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Join me as I speak with the inimitable Joe Steele, a friend and colleague and someone whom I love talking to.Joe shares his extraordinary story in he book Forbidden Love: The True Love Story of a Black Priest and White Nun who Defied the Church and Society written by Lisa Jones Gentry as told by their son Joe.
In this episode, we talk about his early experiences growing up and coming to an awareness about being gay in Cincinnati, Ohio, living in New York City as a young man, and ultimately deciding to leave the corporate environment to work in independent consulting. In the next episode, out on March 23rd, we talk about how he connected with his birth mother and learned about his biological parents' relationship.
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Khalil and I continue our conversation, this time talking about what it has been like to be a queer person from the Middle East in the United States over the past two decades, and about the importance of found family, community, and belonging. '
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In this episode I speak with Khalil, a childhood friend and classmate from elementary school, about growing up as expats in Saudi Arabia, coming to an awareness about being queer, and navigating the complexities of being out to his very conservative Lebanese parents. Part II of the conversation will be out on February 23.
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In this episode, I continue my conversation with Boston-based educator, author and activist Neema Avashia. We talk about rites of passage (including why she did a surprise wedding!), her activism, and about what led her to write her book, Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place, forthcoming from West Virginia University Press on March 1, 2022.You can learn more about Neema and check out some of her writing at her website, www.neemaavashia.com, and you can find her on Twitter at @AvashiaNeema.You can read the article we reference in the conversation, "Chemical Bonds," at this link. Find us!Website/Substack: http://www.queereverything.comYouTube: Queer Everything's channelSocials: Visit our LinkTree
In this episode, I speak to Boston-based educator, author and activist Neema Avashia about her experiences growing up as a person of Indian origin in West Virginia, how she's navigated living at the crossroads of different cultures, and about exploring her identity through writing.
Neema's forthcoming book Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place will be available from West Virginia University Press on March 1, 2022.You can learn more about Neema and check out some of her writing at her website, www.neemaavashia.com, and you can find her on Twitter at @AvashiaNeema.
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Website/Substack: http://www.queereverything.com
YouTube: Queer Everything's channel
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Welcome to Queer Everything! This episode is a brief introduction to what we'll be getting up to in this podcast, along with a few notes about what's coming up in our first series about queer identities. Find us!Website/Substack: http://www.queereverything.comYouTube: Queer Everything's channelSocials: Visit our LinkTree
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