Queer Halftime

Stephanie is back this week to talk about libraries, banned books, and intellectual freedom. Also her love of Valentine's Day.

We've talked before about allyship from our perspective, so here's some advice from an excellent ally. Our friend is super cool and is here to talk about growing in your allyship and how it's ok if your son wants to wear pink. Also, Bekah wants to apologize for how much they say "like" this episode.

Here friends, have a fun convo about things the transphobes ruin with their tears.

Sometimes you can't separate the art from the artist. Sometimes they're still making bags of money and handing those money bags to anti-trans lobbyists.

Sorry we're late, it's been a busy week. So here's a convo about whether Sunday is the first day of the week, the realization that if the Purge was real Paige would be an assassin, and Bekah's life goal of becoming The Mountain Witch.

Let's talk New Year's resolutions! Specifically weight loss and the fatphobia that surrounds so much of our society.

Holidays are for rants apparently, so let's talk missionaries, white saviours, and the Pope's deadname. Content Warning: Death of a missionary, mentions of deaths of children in care

Our rant-y-est episode to date! Let's talk about the use of poverty chic to make rich people feel better about themselves.

Today we're talking about drugs! Specifically harm reduction and decriminalization. Also fun fact, the chaotic cat you hear with Paige is named Gutters. He's ridiculous and we love him.

Content Warning: Discussion of the death of Paige's foster sibling around 11 minutes in. How do you feel about the holidays? Have you been wondering what Kelsey's big secret Queer Joy was? Join us on the big queer couch!

Get your lover's attention by throwing bricks, be so wonderfully gender nonconforming that the straights place bets on the London Stock Exchange, learn Macedonian so you can go back in time and ask Alexander the Great his sexuality. Join Bekah and Paige as they talk about the Chevalièr d’Éon and King Neferkare.

We have our very first author joining us this week! We talk to Eli Cohen about "The Body Hair Experiment" and what pushing back against the Man Box has meant to him. You can check out Eli's work at @spacioushuman on Insta

How do I handle my queer kid having sleepovers? I think my kid is going to come out, how do I react? What are Kelsey's thoughts on poptarts? This is parental FAQ's round 2

Lucky you, it's all three of you faves on the big queer couch talking about trans people in Greek mythology plus one Roman emperor who is considered by many to have been trans.

We've got a lot going on this week and we wanted to do something fun and different. So Paige and Bekah decided to bring back something from our very first episode.

Outloud's resident ex-Mormon Paige is here to talk about the things they learned about gender and sex while a member of the Mormon church.

For pretty much as long as humans have worn clothes they've been tools for both reinforcing and fighting the status quo. This week we're talking to fashion student Shelton about the interplay of gender and fashion. See more of Shelton @luvurboyyy on Instagram

We sit down with our friend Michael Phair, one of the founders of the AIDS Network of Edmonton to talk about what it was like in the midst of the 80s/90s crisis and how the community came together to take care of one another.

I'm going to be honest this ones a little all over the place, but we're talking about the Queen and how Canada should leave the Commonwealth while the royals are distracted.

We're back talking about some of the first bottom surgeries. Plus you get to meet our practicum student Paige who is wonderful!

Have you ever been told you're "too political" when you're just living your life? It's ok to not make yourself more palatable to fit in. This conversation has a little bit of everything and we hope you have as much fun listening to it as we had recording it.

Kelsey's away this week but that's alright because Bekah is joined by absolute ray of sunshine Chantelle from HIV Edmonton. This week we're talking about the history of the AIDS epidemic, the current reality, and addressing stigma. Find out more about Chantelle's work at https://hivedmonton.com/

Our new friend Adebayo joins us to discuss coming to Canada as a refugee, giving back to the community, and his new EP. You can support Adebayo's and Rarica's work @raricanow on Instagram And you can check out his music here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNP98v1izYGaLrUmVkia63fGEyPWCtlXk Content Warnings: Police Brutality, Violence against Trans People, Suicidal Ideation

We get asked a lot about the difference between gender, sex, and sexuality. So let's talk about it!

Kelsey and Bekah each chose a queer person from history to tell the other about and both chose from the roaring 20's. Join us and learn about Lucy Hicks Anderson and Josephine Baker.