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Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties

lost queer spaces

How do queer spaces help to shape people"s lives? Why are they so important to the LGBTQ+ community? What is the impact of losing these spaces? Lost Spaces explores these questions (and more!) through conversations with members of the LGBT community. Each week host K Anderson sits down with a different guest to discuss a space from their past, why it was important to them, and how it helped shape who they are. Expect conversations about coming out, going out, and getting down. And snogging

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00:40:11

"That's What New York City Was Like In The 90s..." -...

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2023/10/25

If you've ever wondered what 90s New York City was like, then today's episode is the one for you. Before mass gentrification, before eye-watering rent hikes, and before all the personality was stamped out of it, queer night clubbing in the Big Apple was anarchic, unhinged, and magical. And the person that told me this is this week's guest, Sherry Vine - drag superstar, singer-songwriter, and host of The Sherry Vine Variety Show (available to stream now on OutTV and FrootTV), who was

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00:57:46

"We've Evolved Through Our Conversations As A...

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2023/10/18

So, we talk a lot on this show about new, fresh, exciting love (or, let's be honest, lust!), and how magnificent and all-consuming that can be. But, we don't often talk about that wonderful long-term love - you know the kind where you can be cranky and know the other person won't get offended. Or when you know each other so well that you can finish off each other's sentences? Ahhh.... Anyway, all of that is to say that this week I'm joined by Charles and Martha from the Full

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00:45:26

"The Bear Community Is More Accepting" - with...

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2023/10/11

Have you ever fallen in love with your best friend? Because - spoiler alert - it's a terrible, terrible idea. Or, at least it is for most people. Anyway, my guest this week, singer-songwriter Benjamin Koll happened to do just that, falling in love with his childhood friend, no less. And so by the time he managed to overcome that, and realise that he needed to move on, he was chomping at the bit to explore the queer scene. And it sounds to me from our conversation that he landed in just the

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00:56:53

"People Kept Having To Tell Me Really Obvious Things...

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2023/10/04

So when I talk about the importance of queer spaces I'm usually thinking about the fact that they give people opportunities to find others and connect, as well as exploring their identity in a safe space. But there's this whole other layer that I don't think about much. And, that is the fact that, for performers these spaces are (on top of everything else) where they get to dream and craft and create and fuck up with a safe and understanding audience. And this week's conversation

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00:55:30

Richard Hatch - "Engagement With Others Is Something...

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2023/09/27

So, if you ask me reality TV, as awful and cringey and addictive and delicious as it is, has been monumental in increasing queer visibility in tv and film. Back in the late 90s/early 00s when reality tv was in its infancy, there were a lot of gay ‘characters’ (for want of a better term) that were cast on these shows as (I think) a bit of a shock tactic… And what TV executives maybe didn't anticipate was that audiences warmed to these people, and were rooting for them, and actively invested in

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00:43:59

"I Never Really Came Out To My Mother... She Read My...

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2023/09/20

Sometimes I feel a bit dumb (or maybe just a bit sheepish) about some of the revelations I have through doing this show, especially since we're so close to 200 episodes (eek!) and I feel like I should know it all by now... But, then, on the other hand, the fact that I'm still learning so much is part of the reason that I'm so excited to share these stories with you. And this week the thing that resonated the most is the idea that when things are at their absolute worst also happens to

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00:39:29

"If I Get Interrupted On A Dance Floor I Am Upset" -...

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2023/09/13

You know how they say that no matter who you fall in love with during the course of your life you'll always compare everyone to your first true love? Well, I think that's also true of nightclubs. Which I know sounds a little wacky, but I wholeheartedly believe that there's something really magical about your first place. This week I sat down with Digo and Caleb from the podcast Ants Humans Stars to find out about Digo's lost space, Mars Bar, which was in Richmond, Virginia. You

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00:51:21

"I Saw Gay Men Everywhere. Gay Women? Not So Much..."...

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2023/09/06

You know how sometimes these conversations are only very, very, very tenuously linked to a queer space, and in the intro I try and come up with some justification for why we didn't talk that much about it to prepare you for the episode ahead? Well, dear listener, this week I'm not even going to try to insult your intelligence by pretending that we talked about a queer space, cause we didn't. I failed you. BUT, that's not to say that it's not a great conversation! I was lucky

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00:36:11

"What's Better Than Coming Out After A Tina Turner...

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2023/08/30

I am kind of intrigued by this phenomenon of queer men feeling more comfortable in a lesbian bar than in any other space. And, there's no one reason, obviously, but it seems like a lot of it comes down to the lack of pretence and lack of attitude that you can find in the good ol' fashioned lesbian bar. Which brings us to this week's conversation - we're heading back to the city I grew up in, Adelaide, to visit the lesbian bar Bean's Bar. My guest is Marcus Hamence, who is a bit of a man about town

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00:47:34

"Something Out Of Old Fashioned Lesbian Folklore..."...

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2023/08/23

Out of all of the musicals you could possibly blame for making you gay, I would have guessed that Les Miserables would be somewhere near the bottom of the list. But not, it turns out, if you are radio presenter, author, and host of the Coming Out Stories podcast Emma Goswell, who had her queer awakening with thanks to the story about a French peasant and his quest for redemption in 19th century France... Hmm... We caught up to talk about the Manchester in the 90s, and in particular the lesbian bar

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00:35:17

`'You Know How I Found Out I Was Queer?" - with Rush...

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2023/08/16

Ok, this might be a weird thing for me to admit... but, before this week's conversation, although I knew what polyamory was I hadn't really thought about the fact that there is a whole subculture around it, and that includes slang terms and specific inter-relational concepts... But, of course there is! That's just what human beings do! So, this was a useful conversation for me to help expand my vocabulary and think a bit differently.. And, who enlightened me? Well, it's Canadian

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00:46:18

"The Very Beginnings Of My Actual Gay Life..." - with...

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2023/08/09

Sometimes I'm really taken aback by what an absolute privilege it is to do this job, and how people can be so open and honest with me. And I think it's a real honour that I get to help amplify the stories, and get the opportunity to really examine my own queerness and how that's shaped who I am. Maybe that's all a little bit too sentimental? Let's get on with what this show is about this week. I am joined by the British comedian, Jacob Truman, who sat down with me to talk about

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00:52:31

"I Was Getting Surprisingly Comfortable In My...

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2023/08/02

This week we are headed to Stonewall! Only not THAT Stonewall (sorry if I got your hopes up)... No, instead of the bright lights of New York city we are headed to small town Oklahoma, to visit the Stonewall Tavern in a town named Stillwater. And whilst this bar wasn't technically a gay bar, it did create a safe environment and give people space to be themselves and figure out who they are. And one of the people who went there is Anthony Criswell, who is one of the hosts of the Beards and

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01:00:16

"That Was The Fever That Made Me Gay" - with Johnnie...

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2023/07/26

Before anything else I need to give a huge apology to this week's guest. When we were originally arranging to talk I was very strict with him and firmly said that we could only talk about one lost space and not, as he wanted, talk about the entire shifting queer scene in Toronto.... But... well... you can probably guess when happened when we got together to chat. We went ALL over the place (which is a good thing! The chat is A+)! So, although we originally got together to talk about

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01:01:50

"The Only Queer Place In Town" - with Jeena Bloom

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2023/07/19

So, I had a bit of an a-ha moment fairly early in to this week's conversation, and it's something that I've been wrestling with and trying to reconcile ever since. For most of my childhood I had to just suck it up and accept that things were a bit shitty, because in the back of my mind I told myself that one day it would all be better. And, so, I ended up tolerating a lot of bad behaviour directed towards me. And, I've started to realise recently that I've brought that mindset

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00:30:35

"It Felt Very, Very Gay..." - with Brian Rowe from A...

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2023/07/12

Straight people are great. Well, most straight people are. Or... some straight people are? Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that despite the fact that straight people are ok (-ish) sometimes you just need a good ol' queer friend to help show you the world. And, when most of your friends are straight people you can just end up going to where they want to go and do the things that they want to do. And this can kind of get in the way of you developing in to the queer creature

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00:43:04

"It Became A Gay Bar For That Hour" - with Filip Jeremic

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2023/07/05

We talk a lot on this show about the very, very first time that people went to queer spaces, and all of the wonder and dread that comes with that… But, there’s another time that we don’t celebrate enough (and which I think might actually be better), and that is going out in your late 20s… For most people this is a time when you’re a little more settled, a bit less desperate (let's be honest), and you’ve started to ease into yourself and who you are… Which brings us to this week’s episode…

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00:41:08

"Another Weird Thing About Being Bi...." - with Terry...

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2023/06/28

What do you do when you live in a small town that has no queer presence? Well, you go right ahead and create that presence yourself! At least that's what you'd do if you were this week's guest, the writer of the soon to be released 'Tyranny of the Fey', Terry Bartley. Now, Terry comes from a tiny tiny tiny town called Danville in West Virginia, USA. Just how tiny is it? Well, the population is a mere 600 people! After coming in to a little bit of money Terry decided that he

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00:56:32

"Are You 'In The Life'?" - with Phil Corin

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2023/06/21

One of the things that I've noticed is fairly common in people who come out later in life is just how much of a hurry they are in to experience ALL of the queer shit they've missed out on... And that is what happened to this week's guest, podcaster and voice-over artist Phil Corin, who, upon realising that they may not be heterosexual was on a mission to make their way to the New York City lesbian bar Meow Mix (1996 - 2004). And once they got in to the bar? Well, the gloves were off,

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00:39:08

"It Was A Big Gay Community There..." - with Robert...

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2023/06/14

So, this might be the saddest episode we've ever had... And, I don't say that in a sensationalist way! I mean it legitimately. So, if you're not in the right headspace to listen to a sad chat then maybe come back to this episode another time. But, for those of you who are in the mood for a little contemplation let me tell you all about my guest, Robert Black. Robert is probably best known as being a porn star, and in fact is this year celebrating 25 years in the business! But he's

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