Hannah Hadley is a musician, textile artist, art teacher, and the organizer behind Indy Gay Market. Michael sits down with Hannah at the Indianapolis Art Center to talk about building queer community through markets and art, the origin story of the Big Gay Market, and what it means to create a big gay space in Indianapolis.

Sponsors:

City Rising (cityrising.org)

Proformus Urban Planning & Design

Intro music: Scared Rabbit by Jennasen

Timestamps

0:33 — Intro

1:20 — Meet Hannah Hadley

5:18 — Big Gay Market vs. Indy Gay Market

7:06 — Logistical stress (or lack thereof)

10:36 — Origin of the Big Gay Market

12:13 — Coming out

15:47 — Big Gay Market as a third space

17:33 — Visibility, inclusivity

23:34 — The biggest Big Gay Market ever

30:40 — Shoutouts to the Indy Gay Market team

33:51 — Sonia

37:11 — House shows

39:39 — Canned questions

41:18 — Teaching fiber arts and the joy of making your own clothes

50:50 — Question from previous guest