/Queer

Episode 6 is the final chapter in the Japan leg of the trip, and this episode explores how spaces and the facilitation of community organising are core focuses in the push for rights in the Tokyo LGBTQ+ activism scene. Host Georgie Williams is joined by Sho Akita of Normal Screen- who uses his platform to make LGBTQ+ documentaries and resources accessible to the local community- and feminist collective WAIFU, who are focused on creating safe nightlife spaces for queer femmes and trans women.

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As the second episode exploring LGBTQ+ culture in Japan, Sexuality and Male-Male Love in Historical Japan takes us back to the Edo period and explores how romantic and sexual relationships between monks, samurai and men of high social standing progressed from being a cultural norm to the subject of controversy and social stigma. Georgie Williams hosts.

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Professor Yuka Kanno of Stanford University is this episode's guest, discussing the development of the term 'queer' in modern Japan, and how 'queerness' and LGBT+ communities are presented and represented in contemporary Japanese media.

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Episode 3 focuses on the visual aspects of how political resistance has been enacted by the LGBTQ community in the USA during the late 20th and 21st Century, and how particular aesthetics within BDSM and drag circles have been central to that resistance. As part two of our focus on 'visible queerness', we return to our conversations with Gary Wasdin of the Chicago Leather Archives and Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, as well as consulting fellow sister and prominent activist, Sister Purrr Do.

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As the first part of our two-part focus on 'Visible Queerness', Episode 2 of the /Queer podcast addresses 'Queer Kinship', and the concept of chosen family amongst varying LGBTQ+ communities within the United States. As we travel through Indianapolis, Chicago and San Francisco, we consult with Gary Wasdin of the Chicago Leather Archives and Museum as well as international superstar and activist Sister Roma of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and postulant sister, Sister Tara NuHole. All three provide us with insight regarding how queer families form, the role they play for individuals and how they facilitate growth and healing of queer individuals recovering from trauma and social rejection.

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The first episode of the /Queer podcast addresses the development, shifting and receding of transgender and gender variant spaces in and around New York City over the past 3-4 decades. The episode includes an interview with Carrie Davis, a nonprofit health and human rights consultant and one of NYC's Human Rights Commissioners, discussing the impact of capitalisation and gentrification on both physical and virtual trans spaces, as well as the value of trans spaces for the transgender and wider gender variant community.

This episode of /Queer was edited with the help of Charles Makemson, scripted and presented by Georgie Williams and recorded on location in Brooklyn, New York. A very special thanks to Carrie Davis for her contribution to this episode and also to the performers and congregation at St John’s Lutheran Church. Music in this episode was composed by Kevin MacLeod. If you enjoyed this episode or have any feedback, please get in touch on Instagram or Twitter at @SlashQueer or email us at [email protected].

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