Q4Q: Queer Personals Podcast

Have you ever stared at a hottie from across the room, just to let the moment slip away without grabbing their number? Did you compliment someone’s floral button-up, just to trip over your words and forget to ask for their name? Don’t worry, you‘re not alone! Queers have been awkwardly interacting with each other for decades! Join Haley and their guest Ken as they dig up some missed connections that will have you saying “oh boy!” 

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Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

Music strummed by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich.

Sources

• Mikelle Street, “How ‘The Eagle’ Became One of the most recognized Gay Bar Names” NBC News, 24 October 2017
• Lou Chibbaro Jr, "DC Eagle to close for good." Washington Blade, 5 May 2020 
• The Gay Blade, (Washington, DC), October 12, 1984 
• OUT FRONT (Denver), Volume 12, Number 23, March 11, 1988
• OUT FRONT (Denver), Volume XVI, Number 1, April 12, 1991
• Berlin Sylvestre, "A Brief LGBT History of Colorado" Out Front, August 20, 2014
• Focus Point (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1994-11-17 
• Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, “The Pride Behind Pride,” MSP Magazine, June 21, 2020
• Focus Point (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1997-11-19 
• The San Francisco Bay times, Sep 1989, Vol. 10 No. 12
• "Dore Alley Street Fair," BML Videos, August 1, 1981. Hosted by Calisphere, University of California. 
• The Gay News-Telegraph (St. Louis, Missouri), June 1982.
  
  

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Oh boy, it’s poem night at Q4Q. Join the party for some of the most mournful, raunchy, and yearning iambic pentameter pieces this show has ever seen. Haley and their special guest, Ash, set out to ask some important questions–When did “snowflake” become a thing? Did Emily Dickinson date women? Will men EVER stop quoting Neitzche? 

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Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

Music strummed by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich.

Sources

• Fifth Freedom, 1 December 1983 (Buffalo, NY)
• Leather Archives and Museum Instagram post, April 9, 2022--posted from First Hand’s Manscape Magazine, a Gay Adult Digest Magazine
• Focus Point (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 17 November 1994.
• Philadelphia Gay News, 17 October 1980. JStor, Reveal Digital
• Outweek, 22 August 1990
• Outweek 8 September 1990
• Laura Knowles, “Drenched in words: LGBTQ poets from US history,” Oxford University Press Blog, published June 26, 2018. Accessed May 7, 2022
•  Tim Hawken, “WTF is Will to Power,” Medium, February 16, 2015. Accessed May 7, 2022. 
• Wild nights - Wild nights! (269) , Emily Dickinson, Poetry Foundation.org
• Kaufmann, Walter A. (1974). Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist (4th ed.). Princeton University Press. pp. 317–319
• Will to power - Wikipedia
•  Bronski, Michael (November 7, 2002). "The real Harry Hay". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009.
• Jonathan Katz, Gay American History. Crowell Publishers, 1976

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Happy birthday to Q4Q! One year ago, the podcast launched with our premier episode “Seeking a Buff Danny Devito in Indianapolis.” And what a year it’s been! Check out the newest mini-sode, where Haley reflects on some of the best moments of the year and shared some “odds & ends” personal ads that didn’t make the first few episodes.

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Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

Music strummed by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich. 

Sources:

Betty Peters, "The Frog Princess," Lavender Women, December 1, 1971. Reveal Digital

Bear Fax, Vol 2, No 17, Leather Archives & Museum

GAY, July 6, 1970. Hosted at HoustonLGBTHistory.org

Outweek,  June 13, 1990. Hosted at OutWeek.net

Outweek, Sept 19, 1990.  Hosted at OutWeek.net

Instagram post, Personalsbot, May 3, 2019. 

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In this episode, Haley and Rachel (Gaychel) pop open some personal ads looking for a little more. Whether it be physical or chemical–they want pleasure and they want it soon! There will be poppers–certainly pleasure, preservative-laden snacks, and high-impact naked sports. Settle in with your munchies of choice, because these head hunters are meeting gyrating Euro-trash in pursuit of sex ‘n drugs. 

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Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

Music strummed by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich. 

Sources: 

Philadelphia Gay News, January 8, 1982. Independent Voices, JSTOR

Outweek, June 13, 1990 Art by Camper, called “Last Night”.

Philadelphia Gay News, April 30, 1982.  Independent Voices, JSTOR

GAY, May 11, 1970. Houston LGBT History

Our Paper, April 1992, University of Southern Maine

The Gay News Telegraph, December 1985.

The San Francisco Bay times, September 1989. Berkeley Library, UCLA

Outweek, August 22, 1990.

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Let's get personal! Since the dawn of time, humans have been desperate for connection. Then we realized we could solicit strangers through the Sunday paper. You’ve heard of Craigslist personals, just imagine the pining and thirst from lonely queers searching for love. Listen as we read and rate personal ads from the ‘70s through today! If you love gay yearning, you’ll love Q4Q!  

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Welcome to another episode of Q4Q, where Haley meets with Alexis Macaluso, author and artist of the new book Deeply Personal: A Journey into Earth’s most curious classified ads—to cruise through some Craigslist ads and newspapers from the ‘60s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. Will you sign up for the “Gay” cruise, find an old Army buddy from ‘Nam, or maybe hook up with the Dirty Old Man from Maine? The sky's the limit at Q4Q!

Music written and strummed by Omar Nassar. Graphics by Bekah Rich. 

You can find Alexis’s book Deeply Personal: A Journey into Earth’s most curious classified ads (Printed by Spooky House Press) on Bookshop.org and at select local bookstores. Find them both on Instagram at @Alexis_aquarian and @spookyhousepress

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Do you like queer personal ads? Maybe you or someone you know met through a personal ad–or you just love LGBTQ history. Maybe you like rambling? Reach out to Haley at [email protected],  on instagram at Queerpersonalspodcast, or on Twitter at Queerpersonals to be on the show!

Sources: 

Empty Closet, no. 269 (May 1995), University of Rochester The Empty Closet (1971-Current) | Digital Collections

GAY newspaper (NYC) 15 Dec 1969Houston LGBT History

Our Paper: Serving the Alternative Community | Newspapers | University of Southern Maine April 1992

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Happy New Year! And welcome to another episode of Q4Q. Haley connected with Dan Griffiths from the Gender F*ck podcast to engage with some ads written by and for trans people. In the pages of the magazines, we meet a love kitten, a student of the bizarre, and so many others hoping for a connection. 

Listen to us on Spotify, Stitcher,  Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your tunes!

Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

Check out Dan Griffiths' and Oliver Ellis' podcast Gender F*ck on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, where they discuss sexual health and wellbeing with a focus on the trans experience. You can also find them on Instagram and Twitter @GenderFckPod. 

Music written and strummed by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich. 

Sources

Digital Transgender Archive

Boys Will Be Boys, March 1993. Digital Transgender Archive 

New Trenns Magazine: The Voice of the Transvestite World,  Volume 2, Issue 6. 1971. Digital Transgender Archive

The Transsexual Voice - October 1993. Digital Transgender Archive

The Transvestite World Directory, 1973 - Seattle Washington. Digital Transgender Archive

The San Francisco Bay times, Sep 1989, Vol. 10 No. 12 - Berkeley Library Digital Collections

Secondary Sources

Them, “InQueery: What does the Word Transgender Mean?” September 7, 2018.

Kristen Riley, “From female impersonation to drag” Wellcome Collection, September 24, 2019.

Online Etymology Dictionary, Accessed January 2022. 

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Strap into your saddles, because we’re about to find some Prince/ss Charmings on some horses. In this week’s episode, join Haley and Lauren as they dig through some personal ads that put the “fairy” in fairy tale. Follow us through the tales of a heartbroken lesbian from Georgia, Prince Charming sought in Denver, and butch Lancelot? All that and more in Episode 13 of Q4Q: Queer Personal Ads!

Listen to us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your tunes!

Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

Banjo strummed by Lauren Baca. Cover art by Bekah Rich.

Sources:
Gay Blade (D.C), November 11, 1988. DigDC

Lesbian Tide Volume 1 Number 2, September - October 1979. Houston LGBT History.org.

Southern Voice, April 21 and 27, 1994. Digital Library of Georgia.

Out Front, Volume V Number 6, June 13, 1980. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.

Focus Point, November 17, 1994. Minnesota Digital Library.

OutWeek, August 28, 1989. OutWeek Internet Archive.

Toadstool Botanicals
Toadstool Botanicals brings you closer to plants & fungi through plant medicine and cosmetics.

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Are you looking for a gay roommate? What about a lesbian organic farmer? Find all that and more in this episode of Q4Q, when Haley and Annika slide into the DMs of some quality cheeseheads from the state of Wisconsin. 

Listen to us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your tunes!

Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

As always, music by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich.

Sources:

A big thank you to:
Wisconsin LGBT History Project 

This Website ... attempts to link together media reports from every LGBT publication ever printed in Wisconsin, with personal recollections, photos, and stories. It is primarily organized into 5 major areas (People, Organizations, Businesses, Media, and Events) and weaves all of these together with hyper-linkages to cross-reference information in one area to related information elsewhere. Although thus far primarily the work of one individual (Don Schwamb), other individuals are coming forward with their own recollections and photos, and several other people (notably Jamie Taylor, and the new Green Bay LGBT History group) are beginning to contribute in a more substantive way to flesh out gaps and make the site even more broad in scope.

Among Friends, Aug/Sept 1988

Among Friends, March 1988

Among Friends, Feb 1988

Among Friends, May 1988

Uptown Downtown - Nov 1993

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Hey all you handsome bi’s and rugged guys! This time on Q4Q, Haley and their new housemate Ainhoa wade through an archive of bisexual personal ads. Give it a listen, because these ads swing both ways!

Listen to us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your tunes!

Interested in being on the show? Contact us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.

As always, music by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich.

Sources:

GAY (NYC),  15 Feb 1971. Houston LGBT History

Gay Blade (D.C.) 11-27-1998 DigDC

Personally (Kansas City, MO) January 1988 Vol. 4 Issue. 1

Michele A Buchanan Collection, Leather Archives and Museum, 1990s 

• "From a red shore" Tumblr page
• "From the LA&M Archives: Black Leather in Color" Jakob VanLammeren, LA&M Archivist/Collections Librarian, August 2014
• Leathersex Underground & the Formation of a Subculture: The Michele Buchanan and Jim Kane Digitization Project, CLIR Hidden Collections registry 
• The Leather Hall of Fame 

Our Own Community Press (Norfolk, VA) , Oct. 1992 -
Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections

Philadelphia Gay News,  Issue 5 - May 1976 - JSTOR

The San Francisco Bay times., Sep 1989, Vol. 10 No. 12 - Berkeley Library Digital Collections

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