Aubree and India discuss what qualifies as a southern state, who gets to call themselves southern, and why it matters which queer voices we have on the show.    Make sure you keep up with us at southernqueeries.com for additional show notes and a behind the scenes look at this episode and how we make the podcast. You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by searching Southern Queeries. To keep up with India, go to indiabastien.com, and to keep up with Aubree go to aubreecalvin.com ..read more

In the first of a two part series, Aubree and India talk to Kevin Garcia, a queer minister and intuitive soul coach that focuses on public theology and using digital media to reshape the narrative around LGBTQ individuals and spirituality. Their writing has appeared in several anthologies about queer faith. You can find them online at thekevingarcia.com, as well as YouTube, twitter, and Instagram. Their book, “Bad Theology Kills: Undoing Toxic Beliefs and Reclaiming Your Spiritual Authority is available on Amazon and on the Southern Queeries Bookshop page available here.  Make sure you ke ..read more

In this episode, India and Aubree talk to the sweet and hilarious Rachel Garbus about what femme identity means to her and how she navigates the queer community in Atlanta and Brooklyn. She is a writer and performer and you can read her work at AWF Magazine and Wussy Magazine. You can follow her on twitter @rachel_garbus. Make sure you keep up with us at southernqueeries.com for additional show notes and a behind the scenes look at this episode and how we make the podcast. You can also keep up with us on Facebook and Instagram by searching Southern Queeries. Please follow us wherever you liste ..read more

In the first two episodes, we get to know our hosts a little bit. In this episode two, we learn about the wonderful and dynamic, India Bastien!. To hear about Aubree, check out episode one.  Make sure you keep up with us at southernqueeries.com for show notes and a behind the scenes look at this project. You can also keep up with us on Facebook and Instagram by searching Southern Queeries ..read more

Continuing our conversation on what does it mean to be intersex in an era where LGBTQIA people are fighting to keep hard won civil rights? This is Part 2 of Intersectionality of Intersex Show Website: Southern Queeries Email us: southernqueeriespod@gmail.com  Follow Us on Social Media:  Facebook Instagram Support the Show  PayPal Buy us a coffee: Kofi -https://bit.ly/3EtRG3k Shop our Bookshop Store* featuring southern authors and writing. Hosts Social Media India Bastien on Instagram  Aubree Calvin on Instagram ..read more

What does it mean to be intersex in an era where LGBTQIA people are fighting to keep hard won civil rights? We talk with Lane and Emily about how crucial intersex voices are in the current fight for bodily autonomy and gender rights. Show Website: Southern Queeries Email:southernqueeriespod@gmail.com  Facebook Instagram Support the Show  PayPal Buy us a coffee: Kofi - https://bit.ly/3EtRG3k Shop our Bookshop Store* featuring southern authors and writing. Hosts Social Media India Bastien on Instagram  Aubree Calvin on Instagram   *Southern Queeries part ..read more

Aubree and a special guest talk to author Jaye Robin Brown about her writing career and the need for more teen and YA LGBTQ+ stories set in southern states.  Guest Contact: jayerobinbrown.com You can use buy Jaye's books and support the show by using our Bookshop link below. Show Contact and Social Media •Show Website: Southern Queeries •Email: southernqueeriespod@gmail.com. •Facebook •Instagram Support the Show  •PayPal •Buy us a coffee: Kofi - https://bit.ly/3EtRG3k •Shop our Bookshop Store* featuring southern authors and writing. Hosts Social Media •India Bastien on Instagram  ..read more

Just in time for Pride Month we're back with new episodes! A look at where we’ve been and what’s coming up this season. Have you missed us? Show Contact and Social Media: Show Website: Southern Queeries Email: southernqueeriespod@gmail.com. Facebook Instagram Support the Show  PayPal Buy us a coffee: Kofi - https://bit.ly/3EtRG3k Shop our Bookshop Store* featuring southern authors and writing. Hosts Social Media India Bastien on Instagram  Aubree Calvin on Instagram *Southern Queeries participates in the Bookshop affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when you make a ..read more

We’re excited to bring you this crossover episode between Southern Queeries and the History is Gay podcast. Make sure you listen to the historical part of the conversation on their episode: History is Gay - Episode 41: Send in the Clowns: Anita Bryant, the Briggs Initiative, and the Rise of the Anti-Gay Right  Click below to donate to organizations involved in the legal fight against these policies: Donate Now - Lambda Legal  Donating to the ACLU: General Information | ACLU of Texas | We defend the civil rights and civil liberties of all people in Texas, by working through the legisl ..read more

Content Warning: This episode features controversial language from an individual who is still growing in their LGBTQ allyship journey. We are choosing not to alter his words. Part of what we do on SQ is have hard, honest conversations and that means not policing guests’ language if they are sincerely trying to be supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Y’all we move beyond our queer echo chamber and talk to an actual straight, white, male. Randy Sullivan of Bourbon Real Talk chats with India about growing beyond ingrained homophobia, becoming an ally, and using bourbon as a common ground to build ..read more