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05/04/20 • 30 min

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Iced coffee and bi chairs and glory holes, oh my!

Music in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom, Alexander Overington, and Albert Behar ("Pizzicato Playground"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this episode misidentified Lady Gaga as straight. She is bisexual.

Iced coffee and bi chairs and glory holes, oh my!

Music in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom, Alexander Overington, and Albert Behar ("Pizzicato Playground"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this episode misidentified Lady Gaga as straight. She is bisexual.

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Make Australia Gay Again

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It's our 100th episode! And for this special occasion, Nancy sound designer Jeremy Bloom goes on a quest to find the truth behind a mysterious gay and lesbian island kingdom.

— Bruce Hecht is the owner of the Champion Stamp Company in New York City.

— Derek Adam Thomas makes videos about micro-nations and the fun things they get up to.

— Dennis Altman an academic and gay rights activist. He is the author of over 20 books including Homosexual Liberation & Oppression and Unrequited Love.

— Nick Henderson is a curator for the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

— William Jackson Freeman is the former Lord Chancellor of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.

— Dale Parker Anderson I is the former Emperor of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.

— Voiceovers by Rosa Gollan.

— Episode image courtesy of Glen Stephens.

Special thanks this week to the other Dale Parker Anderson, Sabrina Lipovic (Archives researcher for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Oley Media Group, Emperor George Cruckshank II, Viktor Zimmerman (Gay Homeland Foundation), Simon Sellers & George Dunford (Authors of the Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations), Judy Lattas, Jody Shapiro, Glen Stephens, Paul Poet, Bob Jervis, Don Green, James "Jaix" Brooks, the former members of the of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.

Music in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom, Albert Behar, Sergey Cheremisinov ("Fog"), and Kevin MacLeod ("Bridal Chorus" & "I Knew A Guy"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

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Carmen Maria Machado's Queer Horror Stories

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Carmen Maria Machado joins us to talk queer horror stories, writing about pandemics, and the conversation we as queer people should be having more often.

If you or someone you know is experiencing intimate partner violence, contact The National Domestic Violence Hotline. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence has more info on LGBTQ intimate partner violence statistics here.

Music in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom. Theme by Alexander Overington.