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

How do queer spaces help to shape people's lives?  Why are they so important to the LGBTQ+ communit

Episodes

Total: 262

"Small Town Gay Bar" - with Freddy Freeman
2023/11/1

I recognise that it's a total romanticisation, but I have a really soft spot for small-town gay

"That's What New York City Was Like In The 90s..." - with Sherry Vine
2023/10/25

If you've ever wondered what 90s New York City was like, then today's episode is the one for

"We've Evolved Through Our Conversations As A Couple..." - with Charles and Martha from Full Circle The Podcast
2023/10/18

So, we talk a lot on this show about new, fresh, exciting love (or, let's be honest, lust!), and

"The Bear Community Is More Accepting" - with Benjamin Koll
2023/10/11

Have you ever fallen in love with your best friend? Because - spoiler alert - it's a terrible,

"People Kept Having To Tell Me Really Obvious Things Like 'You're Gay'" - with Paulus the Cabaret Geek
2023/10/4

So when I talk about the importance of queer spaces I'm usually thinking about the fact that the

Richard Hatch - "Engagement With Others Is Something Many Gay Men Yearn For"
2023/9/27

So, if you ask me reality TV, as awful and cringey and addictive and delicious as it is, has been mo

"I Never Really Came Out To My Mother... She Read My Diary..." - with Sheria Mattis
2023/9/20

Sometimes I feel a bit dumb (or maybe just a bit sheepish) about some of the revelations I have thro

"If I Get Interrupted On A Dance Floor I Am Upset" - with Digo and Caleb from the Ants Humans Stars Podcast
2023/9/13

You know how they say that no matter who you fall in love with during the course of your life you&#3

"I Saw Gay Men Everywhere. Gay Women? Not So Much..." - with Jaimie Kelton from The Queer Family Podcast
2023/9/6

You know how sometimes these conversations are only very, very, very tenuously linked to a queer spa

"What's Better Than Coming Out After A Tina Turner Concert?" - with Markus Hamence
2023/8/30

I am kind of intrigued by this phenomenon of queer men feeling more comfortable in a lesbian bar tha

"Something Out Of Old Fashioned Lesbian Folklore..." - with Emma Goswell

2023/8/23

Out of all of the musicals you could possibly blame for making you gay, I would have guessed that Le

`'You Know How I Found Out I Was Queer?" - with Rush Kazi
2023/8/16

Ok, this might be a weird thing for me to admit... but, before this week's conversation, althoug

"The Very Beginnings Of My Actual Gay Life..." - with Jacob Trueman
2023/8/9

Sometimes I'm really taken aback by what an absolute privilege it is to do this job, and how peo

"I Was Getting Surprisingly Comfortable In My Queerness" - with Anthony Criswell from Beards and Sundries Podcast
2023/8/2

This week we are headed to Stonewall! Only not THAT Stonewall (sorry if I got your hopes up)... No,

"That Was The Fever That Made Me Gay" - with Johnnie Walker
2023/7/26

Before anything else I need to give a huge apology to this week's guest. When we were originall

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

2023/7/19

So, I had a bit of an a-ha moment fairly early in to this week's conversation, and it's some

"It Felt Very, Very Gay..." - with Brian Rowe from A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast
2023/7/12

Straight people are great. Well, most straight people are. Or... some straight people are? Anyway,

"It Became A Gay Bar For That Hour" - with Filip Jeremic
2023/7/5

We talk a lot on this show about the very, very first time that people went to queer spaces, and all

"Another Weird Thing About Being Bi...." - with Terry Bartley
2023/6/28

What do you do when you live in a small town that has no queer presence? Well, you go right ahead an

"Are You 'In The Life'?" - with Phil Corin
2023/6/21

One of the things that I've noticed is fairly common in people who come out later in life is jus