Queer Ear

Queer Ear
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Queer Ear is the queer thinking, straight talking podcast that explores modern LGBTQ life across the UK and around the world. A Transmission Roundhouse Podcast. Creative Team Hosted and Produced by Rory Boyle  Theme Music by Dominic Gozo Powered by Transmission Roundhouse 

  1. EP 18 - Bathhouses Out Of Business: The Future Of Queer Saunas

    30/06/2021

    EP 18 - Bathhouses Out Of Business: The Future Of Queer Saunas

    Rory tries to establish what has led to gay saunas going down the drain by speaking with Southampton's Pink Broadway owner Nick Batt, Nottingham Trent University's Professor of Psychology, Rusi Jaspal and former sauna employee and customer, Antonio Blanche.

    21 min
  2. EP 17 - Bad Hair Day: The Queer Experience of Barbershops

    16/05/2021

    EP 17 - Bad Hair Day: The Queer Experience of Barbershops

    Rory delves into the fear and anxiety many Queer people face when getting a haircut by speaking to non-binary barber C.J. Hernández, who was kicked out of a barbershop at age 14 for not being male and community organiser Dez Marshall, who sought a barbering licence to protect other LGBTQ people from facing her negative experiences.

    23 min
  3. EP 16 - Out On The Inside: Access To Education For Queer Prisoners

    31/03/2021

    EP 16 - Out On The Inside: Access To Education For Queer Prisoners

    Rory highlights the positive effects of education for Queer prisoners by speaking with former art teacher and author of Inside & Out and Released Inside, Phil Forder. He also chats to writer and Trans rights in prison advocate Dalton Harrison.

    26 min
  4. EP 15: It's A Sin: Forgotten Queer History of HIV

    19/02/2021

    EP 15: It's A Sin: Forgotten Queer History of HIV

    Rory and Nic Desborough chat with Seyan Sarvan of Channel 4’s hit show It’s a Sin and Human Rights Campaigner Ceri Hutton about the forgotten Queer history of the HIV and Aids crisis of the 1980s, exploring themes brought to light by the show. This episode was recorded for Roundhouse's celebration of LGBT+ History Month.

    35 min
  5. EP 14 - The Death of Cruising: End of a Queer Era

    17/01/2021

    EP 14 - The Death of Cruising: End of a Queer Era

    Rory analyses the rapid decline of what was once a queer rite of passage by speaking to writers Jeff Leavell and James Greig - both of whom have written about their experiences of cruising in different eras.

    24 min
  6. EP 13 - Queer Censorship: Silenced On Social Media

    20/12/2020

    EP 13 - Queer Censorship: Silenced On Social Media

    Rory looks at the negative effects that shadow banning and algorithms have had on the online presence of the queer community. He speaks to sex workers Livia Roth and Jack Hunter, as well as portrait artist JBG, all of whom have been hidden, silenced or removed from social media.

    26 min
  7. EP 12 - Separated By Gender: The Queer Experience of PE

    05/12/2020

    EP 12 - Separated By Gender: The Queer Experience of PE

    Rory questions whether many queer people's problematic behaviour with fitness stems from their experiences of PE. He speaks to University of California Santa Cruz student Ash Whipple as well as writers Jordan Page and Rosie Hewitson to get their respective views on exercise as a trans person, gay man and queer woman.

    28 min
  8. EP 11 - Queer Life In Poland: LGBT-Free Zones

    17/11/2020

    EP 11 - Queer Life In Poland: LGBT-Free Zones

    Rory examines the harsh reality of Poland's LGBT-Free Zones by speaking to activist Bart Staszewski and Polish Drag Queen collective Slav 4 U, who recount their experiences of growing up queer in an overtly homophobic country.

    30 min
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Queer Ear is the queer thinking, straight talking podcast that explores modern LGBTQ life across the UK and around the world. A Transmission Roundhouse Podcast. Creative Team Hosted and Produced by Rory Boyle  Theme Music by Dominic Gozo Powered by Transmission Roundhouse 

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  • Creator
    Queer Ear
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Queer Ear