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In our final episode, we reflect on what we've learned from hosting Queer Air, where we're going next, and what we hope listeners have gained from Season 2! Thanks everyone for supporting us - it's been a fantastic way to conclude our MLIS degrees!

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

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In episode 4, Karen and Challen book club it up with the script of one of the last plays put on by Alice B. Theatre, a gay and lesbian theater company that operated from 1986-1997. The play is "Hidden History: True Stories from Seattle's Gay and Lesbian Elders," which is indeed based on five oral histories.

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A heads up that there is mention of suicide and other sensitive content from around minute 48 to 49:30.

The collections we discussed this episode are the Alice B. Theatre records, Tamara Turner papers, and the Stephen R. Blair Papers.
To see photos of the cast of "Hidden History," as well as related ephemera, click here.
To see the photo of the protestors that Challen mentions, click here.

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In this episode, we chat with season 1 guest host and UW MLIS Alum Abbey! We chat about queerness, community, archival issues, and the future of queer archives. For more episodes, check out our website bit.ly/QueerAir. Thanks for listening!

Transcript can be found here.

In Episode 2, Challen and Karen explore drag - or rather, female impersonation, as it was known - in the archives! This episode covers the WWI touring show The Pink Stocking and Seattle's various bars and drag queens. 

This episode's collections: the Stephen R Blair papers, the Stephen Blair photograph collection, the Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection, and the Don Paulson papers.

Click here to view photos of Frank McCormick and the cast of The Pink Stocking.

Want to know more about Seattle's historic gay and lesbian bars? Check out this StoryMap for a virtual walkthrough of several iconic venues!

Curious what legends look like? Here's a digitized photo of Hotcha Hinton, the performer renowned for performing with snakes.

Want to see some female impersonators that put on drag throughout their lives? Check out this link to a collage of Francis Blair... and these links to see a queen named Johnnie in her youth, and as a self-dubbed "old broad."

Check out our website bit.ly/QueerAir as well, where you can find all of these resources and more!

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

Welcome to the first episode of Queer Air Season 2. During this episode, we catch up with Season 1 hosts Carol Fisher and Parker Miller. We ask them about what they've been up to post-graduation and get to hear more of their thoughts about queer issues and archives. Thanks for coming back, Carol and Parker!

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Transcript can be found here.

Opening sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com. Music: “Gravy” by Podington Bear from Free Music Archive, CC-BY-NC

Welcome to Queer Air Season 2! In this trailer, get to know Queer Air's new hosts Karen Wang and Challen Wright as they bring their own take on this show. Karen and Challen are Library and Information Science graduate students at the University of Washington, and are working on this project for their Capstone. This season, your hosts will be talking with a few archivists in the field and exploring some other archival collections within UW's Special Collections department.

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Transcript can be found here!

Opening sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com. Music: “Gravy” by Podington Bear from Free Music Archive, CC-BY-NC