Happy New Year! It's probably an odd time to be releasing the final episode of the season but sometimes life just works out that way!

I hope you're doing well and are starting 2024 in the way you had envisioned.

This week we are in Mexico City meeting Caleb and Jose Armando from Somos Voces (https://www.somosvoces.com.mx/), a queer bookstore, café, events and community outreach space. They do it all! I had a great chat with Caleb and Jose Armando and really loved seeing everything that Somos Voces offer the queer community of CDMX. It was especially heart warming to see how much the work the team do means to them personally. They really have created something beautiful and being a lover of a bookstore it really made my heart sing.

Now that this season is coming to a close, I'd love to hear from you about what you thought and what more you'd like to see. Maybe you even know somewhere you think has a story to tell, or you have a story of your own. Write to me and let's talk! Instagram: @queerworldpodcast or email: [email protected].

If we get some good conversation going, maybe I'll do a little bonus episode and read some out.

Thank you so much for any and all of the episodes you've listened to. This has been a really fulfilling experience for me personally and I hope this is just the beginning! Loads of love!

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Hello and thanks for coming back if you've been here before. If you're new, welcome to Queer World Podcast! It's great to have you with us!

This week, I am telling you about my meeting with 2 members of Status Queer, a community led activist and social group based in Quito, Ecuador.

In February 2023 I went to one of Status Queer's social events where I interviewed the lovely Ricardo and Jorge Luis about what the group do.

There are multiple sides to Status Queer; there is Queer Labs, in which they create research and data sourcing groups to gather statistics and stories about life for LGBTQ+ Ecuadorians with the aim of creating policy reform and recommendation plans for institutions and government. There is also Queer n' Chill, a social meetup that offers an opportunity for the community to meet, connect and get in touch with themselves in a supportive environment of their queer peers.

Ricardo and Jorge Luis are super smart, passionate and optimistic guys that give me huge hope for the future. I really recommend following Status Queer (Insta: @statusqueer.ec) and keeping up to date on the work they are doing because I think they are going to be instrumental in the progression of rights for our community in Ecuador.

Happy listening!

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Hey hey! We're back together once more and this week I am in conversation with Michael, a co-founder of Museo Q (Insta: @museoq); a 'travelling' museum of queer culture, history and philosophy. I met Michael in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, however, Museo Q has worked all over the country, plus internationally.

Michael invited me to an event he was moderating at a gorgeous queer bookstore in Bogota, before we headed to his house for a cup of tea and a chat about where the idea for Museo Q was born, what they have done so far, what they wish to do and more.

I had a great day meeting Michael. Plus, the team at Museo Q have been doing loads of exciting things since I met them. Long may their amazing work continue!

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In this week's episode, we have another story, told by me, Logan, that I have taken from the original audio of a conversation with the lovely Arno and Pepe. Unfortunately, the original audio was too distorted to use so I hope my storytelling does their voices and thoughts justice!

This episode is all around queer tango! It's tango, but not as you may know it! Traditional tango is steeped in traditions; a lot of them very outdated! Queer tango does away with the rulebook and brings new meaning to the dance for people all over the world, including Arno and Pepe; who have both danced tango for most of their lives and discovered tango queer later on.

In this episode I give a brief history of tango and tango queer and I speak the thoughts of Arno and Pepe on the concept of tango queer, the community it builds and the freedom it gives to both newcomers and long-time dancers of tango.

I loved making this episode and loved meeting Arno and Pepe. Make sure you follow @tangoqueeruyu and find a queer tango group near you if it has caught your interest!

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This week's episode comes all the way from Buenos Aires in Argentina, November 2022! I was visiting Buenos Aires over the week of Pride and the lovely Aldana (inner-right in the pic) and Claudia (outer-left in the pic) from La Fulana (Insta: @la.fulana) managed to make some time to meet me in-between getting everything ready for the parade coming up that weekend.

La Fulana is a community-led group for bisexual and lesbian womxn based in and around Buenos Aires that was established in 1998. As well as meeting socially and taking part in pride; the group is also active in campaigning for queer rights and supports womxn facing discrimination and gender or sexuality based violence.

It was a lovely and relaxed chat with Aldana and Claudia where discussed all manner of things from pride to education to law to religion. I hope you take something from these two lovely people and the work that La Fulana do! Don't forget to get in touch with me if you want to talk about the episodes or know someone you think I should meet for a future episode! Find me on Insta @queerworldpodcast or email [email protected]. Loads of love!

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Hey cutie! This episode is a slightly different one and comes to you in a sort of storyteller format. Unfortunately, I messed up the original audio and couldn't save it to play the real-life interview. We live and we learn!

This edition I talk to you about my meeting with Puma Camille (Insta: @pumacamille), a charming and beautiful artist from Campinas, in the Sao Paolo state of Brasil. We met in Sao Paolo city where we hung out for a Sunday evening and Puma told me about the performance art style she has developed which is a combination of Capoeira; a martial-arts style performance art, and vogueing; a dance style developed by queer and trans people of colour in the US between the late 60s and 80s.

Puma told me about life for her growing up, the power of the 2 dance styles and how she combines the 2 dance styles in order for them to offer something important to each other that each were possibly missing before.

This was a fantastic conversation and encounter with a talented and wise person that I am so so grateful for. I hope I have done Puma's story justice and I hope that you enjoy it!

Don't forget if you want to talk about the episode or think you know someone you think I should feature, find me on Insta: @queerworldpodcast or email me on [email protected]. Loads of love!

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In the second episode of Queer World Podcast, we meet Paula, one of the founder's of Vogue Fever; a ballroom and vogueing event in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Vogueing is a style of dance, art and performance that was created on the underground 'ballroom' scene between the 1960s and 1980s in USA. It has seen a resurgence in popularity in the 21st century, with shows like Pose sharing the stories based on the founders of these communities and shows like Legendary sharing stories of those continuing to celebrate the art and create chosen families today.

Paula and I sat down to talk about how she and her friends discovered and fell in love with vogueing, founded Vogue Fever, their lessons about the history of vogueing, the meaning of allyship and in turn what Paula has learned about herself.

This was an amazing conversation and I hope you enjoy listening. Remember to follow @voguefeverbh to see what Paula and her community are getting up to, the performances from their community are not to be missed!

Don't forget if you want to talk about the episode or think you know someone you think I should feature, find me on Insta: @queerworldpodcast or email me on [email protected]. Loads of love!

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Hey everyone! In the first ever episode of Queer World Podcast, host Logan meets Karen, the CEO of Casa Miga (Insta: @casamigalgbt), an LGBTQ+ refuge for queer youth in the city of Manaus, the capital city of the Amazona state in north Brazil. They discuss Karen's life before Casa Miga, the history of Casa Miga, the work it's doing now, politics in Brazil and more. The interview was recorded in-person in September 2022.

Don't forget if you want to talk about the episode or think you know someone you think I should feature, find me on Insta: @queerworldpodcast or email me on [email protected]. Loads of love!

This podcast is created by Logan Partridge, music by Thom Pitts (@auldmusic).

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