EPISODE 1- THIS IS QUEER
Welcome to WiQ!!! Meet podcast host Parker Sargent and our show contributors to begin our journey of LGBTQIA+ awareness, casual shit-talking and informative inspirational experiences, as an ongoing exploration of the question- “what is queer“.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: Alex Borsa, Nia Nottage, David Gilleo, Chris Hampton
Parker is joined by the WiQ family to discuss our mission to create an inclusive environment for the entire LGBTQIA+ community. Alex Borsa from the Harvard GenderSci Lab talks gay-identity and multi-generational understanding of queerness. Artist Nia Nottage discusses activism and whats on the minds of queer millennials. Chris Hampton shares her personal story of fighting for LGBTQIA+ rights that led her to working with the ACLU.
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EPISODE 2- OUR QUEER FAMILIES
For many queer people the subject of “family” can be a sensitive issue. How we handle our relationships with both our birth and chosen queer families has a massive impact on our own happiness and prosperity.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: Alex Borsa, David Gilleo, Chris Hampton
Guests: Sugar B. Real, Miranda & Jen
LGBTQIA+ family comes in many different forms. In this episode, we explore the tradition of creating chosen family with Alex Borsa, fundraising for queer community with the Imperial Court Empress Suga B. Real, and raising children with lesbian moms Miranda and Jen.
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EPISODE 3- DATING GRIND(R)
No matter if you’re using Grindr, Tinder or Match…the trials and triumphs of finding a connection in today’s geosocial world is an experience faced by all generations of queers looking for love in 2023.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: Alex Borsa, Nia Nottage, David Gilleo
Guests: Harron Walker, David Minns, Lamont White
Parker chats with a panel of daters (Nia Nottage, Alex Borsa, Harron Walker) to find out whats happening in the world of queer courtship. Then David Minns joins us to discuss his work creating niche dating apps (such as Butterfly), which leads to a conversation with “The Gay Dating Coach” Lamont White (from Better Way to Meet) about finding your perfect partner (and keeping them).
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EPISODE 4- GAYS AND GODS
As the Pope softens on homosexuality and some churches open their doors to LGBTQIA+ members, where do queer people find a safe space to express their spirituality?
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: David Gilleo, Ray Bagnuolo, Kir Beaux
To explore the reality of queer status in the religious realm, Parker welcomes Ray Bagnuolo, an openly queer Minister at the Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ, to discuss his work striving for equality within the Presbyterian faith. Queer psychic witch and spiritual counselor Kir Beaux joins us to chat about spirituality, meditation and why they believe witchcraft can help queers find happiness.
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EPISODE 5- QUEER CULT CLASSICS
There are movies that exist within the queer zeitgeist that are renowned as staples to the LGBTQIA+ experience, ranging from campy films with old Hollywood starlets to gritty and honest portrayals of queer lives. Through cinema we can find our identities and voices, even in movies that aren’t directly about our community.
Hosted by: Parker Sargent
Produced by: koitz
Contributors: Chris Hampton, Nia Nottage, David Gilleo
Guests: Peaches Christ
Parker pulls up to the cauldron with the Mother of Midnight Mass Peaches Christ to conjure up a conversation about flicks that queers adore, to ponder the role of the iconic screen femmes in gay identity and why Jinkx Monsoon is becoming a cult classic in her own right.