Queer Joy: being gay as in happy

Happy Pride Month YES STILL! Thank you to Roxy, the memoirist and editor-in-chief at Diva Magazine, for prompting me to temporarily resuscitate the Queer Joy podcast to talk about her book WHAT A GIRL WANTS: a true story of sexuality and self-discovery. We chat about Roxy being personally targeted by Section 28, celebrate her 10-year anniversary with her partner, and dancing with massive fans (as...

This first ever LIVE episode was a fundraiser supporting the gorgeous queer intersectional Common Press bookshop in East London !! I interviewed Gabi, one of the brilliant booksellers and event organisers who works there, in a brilliantly funny, tender, and unpredictable conversation. Tune in for the meet-cutes and morning afters Gabi has witnessed in the bookshop, disgusting horror book recommend...

Okay no, we don’t arm wrestle because that would be terrible audio content, but we do fight each other verbally really far more than you'd expect. Direct quote from my esteemed guest: 'Lily, why don't you just like lift a fucking weight?' You recognise Lex from their literally millions of bestselling and award-winning historicalish romcom novels (which are all absolutely excellent, buy them), as w...

The delightful Gay's the Word bookseller on butch haircuts, queer poetry retreats, and the mother of all queer joys – raising your son in an extended chosen family. (Sorry but imagine how cool this baby is going to become – his literal first film was Rebel Dykes?!) Also, of course, many, many expert queer joy book recommendations. Knitting is gay, crochet is lesbian, quilting is bi. Can any crafty...

What could bring more 'queer joy' than a gay clown? Here's a collaborative performance piece on the theme of friendship (otherwise called 'a chat') with the drag king, clown, and best friend Riss Obolensky (aka King Herod). This episode is about how much we hate sincerity, and, sincerely, how much we love each other. Whether you're into The Artist's Way or MUNA's The One That Got Away, spiritualit...

The writer of A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar on beautifully mundane queer joys – from meal deals, team sports (/the drinks afterwards), Doctor Who, to... yes… gay sex. Harry and I each work on both the author and editor sides of publishing queer books, so we also enjoy fanboying the writings of Lou Sullivan , Travis Alabanza , and Virginia Woolf ! From YOU, listener, I seek recommendations of be...

"Queer joy is liberation – it's when being queer is something you’re not scared of or worried about anymore. You get to be in the fun bit." The chic author, fashion blogger and cat-cheerleader Bethany Rutter becomes my own professional oracle – and can be yours too! Gain abundant advice for your dating era, how to run a queer dance night, the surprising challenges of writing a queer character who'...

The phenomenal award-winning fantasy author Tasha Suri on the queer joys of yearning, trash lesbians, and monster fucking. We ask hard-hitting questions like: how queer is your D&D character? What type of gay cowboy are you? And when will someone step up and write an essay on Tasha’s work through the lens of kink power exchange?  "Queer Joy is the empowering and healing joy you take in th...

'What is the gayest vape flavour?', 'Where are you on the U-Haul spectrum?' and, urgently, 'Are you a Mummy, Daddy, or Baby?' In this first episode of the QueeJo podcast, I live, laugh, lol with the very gorgeous Laura Kay – who writes gay books by dummies for dummies. She launches her own rival podcast, Queer Sad, challenges me to have a snog in a cinema, and reveals once and for all whether she...

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