Logan Partridge

Queer World Podcast

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Hosted and created by Logan Partridge, this podcast travels around the world, meeting people from our thriving rainbow community who are changing perceptions, resisting oppression, challenging societal norms and building community where they live. Series 1 begins in Brazil and ends in Mexico. Along the way you will meet; the director of a LGBTQ+ Youth refuge, the founder of a ballroom/vogueing community, a trans capoeira/vogueing performance artist, queer tango dancers, lesbian and bisexual women's rights activists and community builders, the founder of a traveling queer history museum, founde...

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Logan Partridge

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A Queer Bookstore and Sanctuary - Somos Voces, Mexico City. 09.01.2024 49:23

Happy New Year! It's probably an odd time to be releasing the final episode of the season but sometimes life just works out that way! I hope you're doing well and are starting 2024 in the way you had envisioned. This week we are in Mexico City meeting Caleb and Jose Armando from Somos Voces (https://www.somosvoces.com.mx/), a queer bookstore, café, events and community outreach space. They do it a...

Queer Activism and Wellbeing with Status Queer - Quito, Ecuador. 19.12.2023 42:55

Hello and thanks for coming back if you've been here before. If you're new, welcome to Queer World Podcast! It's great to have you with us! This week, I am telling you about my meeting with 2 members of Status Queer, a community led activist and social group based in Quito, Ecuador. In February 2023 I went to one of Status Queer's social events where I interviewed the lovely Ricardo and Jorge Luis...

Latinx Queer History with Museo Q - Bogota, Colombia. 05.12.2023 52:51

Hey hey! We're back together once more and this week I am in conversation with Michael, a co-founder of Museo Q (Insta: @museoq); a 'travelling' museum of queer culture, history and philosophy. I met Michael in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, however, Museo Q has worked all over the country, plus internationally. Michael invited me to an event he was moderating at a gorgeous queer bookstore in Bo...

Queer Tango in Montevideo, Uruguay. 21.11.2023 31:18

In this week's episode, we have another story, told by me, Logan, that I have taken from the original audio of a conversation with the lovely Arno and Pepe. Unfortunately, the original audio was too distorted to use so I hope my storytelling does their voices and thoughts justice! This episode is all around queer tango! It's tango, but not as you may know it! Traditional tango is steeped in tradit...

A safe space for Queer Women with La Fulana, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 07.11.2023 54:05

This week's episode comes all the way from Buenos Aires in Argentina, November 2022! I was visiting Buenos Aires over the week of Pride and the lovely Aldana (inner-right in the pic) and Claudia (outer-left in the pic) from La Fulana (Insta: @la.fulana) managed to make some time to meet me in-between getting everything ready for the parade coming up that weekend. La Fulana is a community-led group...

Rediscovering Capoeira with Puma Camille, Sao Paolo, Brasil. 24.10.2023 30:15

Hey cutie! This episode is a slightly different one and comes to you in a sort of storyteller format. Unfortunately, I messed up the original audio and couldn't save it to play the real-life interview. We live and we learn! This edition I talk to you about my meeting with Puma Camille (Insta: @pumacamille), a charming and beautiful artist from Campinas, in the Sao Paolo state of Brasil. We met in...

Allyship on the ballroom scene with Paula at Vogue Fever - Belo Horizonte, Brasil. 10.10.2023 35:56

In the second episode of Queer World Podcast, we meet Paula, one of the founder's of Vogue Fever; a ballroom and vogueing event in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Vogueing is a style of dance, art and performance that was created on the underground 'ballroom' scene between the 1960s and 1980s in USA. It has seen a resurgence in popularity in the 21st century, with shows like Pose sharing the stories based...

Creating a home for queer youth in Manaus with Karen at Casa Miga - Manaus, Brasil. 25.09.2023 39:10

Hey everyone! In the first ever episode of Queer World Podcast, host Logan meets Karen, the CEO of Casa Miga (Insta: @casamigalgbt), an LGBTQ+ refuge for queer youth in the city of Manaus, the capital city of the Amazona state in north Brazil. They discuss Karen's life before Casa Miga, the history of Casa Miga, the work it's doing now, politics in Brazil and more. The interview was recorded in-pe...