Growing up Queer on the East Coast with Desmond Napoles

In this episode, special guest and LGBTQIA+ rights activist, Desmond Napoles, joins producer Sam Smalls to compare their experiences growing up on opposite ends of the east coast.

Content and Content Warnings:

00:00:05: Episode Teaser

00:00:20: Theme Song

00:00:43: Welcome from Samuel Smalls, Jr.

00:02:29: Interview with Sam and Desmond Napoles

00:06:05-00:10:07: Mentions of people using anti-trans/anti-queer rhetoric

00:17:04: Sam post-interview update

00:17:31: Outro/Credits

Resources:

Learn more about Desmond Napoles: ​​https://www.desmondisamazing.com/

What is Drag? Checkout this Drag 101:

https://antiracismdaily.com/2023/06/20/drag-101-unpacking-drag-shows-and-the-performers/

Transgender Day of Visibility:

https://glaad.org/tdov/

Mentions:

The House of Hades, from the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Hades

RuPaul and RuPaul’s Drag Race:

https://rupaul.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race

Magnus Hirschfeld, German-Jewish Sexologist and Queer Rights Activist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld

Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s in New York City:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_P._Johnson

Harvey Milk, an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk

Billy Porter, queer American actor and singer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter

Crystal LaBeija, an American drag queen and trans woman who co-founded the House of LaBeija in 1968:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_LaBeija

Credits

Credits…

I’m Feeling Queer Today! is produced by The Future Perfect Project with support from Radio Kingston, WKNY AM1490, FM1079, Kingston, NY.

Episode 10 of I’m Feeling Queer Today was produced by Samuel Smalls, Jr. and features Desmond Napoles 

Executive Producers: Julie Novak and Celeste Lecesne

The I’m Feeling Queer Today! theme was composed and performed by Alex Masse & produced by Emma Jayne Seslowsky. Additional music was composed by Alex Masse, Frankie Gunn, and Epidemic Sound. 

Mixing & mastering by Julie Novak, with assistance from Emma Jayne Seslowsky.

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