Logo artwork for “Bad Gays,” “History is Gay,” “One From the Vaults” and “AfroQueer” used with permission; portrait of Rick Oculto courtesy of same.
With the advent of more digital media than ever before, people are finding new ways to learn about LGBTQ history and culture, including the podcast. In the last several years, there has been an explosion in the number of queer voices in podcasting, a powerful tool and medium for teaching LGBTQ history in an accessible, intimate way. In the second of our two-part conversation, prominent queer podcasters whose shows cover the broad spectrum of LGBTQ history will share their experiences, perspectives and tips on how queer history can be shared beyond the classroom through podcasts that potentially reach a global audience.
SPEAKERS
Huw Lemmey (he/him) is a novelist, artist and critic living in Barcelona and is the author of three novels: Unknown Language, forthcoming in spring 2020 from Ignota Books, Red Tory: My Corbyn Chemsex Hell (Montez Press, 2019), and Chubz: The Demonization of my Working Arse (Montez Press, 2016). He writes on culture, sexuality and cities for the Guardian, Frieze, Flash Art, Tribune, TANK, The Architectural Review, Art Monthly, New Humanist, Rhizome, The White Review, and L’Uomo Vogue, among others. With Ben Miller, he hosts the podcast Bad Gays, about evil and complicated queers in history.
Ben Miller (he/him) is a writer, a doctoral fellow in global intellectual history at the Freie Universität Berlin, and a member of the board of Berlin’s Schwules Museum. His essays, fiction, and criticism have been published in the New York Times, Literary Hub, Jacobin, and Tin House. With Huw Lemmey, he hosts the podcast Bad Gays, about evil and complicated queers in history.
Rick Oculto (moderator, he/him) is the education director at Our Family Coalition, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving LGBTQ families with children. In his role he has provided professional and personal development workshops for thousands of education professionals and families nationwide. A nonprofit professional with over 15 years of experience, Rick started the first transgender youth group in the Bay Area, was a lead organizer in the FAIR Education Act Implementation Coalition and has provided consultation for foreign ambassadors wanting to learn promising practices for improving the lives of LGBTQ people in their home countries.
Morgan M. Page (she/her) is a writer, performance + video artist, and activist currently based in London, England. Originally from Canada, Page’s nightmarish performance and video art has shown in galleries and festivals around the world, including the Brooklyn Museum (New York, 2016), the New Museum Resource Centre (New York, 2018), NEMAF New Media Arts Festival (Seoul, South Korea, 2013), and the Adelaide Street Gallery (Melbourne, Australia, 2014). A 2014 Lambda Literary Fellow, her essays have been published in Dazed, Buzzfeed, the Globe and Mail, GUTS Magazine, and CBC Arts, as well as in anthologies. She also writes and hosts One From the Vaults, the one and only podcast covering all of the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history.
Leigh Pfeffer (they/them) has held a variety of roles in nonprofits and museums, from program and events coordination to visitor services. Leigh manages the GLBT Historical Society’s museum operations, public programs and volunteers. Before joining the GLBT Historical Society, they worked for the Exploratorium and managed a volunteer speakers panel program and operations at the Diversity Center in Santa Cruz. In their spare time, Leigh produces and hosts the podcast History is Gay.
Selly Thiam (she/her) is a journalist, oral historian and producer whose work has appeared on NPR, PBS, in the New York Times, and Storycorps. She is the founder and executive director of None on Record, a digital media organization documenting stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Africans.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
This event will take place online. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with a link and instructions on how to join the webinar as an attendee. The event will also be livestreamed on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GLBTHistory/ and then archived on our YouTube page at https://bit.ly/2UyGVbG.
ADMISSION
Free | Suggested donation of $5.00
Register online here: https://bit.ly/362s13A
The event is limited to 500 attendees.
ASL INTERPRETATION
ASL interpretation provided upon request. Please write at least three days in advance of event to leigh@glbthistory.org.
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