The Queer Vision Podcast

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Welcome to The Queer Vision Podcast, the dynamic new podcast by Queerolina! Building on the spirit of The Queer Vision magazine, this show amplifies the voices of queer creatives through candid conversations, exclusive interviews, and deep dives into queer culture, art, activism, and lived experiences. From rising LGBTQ+ icons and boundary-pushing drag artists to grassroots activists and visionary storytellers, The Queer Vision Podcast is your go-to space for authentic, unapologetic storytelling that celebrates the beauty and resilience of queer life in the South.

  1. 22h ago

    How do you know when your characters are gay? | B.L. Brown | The Queer Vision Ep. 76

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND B.L. BROWN★Website - brittawritesthings.comInstagram - @brittawritesthingsYouTube -  @brittawritesthings ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★Website - http://www.queerolina.orgFacebook - QueerolinaInstagram - @queerolinaorg & @queervisionmagBluesky - http://queerolinaorg.bsky.socialTumblr - @queerolinaorg★★★★Becca and B.L. Brown sit down today to talk about writing, motherhood, friendship, and the unique challenges and benefits that come of being a bi woman in a straight-passing relationship. She shared with us a ton of fascinating info about how she finds inspiration for her novels in her dreams and how she lets her characters tell her who they're going to be and who they're going to love.

  2. 23h ago

    What If There's No Such Thing as Failure, Only Data? | B.L. Brown | The Queer Vision Ep. 76

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND B.L. BROWN★ Website - BrittaWritesThings.com Instagram - @BrittaWritesThings Threads - Britta writes stuff Books available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org (request through your local indie bookstore!) ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ Becca sits down with author B.L. Brown (Britta) — writer of witchy urban fantasy, cozy monster romance set at band camp, and German fairy-tale romance set at a magical Oktoberfest. Britta talks about where her ideas actually come from (a second-trimester pregnancy dream is directly responsible for one series), her winding path from fanfiction to legal writing to nightlife reporting to published author, and her mantra that "there's no failure in marketing, only data." They dig into how she approaches queerness in her characters — letting sexuality emerge organically rather than assigning it upfront — and Britta opens up about her own bi identity, coming out later in life, her marriage to a supportive cis het partner, and what it means to finally look back and recognize she'd "been queer a lot longer than she thought." It's a warm, funny conversation about creativity, self-acceptance, and showing up as yourself. ★Keywords★ Queer Vision Podcast, Queerolina, B.L. Brown, Britta Brown, queer romance, urban fantasy, cozy monster romance, bisexual author, bi identity, LGBTQ books, indie author, witchy fiction, paranormal romance, coming out later in life, neurodivergent, ADHD, self-publishing, book marketing

  3. Sep 3

    Why Assume Everyone's Gay Until Proven Otherwise? | Apollyon | The Queer Vision Ep. 75

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND APOLLYON★ Drag Instagram - @apollyonghoul Personal Instagram - @awheelerofficial Film company - Murder Associates Productions (search on YouTube; audio dramas on Spotify) ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ Becca sits down with Apollyon (they/them off-stage) — a drag performer, pole dancer, incoming pharmacy student, and co-owner of queer horror production company Murder Associates Productions. They talk about how disability (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, autism, and dysautonomia) has shaped Apollyon's career choices, from neuroscience to public health to pharmacy school, and how drag became an unexpected space of bodily autonomy and gender freedom as a genderqueer, trans, AFAB performer who loves femininity without being read as a woman. The conversation moves into horror as a genre uniquely built for social commentary — using films like Carrie and The Haunting of Hill House to talk about media literacy, empathy-building, and getting away from "bury your gays" trauma-porn representation. Apollyon also shares their filmmaking philosophy of building explicitly queer stories from the ground up, plus their work in tabletop RPGs, indie horror publishing, and Boulet Brothers' Dragula fandom. ★Keywords★ Queer Vision Podcast, Queerolina, Apollyon, drag performer, genderqueer, trans, AFAB, disability, chronic illness, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, autism, dysautonomia, pole dance, horror film, indie filmmaking, queer horror, Murder Associates Productions, Dragula, media literacy, bury your gays, LGBTQ podcast

  4. Aug 27

    How Do You Turn Election-Night Rage Into a Trauma Practice? | Trauma Recovery Collective | Ep. 74

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND TRAUMA RECOVERY COLLECTIVE★ Instagram - @TRCPLLC Also listed on Psychology Today Located in Raleigh, North Carolina ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ Ko and Becca sit down together this week with Dr. Amy Duffy and Alex of Trauma Recovery Collective, a politically-forward, trauma-focused therapy practice based in Raleigh, NC. Amy shares how she launched TRC right after the 2024 election, channeling her twenty years of trauma specialization into building a space explicitly for people under attack — with sliding-scale and pro bono accessibility built into the model from day one. Alex talks about starting (and soon relaunching) a support group for trans and non-binary clients, and the two dig into what "being over-therapized" actually looks like, why boundaries make therapists more trustworthy rather than less, inner child work and Internal Family Systems ("parts work"), and where astrology and spirituality can healthily fit into a therapeutic relationship. It's a candid, human-first conversation about what it means to hold space for people right now. ★Keywords★ Queer Vision Podcast, Queerolina, Trauma Recovery Collective, Dr. Amy Duffy, trauma therapy, somatic healing, politically forward therapy, LGBTQ therapy, trans support group, non-binary mental health, sliding scale therapy, Raleigh North Carolina, Internal Family Systems, IFS, parts work, inner child healing, boundaries, over-therapized, mental health podcast

  5. Aug 20

    What Happens When You Finally Break a 30-Year Writer's Block? | Troy Ford | The Queer Vision Ep. 73

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND TROY FORD★ Website - troyfordauthor.com Substack (Ford Knows Books) - troyford.substack.com Substack (Qstack, queer newsletter directory) - qstack.substack.com Instagram / Facebook / Threads / BlueSky / Goodreads / BookBub - Troy Ford Author ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ Becca sits down this week with Troy Ford — author, newsletter publisher, house-husband, and dog daddy — calling in from Sitges, Spain, the gay-Mecca beach town he's called home for seven years. They talk about his debut novel Lamb and his upcoming release Water Spout, both part of what Troy calls his "pink sheep novels" — stories about queer people who don't quite fit even inside queer spaces. Troy opens up about a 30-year writer's block born from a single humiliating critique as a teenager, and how COVID lockdown in a tiny Barcelona apartment finally broke it. They also dig into Qstack, the Substack directory Troy built to help queer writers find each other on a platform with no built-in way to search by identity, plus sobriety, therapy, dissociation, and what it's like watching American politics unfold from across the Atlantic. ★Keywords★ Queer Vision Podcast, Queerolina, Troy Ford, queer fiction, literary fiction, gay authors, Substack, Qstack, Ford Knows Books, Lamb novel, Water Spout novel, writer's block, sobriety, dissociation, anxiety, queer expats, Sitges Spain, self-publishing, LGBTQ books

  6. Aug 20

    What Happens When You're "One of the Good Ones"? | Chany Blaze | The Queer Vision Ep. 72

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND CHANY BLAZE★ Instagram/TikTok (personal) - @cdot.blaze Instagram/SoundCloud (DJ platform) - Chany Blaze Booking - email available in bio links ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ Becca sits down solo this week with Chantel Reed — known behind the decks as Chany Blaze — a fintech professional by day and DJ, event curator, and host by night. They talk about what it means to build queer nightlife spaces that actually feel like home, how Chany channels stage anxiety into a full-body performance switch, and the difference between conversation and entertaining a crowd. From there the conversation goes deep: navigating a Black and Filipino identity that's never felt "enough" for either side, the complicated privilege of being femme-presenting and queer in a world that reads race before anything else, and the gut-punch of watching family members reveal who they really are once politics gets personal. Chany closes it out with one simple piece of advice for living well: mind your business, and let your business be the best version of you. ★Keywords★ Queer Vision Podcast, Queerolina, Chany Blaze, Chantel Reed, DJ, event curator, queer nightlife, Black queer woman, Filipino American, biracial identity, femme presenting, LGBTQ podcast, queer people of color, bodily autonomy, boundaries, found family, fintech, stage fright, imposter syndrome

  7. Aug 9

    Ep. 71- Is It Ever Too Late to Come Out? Transitioning at 70 with Robin Elise Hamilton

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND ROBIN★ Out on the Edge Radio Show - WCOM LP Chapel Hill Carrboro, 103.5 FM, Mondays 3-4pm Stream live at wcomfm.org Email to be a guest - outontheedgeradio@gmail.com ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ This week Becca sits down with Robin Elise Hamilton (she/her), who came out and  began transitioning three years ago, right before her 70th birthday. Robin walks  us through a lifetime of not quite fitting the mold — failing to meet the rigid  1970s medical gatekeeping around transition, channeling decades of suppressed  identity into an 80-hour-a-week theater design career, and finally coming out  during COVID lockdown when the "closet" of constant work disappeared. We talk  about the moment that cracked things open (her trans best friend no longer  feeling safe alone in a men's room), telling her wife of nearly 40 years, and  the very specific advantages and challenges of transitioning later in life. Robin  also gets sharp about the psychology of transphobia, the sprint to legally update  her documents before the 2025 inauguration, and why she believes it's never too  late to become who you are. Funny, wise, and unflinchingly honest. ★Keywords★ transgender elder, transitioning later in life, trans woman, queer elder,  coming out at 70, gender identity, LGBTQ North Carolina, trans healthcare,  Out on the Edge, queer aging, trans rights, gender affirming care

    Ep. 71- Is It Ever Too Late to Come Out? Transitioning at 70 with Robin Elise Hamilton

  8. Aug 3

    Ep. 70 - What Happens When Your Partner Comes Out Trans 13 Years In? 40 Years of Queer Love with Judy McCord

    ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND JUDY★ Out on the Edge Radio Show - WCOM LP Chapel Hill Carrboro, 103.5 FM, Mondays 3-4pm Stream live at wcomfm.org Archived episodes at orangecountync.gov/OOTE Email to be a guest - ontheedgeradio@gmail.com ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ This week Becca sits down with Judy McCord (she/her), 79-year-old queer elder, longtime LGBTQ+ advocate, and co-host of the radio show Out on the Edge. Judy shares her story of spending 20 years married to a man before finding her person — a relationship that, 13 years in, took an unexpected turn when her partner came out as trans. Now 40 years together, Judy talks about what it actually looks like to rebuild a relationship's shape without losing what made it work, why she calls herself "Mac-sexual" instead of picking a label, and how she's spent decades doing safe schools work through PFLAG and LGBTQ+ senior advocacy through the Orange County Department on Aging. We also get into the current political climate for trans youth in North Carolina, why queer elders need to be visible for the next generation, and why representation in local government (school boards, town councils) matters more than people think. This one is funny, wise, and deeply grounding. ★Keywords★ queer elders, trans partner, LGBTQ marriage, coming out later in life, PFLAG, queer aging, North Carolina LGBTQ, trans healthcare, relationship communication, queer history, safe schools, senior advocacy

    Ep. 70 - What Happens When Your Partner Comes Out Trans 13 Years In? 40 Years of Queer Love with Judy McCord
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Welcome to The Queer Vision Podcast, the dynamic new podcast by Queerolina! Building on the spirit of The Queer Vision magazine, this show amplifies the voices of queer creatives through candid conversations, exclusive interviews, and deep dives into queer culture, art, activism, and lived experiences. From rising LGBTQ+ icons and boundary-pushing drag artists to grassroots activists and visionary storytellers, The Queer Vision Podcast is your go-to space for authentic, unapologetic storytelling that celebrates the beauty and resilience of queer life in the South.

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  • Creator
    Queerolina
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    74
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Queerolina
  • Show Website
    The Queer Vision Podcast

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