Outward: How Can Queer People Keep Each Other Safe?

This month, hosts Christina Cauterucci, Jules Gill-Peterson, and
Bryan Lowder reflect on the painful impact of anti-LGBTQ violence
and dig into the new possibilities for trans storytelling and
filmmaking. First, they talk through their complicated feelings
about one of the responses to the shooting at Club Q in Colorado
Springs last month: Should queer people be organizing in
self-defense, or even arming ourselves for protection? Then they
are joined by actress Jen Richards who portrays Barbara in Framing
Agnes, a new documentary, directed by Chase Joynt, which is
centered on six trans people who were interviewed and treated at a
UCLA gender clinic in the 1950s. The film combines reenactments of
those interviews with contemporary conversations with trans actors
reflecting on how the lives of the people they portray resonate
with their own lives. Our own Jules Gill-Peterson has a central
role in the movie as a historian and narrator. Items discussed in
the show: Season 2 of The White Lotus Christina’s Slate piece, “I
Think I Found Kyrsten Sinema’s Side Hustle” Framing Agnes Gay
Agenda Christina: shopping gay, including at The Little Gay Shop
and Adam’s Nest Jules: “Not a Transition: On Andrea Pallaoro’s
Monica,” by Eva Pensis in the Los Angeles Review of Books Bryan has
created a bespoke cocktail for Outward listeners: the Cuddle Puddle
The Cuddle Puddle 2 oz rye 1 oz ginger liqueur ½ oz Fernet Branca
or similar Dash of orange bitters Stir the ingredients for a long
time over ice, then strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with
orange peel. This podcast was produced by June Thomas. Please send
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