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Creating a History Earwolf Cameron Esposito hosts Queery, a podcast that aims to capture oral history for the LGBTQ+ community. The format of each episode is fairly freeform with just two unchanging questions. At the beginning of each episode, the guest introduces his, her, or them self and at the end the guest names a queer-o of theirs. A queer-o is a queer hero: someone or something that made the person feel validated or safe. From Freddie Mercury to Eileen Myles to the whom the guest is named after, each guest gives amazingly varied answers. The rest of the interview takes on a more freeform conversational format. Cameron Esposito does this in part due to her being a comedian, not a journalist, and more importantly to let listeners into the conversations parts of the LGBTQ+ community are actually having. This podcast not only works to save and amplify certain important contemporary figures in the queer community; Queery also catalogues the movements within the community. In Rebecca Sugar’s interview, Sugar and Esposito discuss the way some parts of the larger queer community are moving away from bisexual erasure. Queery has a wide range of guests including musicians, activists, CEO’s, writers, actors, a drag queen, show runners, professors, and many comedians. Along with a variety of jobs, there is variety of identity from within and without the LGBTQ+ community, like differing abilities and races. This podcast creates a visible diverse community that many people could access. Though this podcast is not a beginner’s course for learning about the LGBTQ+ community, Queery could be a wonderful resource for learning about current topics important to the community. The conversations are incredibly informative, and the references made during the conversations to identities or organizations could amount to an amazing list of resources to develop a well-rounded education about the queer community and other intersectional identities. The podcast currently has about seventy three episodes. Some of the more well-known guests include Dan Savage, Trixie Mattel, Tig Notaro, Roxane Gay, and Clea DuVall. A few of my favorite episodes are interviews with Riese Bernard, Vivek Shraya, and Andrew Gurza. |
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Keagan Wheat has been published by Z Publishing in Texas’s Best Emerging Poets, the Fall 2018 issue of The Tulane Review, and Shards Issue 4. He worked on Volumes 20, 21, and 22 of Glass Mountain. At the University of Houston, he studies and writes poetry. |
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