Fruitbowl: An Oral History of Queer Sex

Dec 31 2024 86 ep. 58 mins 258

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First person stories of queer coming of age. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and genderqueer people.

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S5E16 - Firsts Vol.9: Young Adult Love

Dec 31 2024 72 mins

Love is complicated and for queer people, it's even more so. Queer love rarely resembles traditional romantic stories. And while our representation is getting better, the lack of realistic queer adult love stories can make sorting through those complicated emotions and feelings a struggle. Many of this episode’s stories describe a certain kind of gratitude for the experience of f

S5E15 - Firsts Vol.8: College Love

Dec 22 2024 69 mins

College is often the first opportunity to separate ourselves, both geographically and psychologically, from oppressive families or communities. It's a chance to examine stifled urges and investigate sidelined feelings in an environment that includes others seeking similar experiences. When you combine this newfound sense of self with a bit of confidence and some good old fashioned

S5E14 - Firsts Vol.7: High School Heartstoppers

Oct 18 2024 55 mins

This episode is the first of a three part series about first love. Specifically, the messy, inconvenient, heartbreaking chaos that first love often inspires for people in high school as well as all the sweetness, optimism and exciting feelings of discovery both about ourselves and that special someone. Mix in the big feelings of emerging sexuality and you can understand why so many

Guest Podcast: "Nuances - Queering Premodern Asia"

Aug 16 2024 63 mins

Enjoy this bonus episode of the podcast series Nuances: Our Asian Stories. Hosted by Lazou, Nuance's latest season is titled Queering Premodern Asia and each episode explores different aspects of sexual diversity in premodern Asia with commentary and personal stories from guest scholars and artists. Lazou reached out recently and, because our podcasts have a lot of themes in co

S5E13 - Firsts Vol.6: Young Adult

Aug 02 2024 74 mins

You graduated high school. You packed up all your things and you’re moving into a dorm room or your first apartment. Finally, you have the chance to define life on your own terms. For many queer people, leaving our family and getting our own place is the chance to finally seek out the experiences we’ve always wanted but weren’t allowed to have when every move, every decision

S5E12 - Firsts Vol.5: The Art of Cruising

Jul 18 2024 74 mins

These days, thanks to technology, it’s easier than ever to hook up; but no app can provide the rush you feel when you lock eyes with someone in person and you know, without any verbal communication, that there is a mutual interest. In this episode, our interviewees share first-time stories of cruising as well as other anecdotes about the art of cruising and what we’ve lost now

S5E11 - Spilling Tea, 2024 Pride Edition

Jun 27 2024 74 mins

Let’s end Pride 2024 with a bang! For this episode, Dave is taking a break from his series on First Times and he’s selected a few of his favorite moments when interviewees shared profound thoughts about queerness, community, identity and, of course, there are a lot of things to say about sex. So put your rubbers on because tea will be spilled, mics will be dropped and truth bom

S5E10 - Firsts Vol.4: Internet Hookups

Jun 13 2024 71 mins

There’s a tendency to devalue first times that come as a result of the internet. There’s no meet-cutes; no love at first sight. The getting-to-know-you window happens on your device. Most of them are one-offs we will never see ever again. But, like it or not, this is the way most of us find first time partners now though there are signs that dating apps are losing users and peo

S5E9 - Firsts Vol.3: High School Hookups, Part 2

May 23 2024 74 mins

As I was building this second high school hookup episode, I realized that many of the stories have striking similarities. People who grew up thousands of miles apart, often in different decades, had similar coming of age experiences. So I decided to create an entire episode featuring story pairs that are like fun-house reflections of each other; further proof that, even though quee

S5E8 - Firsts Vol.2: High School Hookups, Part 1

May 09 2024 78 mins

For queer people, our sexuality is not something that just switches on one day. It reveals itself over time - usually during adolescence - and the experience is often internal and private. Our first explorations into physical intimacy with other people often serve as a kind of test to see if we like it and help us start to define the role that sex will play in our lives as adults.