Queer Currents: A Podcast

07/09/2024

Disability Pride Month is celebrated in July to honor the disability community's history, achievements, experiences, and struggles. It originated in the United States in 1990 to commemorate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law on July 26, 1990, and the first Disability Pride Day was held in Boston that same year.

I thought this would be a great time to highlight my Q***r Currents episodes on q***rness and disability. Listen to this fun (and hopefully enlightening) conversation conversation with my UNCW colleague and disability studies scholar, Dr. Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock.

10/01/2023

This Halloween season, there's plenty of scary good LGBTQ+ movies and TV shows to stream—here's your guide...

08/29/2023

Requests to ban books at US public schools and libraries surged to a 21-year record in 2022, according to data from the American Library Association.

08/05/2023

Meet country singer Dallas Dixon, the alter-ego of musician Jake Hill, who is going viral for his explicitly gay country ballad "Good Lookin.'"

08/05/2023

According to friends and family, the Ballroom Hall of Fame member, model, and singer has passed.

07/02/2023

Magnus Hirschfeld was a gay activist and doctor who established the first known transgender healthcare clinic in Berlin in 1919...

06/30/2023

New episode alert! Just in time for the closing of Pride month, we reflect on the pleasure and pain associated with Rainbow Marketing! I am joined by my brilliant colleague and Integrated Marketing Communication scholar, Dr. Jeanne Persuit. Make sure you stay tuned through the end of the episode where we take a few questions from the live studio audience.

Jeanne Bowman Persuit

This episode of Q***r Currents considers the history and ethics of marketing to q***r communities. Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC)scholar Dr. Jeanne Persuit joins us to consider the marketing

06/29/2023

The upcoming live-action adaptation of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe will make you remember what it feels like to be a lovesick teenager.

06/28/2023

Inside 'The Celluloid Closet': Talking with TCM's Dave Karger and Comedian/Writer Louis Virtel

06/27/2023

Though it only lasted 13 episodes, Mission Hill became a cult favorite among animation fans and showed a genuinely loving gay romance.

06/20/2023

05/21/2023

Over 40 years since its release, "Menergy" can still slip into any Pride playlist today and feel fresh, modern, and fun...