We love to hear everyday outdoors sounds as well as exceptional ones - here's one listener's walk home from work. Thanks for the sweeper, Martha! For more info on how to create a greeting for us, check our website: www.queerouthere.com/greetings

TRANSCRIPT: [Distant traffic, footsteps crunching in leaves, background voices.] Hello, um. This is Martha. I’m walking home right now, these are the sounds of my walk home. And this is Queer Out Here. [Birds (rooks?) call, sounds fade out.]

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Ross took a moment between blasts of autumn wind to record this sweeper for us. Thanks, Ross!

TRANSCRIPT: [The sound of wind] Hi, I’m Ross, out in the hills near Manchester. And you’re listening to Queer Out Here.

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It's lovely to hear from Emily and Jenny, who contributed a piece about their trip to Finland in an earlier issue.

TRANSCRIPT

[Birds tweeting in the foreground and calling in the background, faint sound of a breeze maybe?]

Emily: This is Emily.

Jenny: And this is Jenny.

Emily: And you’re listening to Queer Out Here. We’re on Yorta Yorta country, on the banks of the Murray River in Victoria, looking out over water embracing trees on a floodplain, covered in flies and surrounded by birds.

[They both laugh quietly, birdsong fades out]

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Thanks to Abby, who recorded this sweeper for us while standing knee-deep in a Kentish river on a warm August weekend.

TRANSCRIPT: [Splashing sounds and faint voices in background] Hello, I’m Abby. I’m paddling about in a river by a pub in Kent, and you’re listening to Queer Out Here.

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A tantalising taste of what’s on the menu in Queer Out Here Issue 03. Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer/LGBTQIA+ perspectives - and Issue 03 is coming soon! You can find Queer Out Here on various podcatcher apps or go to www.queerouthere.com/listen/ to stream/download issues.

Transcript available: https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-03-preview

Cover art (extract) by Dev Moore: https://www.instagram.com/nevernever.art/

Thanks so much to Gemma for this Spring greeting from a National Trust house.

TRANSCRIPT: [Birds tweeting, quiet footsteps.] Hi I’m Gemma, and I’m at Standen House, which is an arts and crafts house with William Morris designs in it. I’m in the gardens. [Faint, distant cheer.] And I’m listening to Queer Out Here. [More birds.]

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A sweeper from editor Jonathan and friends. And birds.

TRANSCRIPT

Anna: I’m Anna.

Dan: I’m Dan.

Jonathan: I’m Jonathan.

Jessica: I’m Jessica.

Anna: We are on Horsenden Hill, near Perivale in London.

[Sound of twittering birds]

Anna: We are queer out here!

[Everyone laughs]

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A big thanks to Gavin, who has sent us a sweeper from a beaver dam!

TRANSCRIPT: [Sound of running water] Well, that sound of rushing water you hear is not any old waterfall. It’s the sound of water rushing through a beaver dam at Ham Fen in Kent - which is Britain’s first beaver reintroduction programme. [More water sounds] And I’m all alone here. The beavers are probably tucked up in their lodge, being mostly nocturnal. My name’s Gavin, and you’re listening to Queer Out Here. [Water sounds fade out]

Find out more about Ham Fen here: https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/ham-fen-appeal

A greeting from Dan in the UK. Our first sweeper contribution for Issue 03!

TRANSCRIPT: [Faint sound of birds and wind] Hi, I’m Dan. I’m on a twelve and a half mile bike ride around Bewl Water in Kent, and you are listening to Queer Out Here.

This preview gives a taste of what’s to come in Queer Out Here Issue 02. Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer/LGBTQIA+ perspectives - and Issue 02 will be released soon! You can find Queer Out Here on various podcatcher apps or go to https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/ to stream/download issues.

Transcript for this preview available: https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-02-preview

Cover artwork by Eris Barnes: http://sparkystar.tumblr.com/