How We Met: A Queer Love Archive

Who knew a flirty exchange at a water fountain in the middle of a gay New Year's Eve party could lead to a 23-year-globetrotting romance? On the season one finale, meet couple Jerry and Patricio who found passion, adventure, and a lifelong companion in each other at a New Year's Eve party in 2002.  Jerry is the founder and editor of the Queer Love Project. Check it out here!  Follow How We Met on Instagram: @howwemetpod  Have a queer love story that should be featured on How We Met? Email the podcast at: [email protected] 

Over a damn-good burger in the heart of New York City, Sam decided it was time to quit the dating apps. But before he did, he wanted to swipe on one more person. And that swipe happened to be...Evan. Two years later, the couple shares how they've merged their big city lives, despite some stops and starts along the way.

Sometimes love looks like sitting across the bar from someone for 10 years until one day one of them finally asks, "Are you ever going to ask me out?" For Philadelphia couple Charles and Martha, that question was the start of a romance still going strong 12 years later.  Check out Charles and Martha's podcast Full Circle! https://pod.link/1612357299 Follow How We Met on Instagram: @howwemetpod  Have a queer love story that should be featured on How We Met? Email the podcast at: [email protected] 

For Philadelphia couple, Emily and Kate, it all started in a high school history class. But their love story was anything but easy. On this episode, the couple talks about that fated meeting sophomore year, the challenges they had to navigate to be together, and why sometimes you need four proposals before getting married.  Content warning: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence involving an ex partner and descriptions of emotional and physical abuse.  Follow How We Met on Instagram: @howwemetpod Have a queer love story that should be featured on How We Met? Email the podcast at: [email protected] 

Through their work in disability organizing and advocacy, Rosemary and Weston orbited each other's worlds for sometime, had some near meet-cute's, but it wasn't until one fateful work conference that they were finally brought together. Hear how the couple went from co-workers to friends to partners in life on the second episode of How We Met.  Follow How We Met on Instagram: @howwemetpod Have a queer love story that should be featured on How We Met? Email the podcast at: [email protected] 

Alex and Danika broke a cardinal college rule: Don't fall in love with your roommate.  On the first episode of How We Met: A Queer Love Archive, hear how this couple went from college sweethearts to wives. Follow How We Met on Instagram: @howwemetpod Have a queer love story that should be featured on How We Met? Email the podcast at: [email protected] 

Welcome to How We Met: A Queer Love Archive. On this podcast, you'll hear from real queer couples in conversation with each other sharing their love stories. This project aims to serve two purposes: Amplify queer joy and serve as a historical record for queer people's experiences, across generations, through the lens of love. Coming January 2025.