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This Queer Book Saved My Life

By: J.P. Der Boghossian
  • Summary

  • A 2024 GLAAD Media Award Nominee for Outstanding Podcast! Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this indie where LGBTQ guests share the queer books that saved their lives with the authors who wrote them. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist, educator, and Lambda Literary Fellow J.P. Der Boghossian hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Bonus features in off-weeks include the LGBT podcasts 7 Minutes in Book Heaven, where J.P. interviews queer authors about their exciting new releases for us to love and cuddle up with and new episodes of The Gaily Show celebrating LGBTQ culture and entertainment.

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Episodes
  • Jeff Gavin’s Magic and Keith Haring at the Walker Art Center
    May 7 2024

    A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops next week on May 11th! In our off weeks, we air the most recent episode of The Gaily Show which J.P. hosts for AM950 Radio.

    On today’s episode, Jeff Gavin’s debut album Magic is out now and we have clips from three tracks. Plus, Keith Haring: Art is For Everyone just opened at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The exhibit runs through September and features over 100 of Keith’s artworks, including videos of his residency at the Walker from 1984.

    Listen to Jeff Gavin's Magic: songwhip.com/jeffgavin/magic

    More information on Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody: https://walkerart.org/calendar/2024/keith-haring-art-is-for-everybody/

    Watch on YouTube
    We're in video too! You can watch this episode at youtube.com/@thegailyshow

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    31 mins
  • Loveless with Jake Mier
    Apr 30 2024

    They say what matters most is love. But for a lot of us...that’s not what matters most.

    Today we meet Jake Mier and we’re talking about the book that saved their life: Loveless by Alice Oseman.

    Jake lives in the Twin Cities and works in restorative justice.

    Loveless is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn't understand why she can't crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She's surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It's not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum -- coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she's been told since birth isn't easy -- there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity.

    Jake's Ace/Aro Book Recommendations
    Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann
    The City of Spires (series) by Claudie Arseneualt
    Elatsoe and A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcy Little Badger

    Our Bookshop
    Visit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbook

    To purchase Loveless visit: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781338751932

    Become an Associate Producer!
    Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbook

    Credits
    Host/Founder: J.P. Der Boghossian
    Executive Producer: Jim Pounds
    Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean Smith
    Patreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.
    Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy Erickson
    Music and SFX credits: visit thiqueerbook.com/music

    Quatrefoil Library
    Quatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1

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    35 mins
  • Catching the Queer Spirit!
    Apr 23 2024

    That moment when you meet kindred queer spirits in podcasting.

    Today we have a special cross-pollination episode with the Queer Spirit podcast. The Queer Spirit podcast has conversations with embodied artists, practitioners and activists who care for, enliven and empower our 2SLGBTQ+ communities to thrive + flourish. Their hosts are Nick Venegoni, MA (he>they) and TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them).

    Nick is a holistic psychotherapist based on unceded Ohlone territory (San Francisco, CA), where he supports queer folks to heal from trauma and anxiety, to create more joyful lives and fulfilling relationships. Nick’s primary spiritual practices these days include Earth based wisdom, Buddhist Psychology, Mindfulness meditation, and sound healing.

    TanyaMarck is an intuitive + trauma informed practitioner, guide, mentor, educator, witch, and medicine person who identifies as a queer, non-binary, native indigenous being of color, and person in recovery. Their healing arts practice (Vamonos) and home are based out of Tongva + Kizh and Chumash lands (Long Beach, CA).

    Connect with Queer Spirit
    website: queerhealingjourneys.com/podcast
    instagram: @holisticqueerhealing
    facebook: facebook.com/queerhealingjourneys

    Our Bookshop
    Visit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbook

    Become an Associate Producer!
    Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbook

    Credits
    Host/Founder: J.P. Der Boghossian
    Executive Producer: Jim Pounds
    Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean Smith
    Patreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.
    Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy Erickson
    Music and SFX credits: visit thiqueerbook.com/music

    Quatrefoil Library
    Quatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1

    Support the Show.

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    45 mins

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