The Back Door | Bloomington, IN

12/06/21 • 47 min

The Back Door is the only queer space within a 50-mile radius of Bloomington, IN. These are the stories of the humans that run The Back Door and the humans that have called The Back Door home.
Nicci and Smoove founded The Back Door together in 2013, after meeting at a mutual friend's memorial in Bloomington. Verna Vendetta and Corvin Rose both got their starts as drag kings at The Back Door, but they no longer perform there as much as they used to.
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12/06/21 • 47 min

Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast - The Back Door | Bloomington, IN

Transcript

SARAH: HI, LISTENERS. THIS IS SARAH. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE EPISODE, I WANTED TO TALK FOR A SECOND ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAR. AT THE BACK DOOR WE INTERVIEWED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DRAG PERFORMERS: KINGS, QUEENS, AND GENDERQUEER OF ALL DIFFERENT GENDER IDENTITES. AND THEIR IDENTITIES BECAME A BIG PART OF THIS STORY. SO WE ARE GOING TO USE THE TERMS AMAB AND AFAB A LOT. IF YOU DON’T KNOW, THOSE ARE ACRONYMS FOR ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH AND ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH. WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND

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