Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties
Health & Fitness:Sexuality
"I Needed To See Masculine-Of-Centre Black Lesbians" - with Anna DeShawn
How much of yourself do you bring to the spaces that you spend time in?
How much of the different sides of yourself do you bring out when you are at work? At dinner with friends? Spending time with your family? Hanging out at the club?
Do you dial back your queerness, do you push down your beliefs or censor your thoughts? Or, are you one of those people who is just 100% themselves no matter where they go?
I think that there are merits to both approaches, so I'm not necessarily advocating one over the other.
But, I find it fascinating to examine our behaviours and understand the reasons behind our approaches.
And this is one of the conversations that I had with this week's guest, the host of the Queer News podcast, Anna DeShawn.
Anna is a black, masc-of-centre lesbian, and when she was younger she felt that she had to dial up or dial down different parts of herself depending on where she was. But not, as it so happens, at her lost space - the lesbian bar Star Gaze in Chicago.
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