• S1E10: A very queer season finale!
    Nov 16 2021

    In the season finale Taryn and Adam reflect on the first ten episodes of Chicago Queer and Now, the ways in which the show has impacted listeners, and being vulnerable while exploring queer identity in a very public way. 

    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 

    #QTTRs make their mark by Taryn Allen

    The Sky’s the limit by Andrew Davis

    Legalizing equity by Tatiana Walk-Morris


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

    Why Is Gender-Neutral Clothing So Boring? by Robin Craig 

    The Home Edit

    Taryn Allen (the one and only!)

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    26 mins
  • S1E9: Cherry chapstick and queer representation (w/ Sonal Soni)
    Nov 9 2021

    This week Taryn and Adam discuss their holiday plans and touch on the challenges queer people may face during this season. Our hosts are then joined by journalist Sonal Soni (they/them) to discuss their sprawling career aspirations (marine biology, anyone?), queer representation in media, and finding their place in the world of journalism.

    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 

    The bumpy road from Stonewall to Pride in the Park by Devlyn Camp

    Happiest Season review by Marissa De La Cerda

    Mutual aid networks help keep us warm by Salem Collo-Julin


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

    Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement

    Broadway Youth Center

    Brave Space Alliance

    Molasses

    Sonal Soni’s work at The DePaulia

    “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry

    E.R. Fightmaster on Grey’s Anatomy 

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    33 mins
  • S1E8: Harry Styles, queerbaiting, and true crime
    Oct 26 2021

    Taryn and Adam talk about how gross (but lovable!) their pets are. Then, hold onto your hats Harry Styles stans, the hosts go hard into the pop star’s queer baiting, discuss their own “Ring of Keys” moments, and discuss Adam’s recent reporting on a murder trial.

    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 

    Chicago Reader’s Pets Issue

    Queer history through the eyes of the Reader by Adam M. Rhodes

    ‘If they cannot hear you when you whisper, watch when you say a cuss word’ by Francesca Mathewes

    Alison Bechdel remembers Mama by Elly Fishman

    Kinky or killer? By Adam M. Rhodes


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

    Billy Porter’s comments on Harry Styles

    Nancy

    Fun Home

    “Ring of Keys”

    Husky Jeans

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    37 mins
  • S1E7: Halloween is queer Christmas
    Oct 19 2021

    This week Taryn and Adam discuss the inherent queerness of Halloween, goth camp, and favorite horror movies–queer horror movies, of course. They then get into Adam’s upcoming piece on death doulas and the profound experiences and challenges that come with the profession. 

    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 

    How to not be an offensive jerk this Halloween by Derrick Clifton

    The five best horror films shot and set in Chicago by Drew Hunt

    Cannibals, vampires, and visions, oh my! by Cody Corrall


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

    Woolly Mammoth Chicago

    Foursided

    Linda Belcher as “Cheriff” in Bob’s Burgers 

    Jennifer’s Body

    I Know What You Did Last Summer

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

    Halloween sugar cookies

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    32 mins
  • S1E6: Music, tattoos, and being a professional queer
    Oct 12 2021

    This week Taryn and Adam get into Lil Nas X’s iconic debut album and their own musical pasts then talk tattoos and creative expression. 

    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 

    Lil Nas X embraces his role as queer hero by Adam M. Rhodes

    #QTTRs make their mark by Taryn Allen

    Chicago’s gay grandaddy of tattooing by Micco Caporale 


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

    Montero by Lil Nas X

    “Lucky” by Britney Spears

    Hayley Kioko

    Troye Sivan

    @lucyarbeit 

    @scratch.pepper

    Tom of Finland

    @wild_coma

    @doe.parker 

    The Great British Baking Show

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    45 mins
  • S1E5: Pride Pride evolution (w/ Karen Hawkins)
    Oct 5 2021

    This week Taryn and Adam explore the highs and lows of modern-day Pride celebrations. They’re then joined by Reader co-publisher and co-editor in chief Karen Hawkins who talks about passion projects, lesbian joy, and being a Black, queer woman in mainstream media while our hosts shower her with compliments. 

    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 

    ‘It was really a freeing kind of feeling’ by Devlyn Camp

    What should allies do after Pride? by Marina Labarthe del Solar and Carter Schneider

    The bumpy road from Stonewall to Pride in the Park by Devlyn Camp

    No Pride in a police state by Adam M. Rhodes


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

    Chicago Pride Parade & Festival

    Queer Liberation March

    Helsingborg Pride

    Denver Pride

    Rebellious Magazine

    NLGJA

    Glee

    Pose

    Queer Capricorn Party

    Darling by K. Ancrum

    Black and Pink

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    43 mins
  • S1E4: Archive diving for leather daddies
    Sep 28 2021

    This week Taryn and Adam dive into the Reader archives searching for queer coverage, attempt to decipher classified ads of years past, and learn more about Chicago’s leather scene.

    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 

    The angriest queer by Joseph Crump (1990)

    Requiem for a teenage cross-dresser by Todd Savage (1994)

    LA&M’s dirty 30 by Adam M. Rhodes

    Gay bathhouses were barely surviving. And then came COVID-19. by Adam M. Rhodes

    Not a drag: The Golden Girls find a new home by KT Hawbaker


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

    Archive Dive

    Jaboukie Young-White

    Leather Archives & Museum

    International Mr. Leather

    That Golden Girls Show

    “Hippity Hoppity Frogs”

    Telfar bag

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    37 mins
  • S1E3: Pandemic performance and poppers
    Sep 21 2021

    This week Taryn and Adam reflect on gender performance during the pandemic, mourn the queer communities they haven’t yet gotten to explore, and discuss Adam’s recent reporting on poppers.


    Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!


    Stay queer, Chicago!


    Related Reader stories: 


    The pandemic, gender, and me by Adam M. Rhodes

    (Re)opening up by Reader staff

    Sheltering in a collapsed place by Bill Savage


    Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:


    Berlin Nightclub

    Marty’s Martini Bar

    Sidetrack Chicago

    FDA advisory against poppers

    Continuum by Chella Man

    #UGGPRIDE

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    23 mins