discussion with the archives director Elise Chenier and our archivist Meghan Walley of the clips and our take on the question what does the word lesbian mean? Thank you for a great year! Follow this channel for more great content! Please share, like, and send us feedback about the podcast.

The last Dyke bar in Vancouver closed in 2011. It was called Lick. Since then, the party scene for queer women, non binary and Trans folks has been roving and vibrant. For #IWD I sit down with Paige Frewer, local Drag performer, entrepreneur and party organizer, and Nadine Boulay, local Queer Historian, to talk about where this scene came from, and where we see it going.

“Coming from a time when women were still associated with the private sphere, those relationships would be felt as very private, but with the lesbian feminist generation, being very visible and saying this is my identity and creating community around that identity, moving from the private to the public sphere, it really changed how people felt about sexuality." - Nadine Boulay For episode 9 we spoke to Nadine Boulay about her interview with Christine and Robin, seminal figures in Vancouver queer activism in the 70’s and 80’s, family politics in the queer experience, and how the concept of sexuality has shifted over time. Look for our next episode with Liz Kennedy most famously known for co-authoring "Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of A Lesbian Community," which required a lot of oral interviewing of the the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York in the decades before Stonewall. We listen to one of her interviews from her research for that book and discuss the changing tides of feminism and queer politics. Follow this channel for more great content! Please share, like, and send us feedback about the podcast.

“We didn’t want to go up there to save anybody or tell anybody how they should think about identity of sexuality or family structure. We just wanted to let people speak and ideally what we can provide is to get that story and those voices out there." - Mark Kenneth Woods For episode 8 we spoke to Mark Kenneth Woods about his documentary "Two Soft Two Hard" about the queer histories and realities of Inuit people in Nunavut. We discuss ethical considerations approaching this kind of oral history work, colonization’s effect on historial identities, and the rising queer youth generation. Look for our next episode with Nadine Boulay where we listen to and discuss her interview with women who were seminal in Vancouver queer activism in the 70’s and 80’s, and family politics in the queer experience. Follow this channel for more great content! Please share, like, and send us feedback about the podcast.