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Queer & A
by Nadya Pohran
Religiously-grounded homophobia is on the rise, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people deserve more love and support. In the Queer & A podcast, I interview experts about queerness and religious homophobia. nadyapohran.substack.com
Episodes
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Singing Queer Joy
In this episode I speak with Naledi Sunstrum of OKNaledi. We heard about their songs that Naledi wrote during the Queer & A artist residency program , and the musical they are working on now. Check out more of OKNaledi’s music here: https://oknaledi.com/ or follow along with Naledi here:...
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Transgendent: A play on gender, spirituality, religion, queerness, and God
In this episode, we heard from playwrite Charley Bouchard about what it was like to write their play Transgendent, and where they are with it now. Permissions: The instrumental of the song “Bones” by OKNaledi is used with permission in the Intro and Outro of this podcast. Check out the full…
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How to Know When a Project is Finished
In this episode, we heard from artists Naledi Sunstrum and Charley Bouchard during their participation in Queer & A’s virtual artist residency, in which both artists were given the prompt to create art on the topic of queerness and spirituality -- whatever that meant to them and however they…
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Sharing Unfinished Work
This episode’s podcast is all about sharing unfinished work. Kaitlin Carlson (she/her) and I start with a conversation about the research before hearing excerpts from the virtual artist residency in which Naledi Sunstrum (they/them), Charley Bouchard (they/them), and I chat through their two...
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Collaborating with others
This episode’s podcast is all about collaborating with others. Kaitlin Carlson (she/her) and I start with a conversation about the research on collaborating with others. We then hear excerpts from the virtual artist residency in which Naledi Sunstrum (they/them), Charley Bouchard (they/them), and…
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The Challenge of Choices
We’re back with to explore another theme that came up during Queer & A’s virtual artist residency, during which Charley and Naledi took 10 weeks to develop their respective art projects on the topic of queerness and spirituality. One of the themes that emerged in our meetings was the challenge of...
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Creative Block and how to get through it
In this series, we’re diving deep into themes that emerged during our virtual artist residency — a beautiful, experimental 8-10 weeks where two incredible artists, Charley and Naledi, joined me as they each developed their own creative projects. If you’re just tuning in and wondering what this...
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Queer Artist Residency Launch
Excited to launch the second series of Queer & A podcast. Queer & A podcast is a community-oriented educational project aimed at bringing awareness about, and sharing resources to combat, religiously-motivated queerphobia and transphobia. In Series 1 I interviewed a combination of academics,...
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Queer & A Season 1 Wrap Up and Recap
There are a few points that became more clear or more profound for me throughout my time on this series, and I wanted to start by recapping them here, and then we'll return to some takeaways from our guests.This episode reviews 5 key points I’ve learned throughout this series, and then gives the...
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Queerness in Ancient Christianity: exploring concepts of gender transgression, sexuality vs purity, and heteronormativity
Summary: A lot of the Queer & A podcast episodes have looked at queerness in the present day, sometimes looking closely at theological interpretations of biblical passages but still focusing on how these play out and affect people today. Here I'm excited to look back in time, trying to understand...
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The Queer Interfaith Coalition: Faith-based love and acceptance of 2SLGBTQIA+ folx
In this episode I speak with Rabbi Naj and Pam Rocker. Rabbi Naj is a second-generation Holocaust survivor, a rabbi, as well as a board certified interfaith chaplain and registered social worker and trained mediator. Pam Rocker is an atypical activist, consultant, and writer. From Pride to...
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Psychedelic therapies, religion, and LGBTQ+ wisdom
In this episode I speak with psychedelic researcher and community organizer Amy Bartlett. Amy draws on her doctoral research at the University of Ottawa where she explores how psychedelics are used as part of people's healing journey, including for the healing of PTSD, treatment-resistant...
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LGBTQIA+ Youth in Schools: | Mackenzie Kolton
In this episode I speak with Mackenzie Kolton, who is currently the Director of Learning of Egale Canada. Mackenzie is passionate about working in 2SLGBTQI advocacy and education and prior to Egale she was the Manager of Program Innovation at Big Brothers Big Sisters, co-developing Manitoba’s…
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LGBTQIA+ Healing from the Church-Hurt | Charley Bouchard
In this episode I speak with Charley Bouchard. Charley is an athlete, versatile artist, and passionate about volunteering for youth work in the community. Charley considers themself to be a mystic Christian, ready and open to questioning and discussing big ideas that affect our culture and shape...
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LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers | Stéfanie Lacroix
In this episode I speak with Stéfanie Lacroix. Stef is a Staff Attorney in Immigration Equality’s Pro Bono Program. In this role, she represents immigrants seeking asylum and she provides mentorship for over 170 immigration cases placed with law firms nationwide through Immigration Equality’s pro...
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Purity Culture, Religious Trauma, and LGBTQ+ Healing | Sandra Noble, LPC, PhD, NCC
In this interview I speak with Dr. Sandra Noble (PhD, LPC, NCC), who holds a PhD in counsellor education and supervision and a masters in clinical mental health counselling. Sandra is a counselling professor at a grad school in Portland, Oregon and also a licensed professional counsellor in…
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LGBTQ+ Activism: Drag Queen and Eastern Orthodox Christian Theologian | Nik Jovčić-Sas.
In this episode I speak with Nik Jovčić-Sas (he/they). Nik is a musician, LGBTQ+ activist, drag queen, and Eastern Orthodox Theologian. Nik grew up in rural Somerset, England within a Serbian family and attended King’s College London to study theology, with a particular focus on the…
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Spiritual Community for Queer Christians? | Mike Maeshiro
EPISODE SUMMARY:Mike Maeshiro (@mikemaeshiro) is Gay, Christian, and a Pastor. He hosts online communities for 2SLGBTQIA+ people looking for spiritual communities, and offers coaching to post-evangelical Christians in a journey of theological deconstruction. If you’re curious about the ways that...
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Introducing Queer & A, Season One
Introduction Episode:- music: "BONES" by OK Naledi. All copyright belongs to OK Naledi and the instrumental version was used with permission. Check out the official music video for INtrlD BONES.- Pastor Zach Lambert’s tweet documents the rise in "anti-LGBTQ+ bills and hateful rhetoric" which have...
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Queer & A currently has 19 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Queer & A about?
Religiously-grounded homophobia is on the rise, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people deserve more love and support. In the Queer & A podcast, I interview experts about queerness and religious homophobia. nadyapohran.substack.com
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Who hosts Queer & A?
Queer & A is created and hosted by Nadya Pohran.
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