Queer Collective Podcast

How kinky are Furries, really? and why does everyone care so much? We’re exploring the furry fandom with Toronto community organizer Skylier, from furry conventions to fantasies you won’t find in the brochure. We’re talking sex positivity, furry art, and what makes this world a turn-on for some, and a place to belong. Skylier shares how fursonas can unlock gender exploration and what this community means to her as an autistic trans woman. Why should furries have to downplay their sexuality to deserve respect? And what becomes possible when you stop letting “cringe” run your life? Come for the fursuits. Stay for the queer liberation. Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Beducated: https://beducate.me/queercollective use code QUEERCOLLECTIVE for 50% off your order Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 00:00 Furries Aren’t What You Think 01:00 What Really Happens at a Furry Convention? 06:41 How Do You Know If You’re a Furry? 14:15 Furries vs. Pups: Where’s the Line? 17:44 Who Do You Become Behind Your Fursona? 22:28 Why Do People Hate Furries So Much? 26:23 What If Being Cringe Is the Whole Point? 31:31 How Kinky Are Furries, Really? 35:42 Who’s Paying for All This Furry Art? 37:33 Is Furry Fandom Really “Just a Fetish”? 44:44 Why “It’s Not a Sex Thing” Misses the Point 47:38 Why Some Furries Want to Keep You Out 52:10 What Furry Art Gets Right About Trans Desire 54:01 Who Actually Owns the Furry Fandom? 57:01 Why Are So Many Furries Trans? 01:02:18 Furries & Autism Sources: https://furscience.com/research-findings/appendix-1-previous-research/ac2018/ https://furscience.com/research-findings/sex-relationships-pornography/5-4-frequency-of-porn-use/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/its-not-a-fetish-an-interview-with-one-of-the-worlds-leading-furry-researchers/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why do queer people love horror so much? Lesbian vampires, forbidden desire, two men making a baby… this genre has some explaining to do. Cinema researcher Tamar Hanstke joins us to unpack queer horror, from 'Frankenstein' and 'The Vampire Lovers' to 'Jennifer’s Body' and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. We’re talking LGBTQ+ representation, queer subtext, camp, and the suspiciously thin line between a monster and a gay icon. How did a genre that made us the monsters become our comfort watch? Grab your emotional support horror movie. We’re getting into it. Pair Eyewear: https://paireyewear.yt.link/AXgAX0T use code QUEERCOLLECTIVEGIFT15 for a free gift with purchase! Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Beducated: https://beducate.me/queercollective use code QUEERCOLLECTIVE for 50% off your order Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 00:00 Why Do Queer People Love Horror? 01:09 Halloween Is Gay Christmas 03:53 Why We See Ourselves in the Monster 09:45 Sponsors: Pair Eyewear & Beducated 12:48 Frankenstein: Two Men Making a Baby 19:09 Trans Rage & Reclaiming Frankenstein 24:16 Mary Shelley’s Very Queer Letters 28:42 James Whale: Horror’s Gay Godfather 33:55 Sponsor: Feeld 35:57 Carmilla: Lesbian Vampires & the Male Gaze 46:34 Vampire Bites Are Never Just Bites 50:30 What Is Camp? A Love of Bad Taste 55:21 Rocky Horror & Jennifer’s Body: Queer Cult Classics 57:28 Freaky: A Body Swap with Trans Subtext 59:58 Why Horror Is Our Comfort Watch Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Butch lesbians were once punished for being too visible. Now the internet claims they’re disappearing. So what happened? We’re investigating the so-called “masc shortage” with lesbian studies professor Dr. Tori Smith and masc lesbian coach Raia Carey. Are masc lesbians actually disappearing, or are dating expectations, changing identities, and decades of lesbian erasure shaping who gets seen? From butch and stud history to transmasculine identities, lesbophobia, and the lack of masculine lesbian representation in mainstream media, we’re unpacking why this dating complaint goes WAY deeper than you’d expect. Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Beducated code: code QUEERCOLLECTIVE for 50% off your order https://beducate.me/queercollective TomboyX code: code QUEER15 for 15% off your order https://tomboyx.com/ Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 0:00 Where Did All the Masc Lesbians Go? 0:47 What Does It Mean to Be Butch, Stud, Transmasculine & Masc? 6:46 Reclaiming “Dyke”: Empowering or Painful? 10:29 Are We Actually in a Masc Shortage? 11:51 What Kind of Masc Are You Actually Looking For? 13:35 The “Butch Flight” Panic: Why Trans Men Got Blamed 23:29 Are Transmasc People Welcome in Lesbian Spaces? 28:23 The Visible Lesbian: Creation & Criminalization of the Butch 30:13 When Dressing Butch Could Get You Arrested 32:55 The Shared History of Lesbians and Trans People 39:10 Why Patriarchy Fears Masculine Lesbians 42:14 How Lesbophobia Still Shows Up Today 53:27 Code-Switching for Safety as a Black Masc Lesbian 1:00:56 The Paradox of Butch Invisibility 1:03:36 Why TV Keeps Softening Butch Lesbians 1:06:28 The Fight for Butch Representation Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After six years together, living together, building a business and opening our relationship, we broke up… and somehow stayed friends. Two years later, we’re finally unpacking what that actually took. With psychotherapist Jennifer Hanson, we get into why queer people keep their exes so close, when friendship is worth fighting for, when it keeps you stuck, jealousy, new partners, no-contact, boundaries, and the messy process of learning to love someone differently. Grow Therapy: https://growtherapy.yt.link/SRQ2Sj7! Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Beducated code: code QUEERCOLLECTIVE for 50% off your order https://beducate.me/queercollective TomboyX code: code QUEER15 for 15% off your order https://tomboyx.com/ Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 00:00 We Dated for 6 Years… Now We’re Friends 01:44 Why Queer People Stay Friends With Their Exes 05:00 Should You Actually Stay Friends With Your Ex? 08:59 When Is an Ex Worth Keeping in Your Life? 11:45 When You Should NEVER Stay Friends With an Ex 12:10 What If Your Ex Doesn’t Want to Be Friends? 18:18 How Do You Actually Become Friends With an Ex? 19:57 The Boundaries You Need After a Breakup 23:58 Why Am I Jealous If I Don’t Want Them Back? 29:00 Are Non-Monogamous People Better at Breakups? 38:11 Sharing Friends When Your Ex Starts Dating Again 48:17 Do You Need No Contact After a Breakup? 52:30 How We Broke Up While Still Living Together 55:05 The Problem With Hoping You’ll Get Back Together 57:13 Should You EVER Hook Up With an Ex? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why do trans and gender-nonconforming people keep showing up suspiciously close to gods, prophecy and ancient religion? With trans historian Sophie Edwards, we follow a wildly gay historical trail through the ancient mediterranean to ask why people crossing gender boundaries were so often imagined as closer to the divine. Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer TomboyX code: code QUEER15 for 15% off your order https://tomboyx.com/ Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 0:00 Why Were Trans People So Close to the Divine? 1:00 Can We Call Ancient People Trans? 2:22 The Enarees: Trans Diviners Trusted by Kings 8:30 Why Was Gender-Crossing Linked to Prophecy? 11:50 The Galli: Rome’s Trans Feminine Priestesses 16:20 Ancient Gender-Affirming Care & the Day of Blood 23:15 How Did Ancient Rome Treat the Galli? 28:49 Where Did the Galli Go? 30:40 The Trans Saints of Early Christianity 31:55 Saint Pelagius: The Trans Saint & Former Sex Worker 42:42 Saint Marinos: Exiled Rather Than Out Himself 51:06 Is Transness Connected to the Divine? 54:15 Tiresias: Gender-Crossing, Gods & Prophecy 59:03 The Mystery of the Bearded Venus 1:04:37 We Have Always Existed Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.