Podcasts about queer life

Episode 232: Book talk: The history of queer life in Bosnia and HerzegovinaIn this episode, Adam and Nina cover several key developments from the region, including the latest from Ukraine, breaking news from Moldova, far-right marches across Poland, and the EU's adoption of its 18th package of sanctions against Russia. Later in the episode, Alexandra and Nina are joined by Matej Vrebac, Programme Coordinator at the Sarajevo Open Centre, who researches queer history in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Matej is one of the authors of the recent publication The History of Queer Life in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The conversation explores the motivation behind documenting queer history in the region, how queer lives have appeared in Bosnia and Herzegovina's past, including in folk traditions, and the importance of conducting such research and making it accessible. The book is available here in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian (BCS), with plans to publish an English edition in the future: https://soc.ba/historija-kvir-zivota-u-bosni-i-hercegovini-prva-publikacija-koja-sveobuhvatno-dokumentuje-prisustvo-zivote-i-otpor-kvir-osoba-u-bih/Support Talk Eastern Europe. Join our Patreon community! www.patreon.com/talkeasterneuropeCheck out the latest of issue of New Eastern Europe – Rebalancing the Baltics Sea Region

We invited Adam (not his real name) a young Palestinian LGBTQ activist from Gaza to share with us his story, his thoughts and how he views the society he lives, the contrast before and during the war with regards to conservative values, sexuality and many different issues we filter from the western point of view. Of course we discussed hamas, Zionism, the Free Palestine movement in the West (specially the LGBTQ bandwagon), antisemitism and other matters where we don't agree but we felt it was a great opportunity and worth the tension even though we didn't have all the time we wanted and needed. We still hope this experience ignites and inspires more conversations.This episode was recorded on July 6th, 2025.----Invitamos a Adam (no es su nombre real) un joven palestino activista LGBTQ para que nos comparta su historia, sus pensamientos y cómo ve la sociedad en la que vive, el contraste antes y durante la guerra en relación a los valores conservadores, la sexualidad y diferentes temas que filtramos desde el punto de vista Occidental.Por supuesto discutimos sobre hamas, Sionismo, el movimiento Free Palestine en Occidente (y su componente LGBTQ), antisemitismo y otras cuestiones sobre los que no acordamos pero sentimos que era una gran oportunidad y valía la pena la tensión aunque no tuviéramos todo el tiempo que queríamos y necesitábamos. De todas formas esperamos que esta experiencia inicie e inspire más conversaciones.Este episodio fue grabado el 6 de Julio de 2025.

How did two beetles cause a gay panic?  There's much more to a cockchafer or ‘maybug' than meets the eye.  Join ecologist, Connor Butler, to find out more about what these charismatic creatures can teach us about science, humanity and the fluidity of the natural world.  Discover more:      You can find out more about Connor's work and the queer ecology walks here: https://www.connorbutler.co.uk/  To visit Osterley Park and House and gardens, or to find out more about its spectacular grounds, find out more here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/osterley-park-and-house  Further reading:   This is a HUGE topic of which we've only scratched the surface. As part of our research and if you wanted to dig a little deeper, we read:  Of Maybugs and Men: A History and Philosophy of the Sciences of Homosexuality by Pieter R. Adriaens and Andreas De Block  and  Biological Exuberance by Bruce Baghemil  Special thanks to Laine Kaplan-Levenson from A Field Guide to Gay Animals for taking the time to speak with us while we developed the episode.   [Ad] Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.    Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more.    Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element, in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor.    https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/      Production:    Host: Rosie Holdsworth    Producer: Marnie Woodmeade   Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez      Follow Wild Tales on your favourite podcast app or on Instagram @wildtalesnt. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected to our wild world, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk 

Acclaimed Indonesian author Norman Erikson Pasaribu and award-winning Australian writer Dylin Hardcastle explore the joy, tenderness and triumphs of queer storytelling. Norman, best known for Happy Stories, Mostly, and their latest book My Dream Job, crafts tender yet sharp narratives about identity, faith and belonging, challenging the expectations of queer life in Indonesia. While Dylin, acclaimed for A Language of Limbs, offers an Australian perspective on intimacy, loss and transformation. Together their work embraces and reclaims; highlighting how storytelling becomes an act of survival and resistance for lives too often kept in the margins. Hear Norman and Dylin, alongside UNSW’s Christy Newman, as they explore how literature creates space for voices long silenced – and how the most powerful stories are the ones that heal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rae Garringer grew up on a sheep farm in rural West Virginia, and once they left for college and came out as queer, they weren't sure they could ever move back. They believed the story they'd been told: to thrive as an out, LGBTQ+ person, you have to live in a city. But when Rae did move back in 2011, they realized that story was a lie. Anita talks to Rae about making queer life work in the country — from navigating dating challenges to getting along with neighbors you disagree with. They also talk about Rae's oral history project, podcast and book “Country Queers,” which documents queer, rural life in 21 states around the country.Meet the guest:- Rae Garringer is the founder and director of Country Queers, an oral history project and podcast, and the author of "Country Queers"Read the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platformFollow Embodied on Instagram Leave a message for Embodied

Before the mainstreaming of Ellen and the hit show Will and Grace, soaps did their best to bring tenderness to LGBTQ+ storylines. That's the nature of the form: It gives room for anyone and everyone to be complex, fleshed out, loved and hated all at once. From supporting roles to legacy characters to complex depictions in their full humanity, from respectability politics to sometimes making missteps, soaps have found ways to evolve their depictions of queer life. Ryan Phillippe played a gay teen in the 1990s on One Life to Live. Eden Riegel played Bianca, Erica Kane's gay daughter in the 2000s on All My Children. Today, progress looks like a villain, according to Days of Our Lives actor Greg Rikaart. “I came on as the ‘gay villain,' if you will, and to me, that felt like the ultimate equality, in that I didn't have to just say the right thing and follow the rules in order to be palatable to the audience,” he said. “And when I would get blowback from some people … I would just argue all those things: That that is further pushing the envelope open by saying, ‘Yeah, we can be multifaceted. We don't all have to be good guys.' ”

About 20 years ago, Kate Bornstein wrote Hello, Cruel World to give people permission to stay alive in a world that makes that feel impossible.Today, that world is trying even harder to crush anyone who lives outside the binary—trans, queer, disabled, neurodivergent, or just too free for a system built on control.Attacks on trans rights aren't just about gender—they're a strategy to dismantle all core freedoms: privacy, bodily autonomy, parental rights, healthcare, education, and safety.Trans people are being scapegoated to erase rights for everyone, starting with the most vulnerable.So what do we do?Today, Kate Bornstein, performance artist, author, and trans tech pioneer, returns with a revised edition of Hello, Cruel World: 101+ Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws. With 20 new alternatives full of sass, warmth, and joy, Kate reminds us: survival is a radical act—and staying alive, in all your glorious weirdness, is the first step toward building a future where we all belong.Plus: why love is the ultimate anti-aging drug—and a reflection on the people who helped us make it this far.FEATURED BOOK: Hello, Cruel World: 101+ Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other OutlawsBuy it on Amazon: amzn.to/4jB1tsSSAVE THE FEAST OF FUN PODCAST, donate $1: gofundme.com/feastoffun20 FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:★ instagram.com/dankkass★ instagram.com/faustofernos★ instagram.com/marcfelionQuick heads-up: this episode contains discussions around suicide, self-harm, and mental health. While we approach these topics with care, honesty, and even humor, we understand they may be difficult or triggering for some listeners.Please take care of yourself in whatever way you need—and know that you're not alone. If you need support, you can always call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing the number 988, they're there 24/7 ready to help. 

From Sapphic Visibility Day to NFL allyship (and mess), we've got range. This week: AGAB vs. gender narratives, Khalen Saunders' queer-friendly football camp, Ts Madison's new reentry house, WNBA draft talk, and the messy return to your ex's kickball league. We close with Bad Queer Opinions: You don't owe anyone a redemption arc—and Beyoncé's done more for the LGBTQ+ community than most. Chicago Podcast Salon to see Kris & Shana: https://events.eventnoire.com/e/the-podcast-salon-april-editionShoutouts: Kris: Ethiopian Girl Skaters- Non profit dedicated to empowering girls across Africa to dream big and break barriers through skateboarding @ethiopian_girl_skatersShana: Something Casual - A queer day afro party featuring your favorite queer and trans DJs. Hip Hop, afrobeat, amapiano and more @somethingcasual._ Episode Notes: 1:16 - Queer Urban Dictionary 3:52 - Category is: NFL Saints Khalen Saunders to launch LGBTQ+ Friendly Youth Football Camp6:59 - Category is: Ts Madison opens Black trans “Starter House” in her former Atlanta home10:52 - Category is: March Madness, WNBA Draft predictions38:50 - Am I a Bad Queer? 52:25 - Bad Queer Opinions59:19 - ShoutoutsShare your Am I A Bad Queer? hereSupport the showWe are on Patreon!! patreon.com/BadQueersPodcast Subscribe to our Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/@BadQueersPodcastSend your Am I A Bad Queer questions to us on our website at https://badqueers.com/ or at badqueers@badqueers.com Follow us @badqueerspod on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Tik TokOpening song by Siena Liggins: @sienaligginsLike us? Love us? Leave a review The opinions expressed during this podcast are conversational in nature and expressed only for comedic purposes. Not all of the facts will be correct but we attempt to be as accurate as possible. BQ Media LLC, the hosts, nor any guest host(s) hold no liability over the conversations on this podcast and by using this podcast you understand that it is solely for entertainment purposes. Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, parody, scholarship and research.

Artist Eureka O'Hanlon discusses his queer life drawings.  Update: Queer Life Drawing PARADISE will not proceed on 1 February.  Midsumma Festival - Queer Life Drawing PARADISE

In part one of our festive end-of-year special, you will hear about queer weddings and Madonna, intersex dinosaurs and PhDs, crafting and queer culture, and how all lesbians do kind of know each other. What's the queerest thing you did in 2024? And how will you top that in 2025?  References:Hollis GriffinLibro.FmAshley Herring Blake's Make the Season BrightBridgertonMaterial GirlsHannah McGregor's Podcast or Perish and Clever GirlJurassic ParkTheoryishHannah AyresPaola Medina-GonzalezToshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets ColdMo MoultonSo Mayer's Truth & Darelistenqueer.co.ukBlossom LGBTQThe Female GlazeKit SchusterMartha Wells' The Murderbot DiariesMarquis Bey's Black Trans Feminism

Peter Parker is an author and critic, perhaps best known known for his biographies of A E Housman and Christopher Isherwood. 2024 saw the publication of the second volume of Some Men in London, Queer Life 1060-1967. In this episode he discusses the moral panic in England post World War II, the Wolfenden Committee and the partial legalisation of homosexuality. You can find out more about Peter at www.peterparkerwriter.com and follow him on Instagram @prnparker If you want to follow Mok you can find him @mokokeeffe and Louisa can be found @louisascottsewing If you have a question, please do get in touch on lovehistorypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: the Chancellor's Budget dilemma. ‘As a former championship chess player, Rachel Reeves must know that the first few moves can be some of the most important of the game,' writes Rupert Harrison – former chief of staff to George Osborne – for the cover of the magazine this week. But, he says, the truth is that she has played herself into a corner ahead of this month's Budget, with her room for manoeuvre dramatically limited by a series of rash decisions. Her biggest problem is that she has repeatedly ruled out increases in income tax, national insurance and VAT. ‘So which taxes will rise, given that the easy options have been ruled out? The answers appear to be evolving rapidly when ministers are confronted with the OBR's harsh reality.' Rupert joined the podcast alongside The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews. (01:29) Next: Charlie Falconer and Charles Moore debate assisted dying. As Kim Leadbeater's private member's bill comes before the Commons, the former justice secretary Lord Falconer (who introduced a similar bill to the Lords) and The Spectator's chairman Lord Moore debate assisted dying. The full conversation can be found on SpectatorTV but we have an extract from their conversation on the podcast. (19:01) And finally: In his Books & Arts lead, Philip Hensher reviews Peter Parker's history of homosexuality from 1945 to 1967, revealing many of the era's bizarre and, at times, amusing speculations. They both join the podcast to discuss the demonising of homosexuals in postwar Britain and the role of the tabloids in stirring up fear and distrust. (33:26) Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons.

This week: the Chancellor's Budget dilemma. ‘As a former championship chess player, Rachel Reeves must know that the first few moves can be some of the most important of the game,' writes Rupert Harrison – former chief of staff to George Osborne – for the cover of the magazine this week. But, he says, the truth is that she has played herself into a corner ahead of this month's Budget, with her room for manoeuvre dramatically limited by a series of rash decisions. Her biggest problem is that she has repeatedly ruled out increases in income tax, national insurance and VAT. ‘So which taxes will rise, given that the easy options have been ruled out? The answers appear to be evolving rapidly when ministers are confronted with the OBR's harsh reality.' Rupert joined the podcast alongside The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews. (01:29) Next: Charlie Falconer and Charles Moore debate assisted dying. As Kim Leadbeater's private member's bill comes before the Commons, the former justice secretary Lord Falconer (who introduced a similar bill to the Lords) and The Spectator's chairman Lord Moore debate assisted dying. The full conversation can be found on SpectatorTV but we have an extract from their conversation on the podcast. (19:01) And finally: In his Books & Arts lead, Philip Hensher reviews Peter Parker's history of homosexuality from 1945 to 1967, revealing many of the era's bizarre and, at times, amusing speculations. They both join the podcast to discuss the demonising of homosexuals in postwar Britain and the role of the tabloids in stirring up fear and distrust. (33:26) Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons.

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case files from St. Elizabeths Hospital, In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (U Chicago Press, 2024) explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in the mid- to late-twentieth-century United States. It examines psychiatrists' investments in understanding homosexuality as a dire psychiatric condition, a judgment that garnered them tremendous power and authority at a time that historians have characterized as psychiatry's “golden age.” That stigmatizing diagnosis made a deep and lasting impact, too, on queer people, shaping gay life and politics in indelible ways. In the Shadow of Diagnosis helps us understand the adhesive and ongoing connection between queerness and sickness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Cullen is a Los Angeles-based content creator who is using his platform to share the diversity that is the LGBTQ community. From a young age, he wanted to be in entertainment and knew he would end up in Hollywood or New York City. After moving to Los Angeles after studying acting in New York, his focus shifted. COVID gave him the silence to reflect on what was bringing him happiness. During that time, he decided to embark on his most ambitious, ongoing project. His series Our Queer Life has been diving into the queer community for a few years now, garnering hundreds of thousands of views and putting the realities of our community – the funny, the heartbreaking, the misunderstood – in the spotlight. In his series, he has interviewed everyone from celebrities, age gap couples, and gay cowboys, to the elderly, and, in an effort to fight the stigma regarding the queer sex community, has interviewed porn stars, escorts, and former streetwalkers. At the foundation of every one of his videos is his sincerity. Matt is not a flashy influencer, he listens, crafts his episodes with skill, and puts a lot of heart into his work. In this episode, we talk about it all. We talk about his inspiration to start his series, coming out, being a spokesperson for the LGBTQ community, going viral, what interviews have inspired him, how he balances personal life with influencer life, what he's learned from the LGBTQ community, his message to the community this Pride season, and more.Hosted by Alexander Rodriguez @AlexanderisOnAirYou can check out our in-depth chat with him in the current issue of GED Magazine now on newsstands or at GEDMag.com 

If I hadn't already been a massive fan of Nicola Dinan, I would have become one after this! I was beyond excited to get to speak to Nicola at Surrey New Writers Festival and was extremely grateful that she was able to take some time after our panel to tell me more about her incredible debut novel Bellies (2023), about capitalism and queerness, about food and affection, and so much more. Find Nicola and the podcast on Instagram: @nicoladinan and @queerlitpodcast.Thank you to the amazing Sharlene Teo for creating this space and for inviting me to be a part of it!  References:Nicola Dinan's Bellies (2023)Disappoint Me (forthcoming in 2025)Rowan Hisayo BuchananHomo Sapiens PodcastJames Baldwin's Another CountryFrancis Bacon  Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:     Bellies is a love story told from the perspective of both lovers. What would you imagine this entails for the plot? What do we learn that we would not learn from a ‘one-sided' love story?     In the episode, we speak quite a bit about ways of living together. How do you think queerness, class and nationality affect expectations of how, where and with whom we may want to live?     Nicola comments on questions about Bellies no longer being exclusively about transition. Why do you think this is?     Is food connected to affection in your mind? Why or why not?  

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Michael Nott, author of the new biography Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life. He tells me about the poet's early trauma, his transatlantic identity, his unconventional family and his compartmentalised life, part teaching and writing, part sex, drugs and rock and roll. 

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Michael Nott, author of the new biography Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life. He tells me about the poet's early trauma, his transatlantic identity, his unconventional family and his compartmentalised life, part teaching and writing, part sex, drugs and rock and roll. 

In the Gulf States, penalties for queer acts can include imprisonment, deportation, torture and even death. Yet the region is dominated by migrants, including queer migrants, who make a deliberate... LEARN MORE The post Middle East: queer life in the gulf states appeared first on World Wide Wave.

Colin Jost Pete Davidson ferry to be $34M hotel with two restaurants and six bars, DNR talk charity dreams, 1886 shipwreck Milwaukee found in Lake Michigan following newspaper clippings, DC Park Service chopping down 140 cherry trees including Stumpy to build sea wall to protect Jefferson Memorial, and guest Matt Cullen talks Our Queer Life his docuseries about the LGBTQ community. This episode is just a sample of the great content available every weekday to subscribers on DNRStudios.com. Subscribe to Derek and Romaine or DNR Plus and get access to the new DNRcast app for iPhone and Android to listen live like a radio show an download anytime like a podcast. Happy Pride!

How Queer Culture Shaped Pop Culture "The 1972 version of David Bowie didn't spring from nowhere.  Although he refused to affiliate himself explicitly with gay liberation, he had found both artistic and social inspiration in the gay world, in particular the renewed sense of freedom and possibility that rippled through the British gay subculture in the early 1970s." We finally lured the award-winning, bestselling author, pop-culture, punk penman Jon Savage to the Bureau to talk about his life and epic new book The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955–1979) It's an electrifying, massively entertaining - and at times, tragic - look at key moments in music history between 1955 and 1979, which helped move gay culture from the margins to the mainstream and changed the face of pop forever – from the ambiguous sexuality of stars such as Little Richard in the 1950s through to David Bowie, glam rock and Sylvester's ‘You Make Me Feel(Mighty Real)'. We talked about all that, about Punk, Joy Division, Tony Wilson, Johnny Marr, Factory Records and about how Jon grew up in the London of the late '50s and '60s, how he became a writer during one of the most exciting times for music journalism in the '70s and '80s - and about his own Secret Public Life.. More on the book here More on the compilation album here More on Jon here #homosexuality #sex #london #queer #gayliberation #musichistory #sexuality #gay #tomrobinson #gladtobegay #queerculture #counterculture #punk #comingout #homesexuality #joydivision #theclash #sex #johnnymarr #factoryrecords #johnnymarr #faberandfaber #littlerichard #glf #gayliberationfront #bisexuality #pride #london #queer #gayliberation #lgbtq #sexuality #gay #thesecretpublic #musicpress #gaydisco #jonsavage #thesmiths #bowie

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 13: Mothers, Sisters, Daughter – Pseudo-familial Relationships The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 289 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Relationships using the imagery of sisters and mother/daughter Age-gap relationships ReferencesBabayan, Kathryn. “'In Spirit We Ate Each Other's Sorrow' Female Companionship in Seventeenth-Century Safavi Iran” in Babayan, Kathryn and Afsaneh Najmabadi (eds.). 2008. Islamicate Sexualities: Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03204-0 Boswell, John. 1994. Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe. Villard Books, New York. ISBN 0-679-43228-0 Hansen, Karen V. 1995. "No Kisses is Like Youres" in Gender and History vol 7, no 2: 153-182. Lasser, Carol. 1988. "'Let Us Be Sisters Forever': The Sororal Model of Nineteenth-Century Female Friendship" in Signs vol. 14, no. 1 158-181. Levin, Richard A. 1997. “What? How? Female-Female Desire in Sidney's New Arcadia” in Criticism 39:4 : 463-49. Matter, E. Ann. 1989. “My Sister, My Spouse: Woman-Identified Women in Medieval Christianity” in Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality, eds. Judith Plaskow & Carol P. Christ. Harper & Row, San Francisco. Merrill, Lisa. 2000. When Romeo was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and her Circle of Female Spectators. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. ISBN 978-0-472-08749-5 Morgan, Mihangel. 2016. “From Huw Arwystli to Siôn Eirian: Representative Examples of Cadi/Queer Life from Medieval to Twentieth-century Welsh Literature” in Queer Wales: The History, Culture and Politics of Queer Life in Wales. Huw Osborne (ed). University of Wales Press, Cardiff. ISBN 978-1-7831-6863-7 Rizzo, Betty. 1994. Companions without Vows: Relationships among Eighteenth-Century British Women. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3218-5 Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll. 1975. “The Female World of Love and Ritual: Relations between Women in Nineteenth-Century America” in Signs vol. 1, no. 1 1-29. Vanita, Ruth. 1996. Sappho and the Virgin Mary: Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 0-231-10551-7 Vicinus, Martha. 2004. Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-85564-3 Wiethaus, Ulrike. 1993. “In Search of Medieval Women's Friendships: Hildegard of Bingen's Letters to her Female Contemporaries” in Wiethaus, Ulrike (ed) Maps of Flesh and Light: The Religious Experience of Medieval Women Mystics. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse. ISBN 0-8156-2560-X A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

It's easy to forget that siblings have stories uniquely their own. They may share similar childhood memories as you, but their narratives will differ wildly. Blended families, like Anne's, hold an added layer of complexity.  How lucky for us that she and her step-sibling Al Cho, MSW, agreed to record this fascinating chat for family posterity. Their conversation highlights the very best of familial support. It also reminds us that even the most connected kin can't completely insulate us from life's challenges or the healing work that's meant for us. GUEST BIO Al Cho (he/they) is an MSW and a co-investigator on LGBTQIA2+ aging and advocacy in Columbus, Ohio. He develops intergenerational LGBTQIA2+ programming focused on arts & resilience and contributes to advocacy efforts on trans aging in long-term care facilities and creating equitable aging environments for African American older adults.  SUPPORT THE SHOW Conversations With a Wounded Healer Merch Join our Patreon for gifts & perks Shop our Bookshop.org store and support local booksellers Share a rating & review on Apple Podcasts *** Let's be friends! You can find us in the following places… Sarah's Website: www.headheartbiztherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartBizTherapy/ Instagram: @headheartbiztherapy Anne's Website: www.spareroomwellness.com Instagram: @spareroomwellness  

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Regina Kunzel, professor of history and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Yale University, to discuss her recent book In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life. Then, she speaks with Beshara Doumani, professor of Palestinian studies at Brown University, to discuss the 76th anniversary of the Nakba. First, Emma runs through updates on South Africa's ICJ appeal to stop Israel's Rafah invasion, growing public dissent from Biden allies to his support of Israel's genocide, the US' detainment of an anti-zionist Israeli academic, Bob Menendez's genius legal tactic, the assassination attempt on Slovakia's Prime Minister, Trump's legal woes, Argentinian homophobic hate crimes, and Louisiana gerrymandering, before watching CNN try to save face on their coverage of the violence against student protesters. Professor Regina Kunzel then dives right into the history of the psychiatric industry, from its roots as a custodial care industry (asylums, etc) in the 19th Century, through its slow battle for professional legitimacy over the first half of the 1900s, exploring how this push for legitimacy saw the industry lay claim to a wide range of “problems in living” such as anxiety, depression, and (importantly) homosexuality and gender nonconformity. Expanding on this, Professor Kunzel tackles the presentation of queerness as a “treatable” mental disorder, one that would eventually be codified as a personality disorder (alongside pedophilia and sadism) with the introduction of the DSM in 1952, before stepping back to look at the role World War II, and more specifically the emphasis on mental health screenings, had in giving state-backed legitimacy to the psychiatric industry writ large, and in its particular pathologization of queer identity. After looking at the central role de-pathologizing homosexuality played in the gay rights movement of the 1970s, and the side-effect of gender “deviance” taking a back seat to homosexuality, Professor Kunzel wraps up with the re-emergence of the medical and psychiatric attack on queer identity with the mainstreaming of transphobic politics over the last decade. Professor Beshara Doumani then joins, walking through the 76 years of Palestinian oppression and ethnic cleansing since the 1948 Nakba, with the original event seeing the expulsion of over 80% of Palestinians from their homes, the end of the Palestinian state (and Palestinian society), and the creation of the State of Israel in the vacuum left by British colonial rule. Continuing the conversation, Professor Doumani contextualizes the central role the Nakba plays in Palestinian trauma and oppression to this day, exacerbated and brought to the fore with the following “earthquakes” of the 1967 Six-Day War, which saw hundreds of thousands more Palestinians ethnically cleansed, and the Oslo Accords complete isolation of Palestinians between the river and the sea. After diving deeper into the particular failure of the 2-state “solution,” Professor Doumani walks Emma through the specific repression he's faced as a Palestinian academic, and the tremendous increase it has seen in the wake of October 7th. And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder as they watch British bigot Mike Graham boot Arab-Israeli Jew Avi Shlaim from his program for being honest about Israeli apartheid. Alec from Western New York explores the evolution of his perspective on anti-zionism, Mike in Denver on the second coming of meme-stock, and Bumble creator discusses the alienating future of AI-infused dating. Plus, your calls and IMs! Check out Regina's book here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo212129044.html Hear Beshara speak more about the Nakba here: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/05/15/al-nakba-palestinians Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Help out the state of Utah by telling them what you see in public bathrooms here!: https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint2.html Check out Seder's Seeds here!: https://www.sedersseeds.com/ ALSO, if you have pictures of your Seder's Seeds, send them here!: hello@sedersseeds.com Check out the "Repair Gaza" campaign courtesy of the Glia Project here: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/rebuild_gaza_help_repair_and_rebuild_the_lives_and_work_of_our_glia_team#!/ Check out StrikeAid here!; https://strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Fast Growing Trees: This Spring Fast Growing Trees has the best deals online, up to half off on select plants and other deals. 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Send us a Text Message.In this episode of "Not Well," the hosts engage in a vibrant and eclectic discussion that spans a wide array of topics, reflecting the podcast's signature mix of humor, candor, and edgy commentary. The episode kicks off with tales from a recent trip to Mexico, highlighting the hassles of dealing with customs and the quirky inconveniences of travel. This sets the stage for a deeper exploration of personal experiences and societal observations.A humorous and somewhat graphic segment unfolds as one host discusses the effects of eating a large quantity of grapes, which leads to an unexpected and uncomfortable digestive reaction, humorously detailing the trials of dealing with a stomach upset from seemingly innocent healthy snacks. This personal anecdote spirals into a broader discussion on how everyday choices, like diet or travel, can lead to unforeseen consequences.The conversation takes a playful turn with a discussion on physical discomforts associated with everyday objects, specifically the thumb pain experienced from holding Outshine bars too long. This lighthearted complaint is juxtaposed with a more serious contemplation of health and illness as they touch on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, bringing a moment of reflection on community support for diseases.Throughout the episode, the hosts weave a theme of interconnectedness, musing on how everything from personal health to travel experiences are linked, creating a tapestry of life's oddities and adventures. They philosophize about the universe's bizarre connections, suggesting that every action and decision is part of a larger, interconnected system, whether it's dealing with customs in foreign countries, dietary repercussions, or the simple act of eating an icy treat.Overall, this episode encapsulates the essence of "Not Well," blending the trivial with the profound in a way that keeps listeners both entertained and reflective, always coming back for more of the unique takes on the chaotic journey of life.GayTravel, LGBTComedy, QueerLife, GayHealth, DragCulture, QueerVoices, LGBTQPodcast, GayHumor, QueerReflections, GayCommunitySupport, LGBTQLifestyle, GayBanter, QueerJourneys, GayExperiences, QueerInterconnectednessSupport the Show.As always you can write us at nowellpodcast@gmail.com or call us at ‪(614) 721-5336‬ and tell us your Not Wells of the week InstagramTwitterBobby's Only FansHelp us continue to grow and create amazing content, like a live tour or just help fund some new headphones when needed. Any help is appreacited. https://www.buzzsprout.com/510487/subscribe#gaypodcast #podcast #gay #lgbtq #queerpodcast #lgbt #lgbtpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #gaypodcaster #queer#instagay #podcasts #podcasting #gaylife #pride #lesbian #bhfyp #gaycomedy #comedypodcast #comedy #nyc #614 #shesnotdoingsowell #wiltonmanor #notwell

It's been a while since we discussed our respective upbringings and the experiences in our earlier lives that led to who we are now, so today we started reviewing George's personal history of queerness and transness. This episode contains content from just before high school thru his decision to transition a decade ago, just before we started this podcast. Earlier experiences can be found in our last episode, "TPT#403 - F*cking Gender Weirdness". We are here to share our entire intersectional experience with anyone who finds it beneficial, but we want to know what you connect with the most. You can let us know by clicking to a one-question anonymous survey at vote.pollcode.com/32371374. If you have a request/suggestion that isn't listed, comment! We can be found online at TransPanTastic.net, you can email us at TransPanTastic@gmail.com, and "TransPanTastic" is searchable on most social networks. We would love to hear from you, so let us know what you think or what you want to hear about!

It's been a while since we discussed our respective upbringings and the experiences in our earlier lives that led to who we are now, so today we started reviewing George's personal history of queerness and transness. This episode contains content from his earliest memories until just before high school, and next episode will discuss experiences from late adolescence thru adulthood. We are here to share our entire intersectional experience with anyone who finds it beneficial, but we want to know what you connect with the most. You can let us know by clicking to a one-question anonymous survey at vote.pollcode.com/32371374. If you have a request/suggestion that isn't listed, comment! We can be found online at TransPanTastic.net, you can email us at TransPanTastic@gmail.com, and "TransPanTastic" is searchable on most social networks. We would love to hear from you, so let us know what you think or what you want to hear about!

You know, I kinda think there is a whole lot of bad news in the world today.  Don't you?  I think this is also true when it comes to the LGBT community.  Yes, we know there are still issues.  We know there are still problems.  We know there are legal fights that must still be fought.  We get all of this.  But, as an older adult within the community, I decided to do a little reflecting from my position on the community timeline.  And if I am honest, I see things that make me happy.  I see reasons to celebrate.  So, I thought today, I'd just share a few of those reasons with you.CoachingSupport the showFind the "Affirming Faith Podcast" on any streaming service or click here.Bi Crew: Join Bi Crew (Multi-level Podcast support Memberships)And just in case you need a little more help from me...Digital Courses: "Selective Outage Method" (Coming Out Course) "Wipeout Trauma" (Helping Your with a game plan to heal Identity Shame & Trauma "Inlet Journey"-Deconstruct and Construct 7 Key Theological Topics "How to Handle Conflict"-Get resolution in your relationships 1-1 Coaching: Life Coaching-Single Sessions Coming Out Coaching Package Faith Coaching Bisexual Relationship Package With all my love,Keith

Five years since Botswana's Section 164 repeal, LBQ activist Matlhogonolo Samsam joins us to talk about how decriminalizing same-sex relations in Botswana is just one step in the long run to queer liberation in Africa.

Yes, I am an author as well as a teacher/coach.  And most recently, something happened that reminded me of two critical ideas that we need to remember  when it comes to writing/co-creating our life story.    I hope you will find these two lessons helpful to  creating your most fantastic future and life.  Reach out to me if you could use my coaching help to make it happen.CoachingSupport the showFind the "Affirming Faith Podcast" on any streaming service or click here.Bi Crew: Join Bi Crew (Multi-level Podcast support Memberships)And just in case you need a little more help from me...Digital Courses: "Selective Outage Method" (Coming Out Course) "Wipeout Trauma" (Helping Your with a game plan to heal Identity Shame & Trauma "Inlet Journey"-Deconstruct and Construct 7 Key Theological Topics "How to Handle Conflict"-Get resolution in your relationships 1-1 Coaching: Life Coaching-Single Sessions Coming Out Coaching Package Faith Coaching Bisexual Relationship Package With all my love,Keith

We're in conversation with Dr. Gulzar Charania about her incredible new book “Fighting Feelings: Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life.” Fighting Feelings is about Black and racialized women, answering the question: “how and in what directions do we learn to think, act, and live in relation to racism”? The book touches on so many things that we talk regularly about on Academic Aunties. How women of colour navigate intensely white spaces, how perceptions of our ‘excellence' can only really be understood in relation to who doesn't get to be excellent, and how, as Gulzar writes, we constantly ‘fight feelings, and other times use feelings to fight'.It's a book that I really think all of you will love and I am so happy that we had a chance to talk to Gulzar about her journey in writing it.Related Links:Fighting Feelings: Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life, by Gulzar R. Charania

In this episode, Tom and Adi talk religion in a laid back, casual and big picture setting, and the American Right's fixation on queer people in the name of religion. We cover the role of religion in American society and what may be distorting it today, and religion in queer spaces, as well as possibile ways to reconcile or transcend exisiting contradictions. https://www.anera.org/ https://linktr.ee/greenhousegaslighting

Check out Jaime Messina's pod ep from last year's Pride Month in 2022! https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VZCuVvA0pRalOTbZusfwN?si=Bt_ar64cQqKCvQPbti9K_w

Recorded on May 8, 2023 Book Talk starts at: 25:30 Our Cables KAL is almost over... May 15th is the last day you can post pictures of your finished cable-y goodness projects.   Prizes will be announced during Episode 268.   Our next KAL will be our annual Mother Bear KAL!  It will officially start on June 1, 2023, but any bears you have knit or crocheted in 2023 are eligible as entries for prizes.  To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to Mother Bear Project website.  More info to come...     Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: Fiber Frolic - Saturday, May 27, 2023, 10 am – 4 pm at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville, CA.  There will be no food vendors, so bring your own lunch and a chair.  The entry fee is $10 per person, and parking will be in a field and not limited. The TKGA Retreat 2023 - November 2-5, 2023 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina   KNITTING   Barb finished 4 Knitted Knockers (12 total for 2023)     Tracie has finished: 13 Knitted Knockers total for 2023 Mother Bears 302 & 303    Fiddly Bits #9 #9 by Jana Pihota Tracie's Donner by Elizabeth Doherty   Tracie's Donner Barb Is working on: Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavalee, using Anzula Breeze in the Fern and Gravity colorways WYS Vanilla Socks, using West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply Self-Striping in the Peacock colorway Razzle Dazzle Scarf in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper Gradient Set in the Razzle Dazzle #22 colorway Barb has cast-on: Twisty Taper Hat by NichKnit Designs using Plymouth Yarn Encore   Tracie is working on: Summer Sorrel by Wood & Pine in Despondent Dyes OMG Glitter! in the Even My Attorney Says “Let It Go” colorway Tracie has frogged: China Top by Ksenia Naidyon in Alchemy Silken Straw     BOOKS   Barb has finished: Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore - 4 stars Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (Crime Files #16) by Ann Rule - 4 stars Small Game by Blair Braverman - 3.5 stars     Tracie has finished: Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez - 5 stars Blood Betrayal by Sheila Johnson - 2.5 stars Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume - 5 stars Such a Pretty Girl by T. Greenwood - 4 stars   Tracie talked about Universal Standard Clothing Co.

Northwestern's special collections contain a variety of rare, fragile and notably comprehensive materials, including a significant amount of publications produced by members of LGBT communities. In this episode of Defining Safe, those who teach with and learn from this collection speak on the importance of archives in understanding the struggle for liberation. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/27/audio/defining-safe-nu-library-archives-offer-a-window-into-decades-of-queer-life/

Are you an LGBTQ/Queer African living in diaspora? Do you constantly feel out of place in your career, family and social groups? Do you sometimes feel so lost and overwhelmed in a fast-paced heteronormative world? And do you wish to take back charge of your life and live a more authentic and fulfilling life? A life where you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not A life where you don't have to bend to anybody else's rules A life where you can be you! Then head over to TheUche.com and book me for a one-on-one or group life coaching session to learn how you can live life unapologetically as a queer and LGBTQ African in diaspora. Black, African, Queer... And That's Okay! TheUche.com LINKS: ============================================================================== Merch: Uche's Merch: https://uches-merch.creator-spring.com ============================================================================== Socials: Instagram: @uc_images https://www.instagram.com/uc_images/ Facebook: @LTAUwithUche https://www.facebook.com/LTAUwithUche Twitter: @LTAUwithUche https://twitter.com/LTAUwithUche TikTok: @LTAUwithUche https://www.tiktok.com/@ltauwithuche?_t=8V5M407eHqY&_r=1 LinkedIn: @LTAUwithUche https://www.linkedin.com/in/ltauwithuche/ Email: letstalkwithuche@gmail.com Anchor: https://anchor.fm/uche8 LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/LetsTalkAboutUsWithUche Website: TheUche.com ============================================================================== PLEASE SUPPORT (Thank you): PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LTAUwithUche?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US Patreon (Thank you): https://patreon.com/user?u=84174215&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link ==============================================================================

Once upon a time a Drag Queen Story Hour meant family fun, not a potentially violent protest. The U.S. national organization's Executive Director Jonathan Hamilt tells the heartwarming tale of how it all began and what it's mission really is (interviewed by KOOP-Austin's Liz Ross). Radclyffe Hall's “The Well of Loneliness” is known for being depressing, but another look at the lesbian classic of 1928 discovers new meaning (a 2002 essay by Queer Life and Literature correspondent Janet Mason). And in NewsWrap: Singapore will repeal its ban on male gay sex while maintaining marriage inequality, Hong Kong appeals court refuses to recognize an activist's U.S. marriage to his husband, Vietnam's government declares that being LGBTQ is not a “disease,” New Zealand offers formal apologies to conversion therapy survivors, Texas Christian church pays the price for its homophobic “Hamilton,” and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Joe Boehnlein and MR Raquel (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the August 29, 2022 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

Imagine growing up on a cattle ranch in small-town Wyoming and feeling like you are literally the only queer in town, or for hundreds of miles for that fact. No imagine you are creative, artistic, and want to be a music person, but you can't let the real music out of the bag you want write to express yourself because that would "out" you. Welcome to Alisia Kraft's world. She joins us today to showcase her cool queer self and to share her story from cattle ranch to music stages. About Alysia Having amassed devoted regional followings for projects Whippoorwill and The Patti Fiasco as an award-winning songwriter and incomparably magnetic frontperson, Alysia Kraft has sold out most of Colorado's big stages and directly supported icons Bon Jovi, Blondie, Nathanial Rateliff and Bonnie Raitt on significantly bigger ones. Embracing the complexities of growing up queer on a cattle ranch in small-town Wyoming and choosing to love within a landscape that didn't always love back, First Light is a triumphant homecoming and a defining solo debut. Kraft was signed to Louisville-based sonaBLAST records (Jack Harlow, Grlwood) in January 2022 and won Best Original Song at the Los Angeles International Independent Film Festival for Cold Mountain in February of 2022. Atwood magazine called the second single, Little River “a classic in the making… A driving outpouring of tension released through emotionally charged vocal lines brimming with heartfelt poetry.” With First Light dropping everywhere June 17, Kraft's smart, retro-influenced indie pop and lush, bioluminescent folk will find crossover appeal with fans of HAIM, Sheryl Crow, Kacey Musgraves, and Waxahatchee. Enlisting close collaborator J. Tom Hnatow & Grammy-nominated Justin Craig to produce and mix and acclaimed engineer, Sarah Register to master, First Light is vastly open-hearted and thoughtfully hook-adorned and feels destined to put the-most-vibrant-yet version of Alysia Kraft onto a much larger map. Connect With Alysia http://www.helloiamalysiakraft.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/helloiamalysiakraft (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/alysiakraft/ (Instagram) You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()   https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()   http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()   https://bit.ly/2FVH55j ()  

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the father of modern computer science, Alan Turing, and the 19th-century American poet, Emily Dickinson! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as sudden death, bodily harm/injury, jail/police, mentions of suicide, cheating/affairs, and good ole' homophobia. Alan Turing: Alan Turing Biography from Making Queer History Alan Turing Biography from Queer Portraits in History "Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary" by Alan Cowell "Gay World War II Hero Alan Turing Becomes First LGBTQ+ Person on British Currency" by Britni de la Cretaz "Alan Turing Biography: Computer Pioneer, Gay Icon" from Live Science "Reflections on Alan Turing" by Jennnifer Hogg Alan Turing Wikipedia Bonus: "The Google engineer who sees company's AI as 'sentient' thinks a chatbot has a soul" by Bobby Allyn Emily Dickinson: Emily Dickinson Biography from the Poetry Foundation Quora Question "Was Emily Dickinson Gay?" Emily Dickinson Biography from LGBT History Month "The Secret, Daring, and Queer Life of Poet Emily Dickinson" by Fionna Marrow "And they were… roommates?: The erasure of queer love" by Jessica DeMarco-Jacobson ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

For once, I'm the one being asked the questions! Enjoy this re-cast of the podcast, 40 Plus: Gay Men. Gay Talk, hosted by Rick Clemons."Ever feel challenged to live an inspired queer life? Feeling aimless and not sure what is next? Fellow Queer coach Darren Stehle challenges us to take a deeper step into self-mastery, ideation, and the journey of inspired action to live our most powerful lives as gay men over 40. You'll learn useful techniques for bringing your ideal life to life."Rick Clemons is a well-known culture disruptor (in a good way), “closet buster (coming out coach),” and bold move strategist – inspiring people to live life with no excuses, no fears, no apologies. Tapping into his 25+ years of experience in personal development, and leveraging being a late bloomer, coming out of the closet at 36, he's created a no B.S. approach for thriving as a gay man and father – personally and professionally. Rick loves writing (Frankly My Dear I'm Gay), podcasting (Life (UN)Closeted and 40 Plus: Gay Men. Gay Talk), facilitating out-of-the-ordinary personal development experiences and speaking to audiences across the globe on living life without apologies. He loves wine, his two grown daughters, and his husband, in that order (but don't tell the hubby where he fits in the pecking order). Visit his website at RickClemons.com.  

Ever feel challenged to live an inspired queer life? Feeling aimless and not sure what is next? Fellow Queer coach Darren Stehle challenges us to take a deeper step into self-mastery, ideation, and the journey of inspired action to live our most powerful lives as gay men over 40. You'll learn useful techniques for bringing your ideal life to life. About Darren Darren Stehle is a thinker, writer, host of the Think Queerly Podcast, and a Neuro-Coach. He helps queer solo creatives and leaders go from confusion to having actionable strategies and a purposeful direction to make a meaningful impact. Connect With Darren https://darrenstehle.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/DarrenStehleCoaching (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/darrenstehle/ (Instagram) https://twitter.com/DarrenStehle (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenstehle/ (LinkedIn) Hey Guys, Check This Out! Are you a guy who keeps struggling to do that thing? You know the thing you keep telling yourself and others you're going to do, but never do? Then it's time to get real and figure out why. Join the 40 Plus Men's Circle. Learn about about - http://40plusmenscircle.com/ (Click Here!) Break free of fears. Make bold moves. Live life without apologies P.S. get your free My Bold Life Manifesto, right here - https://rickclemons.com/manifesto/ (rickclemons.com/manifesto/) You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2Q4nnbt ()   https://open.spotify.com/show/3D4LvaRQjd5EcHWW4nKmQp ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/forty-plus-real-men-real-talk ()   http://tun.in/pjrug ()https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/40-plus-real-men-real-talk-854094 ()   https://radiopublic.com/40-plus-real-men-real-talk-WoBlp5 ()  

It's time for a Pride Month episode! Today Allison Moon and I are talking all things fingering! I listened to her on the Honeydew Me Podcast, and just knew I had to have her on. Who is Allison?Allison Moon is the author five books, including the critically acclaimed sexual education guide Girl Sex 101 and Getting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups and Shame-Free Sex. Moon is a popular sex educator, leading workshops on sexual pleasure and technique, polyamory, LGBTQ+ issues, and more. She has been quoted in Cosmopolitan, New York magazine, and the Washington Post. Her other writing includes the story collection Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life, articles for Bustle, and stories for the RISK! podcast, Bawdy Storytelling, and various anthologies.Why do we consider fingering as an immature form of sexuality? We need to start considering hand sex as integral to all sex. We have these amazing dexterous things that can create all kinds of sensations, and we shouldn't be leaving them behind when we're exploring sexuality. What would Allison say is her definition of sex?It's mutual, pleasurable, erotic touch. It's an umbrella term, and there's so many things that go under that umbrella and that's part of its joy and value. It's really a hyper-personal thing, we all have our own sense of what is more or less intimate to ourselves. How exactly do you finger someone who owns a vagina?If you want all the detailed info and illustrations, Allison goes over everything in Girl Sex 101. There are a lot of different ways to pleasure a vulva with your hands. The first step she always encourages people to explore is called a pussy hug. You take your whole palm and just cup the vulva. Your partner can either take their body and move against your hand, or you can begin to “smoosh” against your partner's vulva.Part of the reason this feels so good is because you're stimulating the internal parts of the clitoris. A good firm (not jabby) pressure can be perfect.Lube is going to be very important here, you can create so many more sensations with sliding, and everything exterior, and lube is definitely going to make insertion easier. You should be exploring your partner's vulva and paying attention. Realize when your partner seems to really like something, and talk with them about the different sensations. Really work on creating a road map of your partner's pleasure. If somebody is wanting more fingering, how would Allison suggest they bring it up to their partner?She recommends having conversations about sex not while you're having sex. It can really lower the pressure, and it doesn't feel like you're scolding someone in the moment. Have the conversation like you have the conversation about anything in a relationship. Focus on more pleasure and more joy, don't bring negative thoughts or feelings into it. If you're trying to build a house, you're gonna want to have a lot of tools to build that house. You don't just have a hammer, you need a lot of other things. If you think about sexuality as a larger project, and what are all the things we have to play with, it's not just a penis and vagina, there are so many other ways to play. Resources:How to Create the Sex Life You Both CraveConnect with Allison!Instagram: @Allison_moon Website: girlsex101.comEmail: info@girlsex101.comConnect with Rachel!Instagram: @The_Rachel_MaineWebsite: https://linktr.ee/WellnessSexpertiseFacebook: Rachel MaineEmail: therachelmaine@gmail.com

Raph Cormack is author of Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring ‘20s, which chronicles the lives of many of Egypt's biggest stars of the early twentieth century.  Show Notes:  The Amar Foundation has an archive of Mounira al-Mahdiyya songs such as the one we end the show with, "اسمع اغاني المهدية"   Raph also wrote about “Queer Life in Cairo in the 1920s” for the Gay and Lesbian Review.