LGBTQ+ Podcasts
Listen to authors, artists, abolitionists and more in discussions centering LGBTQ+ communities and stories.
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Ocean Vuong and Jess Boyd discuss "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous"
Join us to hear Ocean Vuong talk with Jess Boyd about his new novel, a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. Recorded on June 20, 2019.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 36.78MB] [Play time: 1 hr 20 min]
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Nicole Dennis-Benn discusses "Patsy"
Lambda Award-winning author Nicole Dennis-Benn will read from and discuss her new novel "Patsy." Recorded on June 19, 2019.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 25.81MB] [Play time: 0 hr 56 min]
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Emergent Strategy: An Evening with Adrienne Maree Brown
Join a community-centered conversation with author/activist Adrienne Maree Brown. Recorded on April 18, 2019.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 47.79MB] [Play time: 1 hr 44 min]
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Samantha Allen discusses Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States
Join us to hear about Allen's cross-country road-trip through the surprisingly vibrant queer communities sprouting up in red states, offering a vision of a stronger, more humane America. Recorded on March 12, 2019.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 27.09MB] [Play time: 0 hr 59 min]
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Sarah McBride discusses 'Tomorrow Will Be Different'
Sarah McBride, the National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, will share her own story of coming out as transgender, finding love, and working for LGBTQ+ equal rights.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 25.32MB] [Play time: 0 hr 55 min]
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Calvin Gimpelevich and Friends: 'Trans Writers'
Join us for a reading of original work by Genesis Ellis, Susan Brittain, and Calvin Gimpelevich; three trans/genderqueer authors who are immigrants or first-generation Americans.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 23.50MB] [Play time: 0 hr 51 min]
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Activist Poetics
The symposium Activist Poetics examines notions of activist poiesis and activist poetics to investigate the intersections between digital activism, contemporary experimental writing and performance, and new media practices. This symposium includes a public performance shaped by the engagements of our participants. Recorded on December 3, 2017.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 37.74MB] [Play time: 1 hr 22 min]
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Guardians of the Gaylaxy: Exploring LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction
Join us and five Washington State writers who boldly explore star systems and fantasy realms while spotlighting LGBTQ main characters and relationships. Recorded on Nov. 17, 2014.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 39.64MB] [Play time: 1 hr 26 min]
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Science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany, stops by to talk about his latest novel, 'Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders.'
'Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders' spans the recent past to the future, and follows Eric Jeffers from age 17 to old age. Eric's journey to the Dump, a utopian community created by a gay black millionaire, delves into the territory of pornography-as-literature or, as Delany calls it, "pornatopia." Recorded on July 23, 2013.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 28.07MB] [Play time: 01 hr 01 min]
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Armistead Maupin, June 25
The Seattle Public Library and PrideFest welcome best-selling author Armistead Maupin for a special Pride Week reading from his latest novel, "Mary Ann in Autumn," and a conversation on the gay, bohemian world of "Tales of the City." Recorded on June 25, 2011.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 26.95MB] [Play time: 0 hr 58 min]