WHAT IS QUEER

There's no shortage of coverage about the "bans on drag" on television, podcasts, and online articles...but as queer people, we need to ensure that our voices are part of those conversations. In this episode we will look at what these legal battles mean and how it can truly effect our entire LGBTQIA+ community.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: Chris Hampton and David Gilleo
Guests: Esther Newton and Mariyea Jackson
As we all struggle to understand what the drag bans mean, Parker turns to famed queer Anthropolgist Esther Newton, to discuss the history of drag and how far we have (and haven’t) come since her documentation in the 1960s.
Then Mariyea Jackson, who is a young performer living in Brooklyn, joins us to chat about her worries working as a queen who is also a trans woman.
We'll also talk to show contributors Chris Hampton about the new Drag Defense Fund from the ACLU, and David Gilleo about his experience with drag-bias in the workplace.
SNAP- Year of a Queen by Parker Sargent
Mariyea Jackson's website
Esther Newton's Books: Mother Camp, The History of Cherry Grove, My Butch CareerEsther Newton made Me Gay by Jean Carlomusto
ACLU Drag Defense FundEquality Federation
Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures

Fire Island is a strip of sand just off the coast of Long Island in New York that has been a safe haven for the LGBTQIA+ community since the early 1900's. Fabulous parties, gorgeous nature, and an environment that celebrates queer sexuality. This is the first in a series of special episodes about Cherry Grove that we will be doing through the summer, exploring the various aspects of this queer Mecca.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: David Gilleo and Alex Borsa
Guests: Jack Parlett, Kay Davis
Parker sets the scene and walks us through a brief history of the two queer communities of Cherry Grove and the Pines. Chatting with author Jack Parlett to discuss his book Fire Island: Love, Loss and Liberation in an Amercian Paradise, we explore Fire Island's queer past and present. Cherry Grove DEI Project Chair Kay Davis joins us to talk about their work to make Fire Island a more inclusive space and then show contributor Alex Borsa chats about what the gay vacation destination means to young queers today.
Fire Island: A Century in the Life of An American ParadiseThe Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to GrindrSame Blue, Different YouKoitz Gay Fire IslandCherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian TownThe Panzi InvasionSNAP- Year of a Queen

Historic HousesBella's DishFounding FamiliesGrove Girls

John Cameron Mitchell joins us to discuss that-time-of-the-year where queer pearls are being clutched for what celebrities are wearing to the awards shows and who is (and isn't) winning...and no event is bigger than the Academy Awards.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: David Gilleo
Guests: John Cameron Mitchell
Parker chats with John Cameron Mitchell about her lack of enthusiasm for the Oscars and gets his thoughts on the proposition of genderless categories at awards shows, as well as dissecting the current gender-fear that seems to be sweeping the nation. Our producer koitz shares his experiences covering the Oscars in previous years...and then everything takes a hard turn when Miss Davida Jones lures Parker into hosting an Oscars viewing Party, determined to turn our host into an Oscar-loving convert.

We're going to further a recent discussion with our guest Emery Grant about an amazing new youth project called CAMP BEYOND BINARY, which operates in Ithaca New York throughout the month of August.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Guest: Emery Grant
Parker chats with LGBTQ historian Emery Grant about being part of the Admin Team developing a radical new project to provide transgender and non-binary youth with an environment to explore their identity and teach them core goals to become strong community members. Camp Beyond Binary is a fabulous example of how we as a queer community can create safer spaces.
Camp Beyond Binary

Welcome to WiQ! Meet podcast host Parker Sargent to begin our journey of LGBTQIA+ awareness, casual shit-talking and informative inspirational experiences, as an ongoing exploration of the question- “what is queer“.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: Alex Borsa, Nia Nottage, David Gilleo, Chris Hampton
Guests: Alex Borsa, Nia Nottage, David Gilleo, Chris Hampton
Parker is joined by the WiQ family to discuss our mission to create an inclusive environment for the entire LGBTQIA+ community. Alex Borsa from the Harvard GenderSci Lab talks gay-identity and multi-generational understanding of queerness. Artist Nia Nottage discusses activism and whats on the minds of queer millennials. Chris Hampton shares her personal story of fighting for LGBTQIA+ rights that led her to working with the ACLU.