Country Queers

Sep 04 2024 27 ep. 38 mins 150
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Country Queers is a podcast featuring oral history interviews with rural and small-town LGBTQIA2S+ folks.  We uplift often unheard stories of rural queer experiences across intersecting layers of identity including race, class, gender identity, age, religion, and occupation.  Produced by and for country queers all over, we hope these stories help add more complexity to conversations and ideas about rural spaces and queer communities.

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Preorder the Book! Support the Book Tour!

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