QueerAF Podcast: Season Six, Episode Three – There perhaps isn’t a more British way, to say - gender is a construct - than with Shakespeare is there?
So put aside your stack of sonnets, go stick on the kettle, brew a cuppa, and let Shevek Imogen Fodor tell you about the gender foolery that took place in Shakespearean England that ignited and already burning emberof gender diversity on stage in the UK's most hallowed theatre institutions - listen now in your podcast app
The history lesson we never had
The episode was produced as part of the QueerAF launchpad initiative Trans+ History Week. Season six of the podcast has been made by six Trans+ creatives who have been paid, mentored, and supported by the not-for-profit publisher QueerAF to make a show.
Each creative has also been given equipment to make the show, which they can keep forever, as part of an initiative to help more Trans+ creatives break into and succeed in the audio industry.
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Music: “Enlightened”; “Pondering”; “It Doesn’t Have to End”; “Timeless Master” - Medieval Lofi - licensed under a CCSA4.0. Vintage Piano - Piano_Music (Pixabay)
From Shevek:
"Additional thanks to: Dr Will Tosh (he/him); Emma (they/them); Sarah Li (she/they); Stan Doubt (he/him); Vick the Prick (say what you see); Veggie Stripper (he/they); Mack (they/he); and Darkwah (they/them).Thanks to all of the lovely members of the DGA Collective who helped me feel so at home rediscovering drag performance in the North East, sharing all of their experiences of queer discovery and self-acceptance to inspire my thinking for this project. Find out more about Edward's Boys here. Find out more about the history of male impersonation and principal boys with the virtual exhibition of Opening the Closet Doors, the project Sarah did with the Darlington Hippodrome. All of my knowledge and fascination with Shakespeare is a direct result of my parents - I'm indebted to them and to my queer extended found family for encouraging, supporting and inspiring me always (and especially while making this)."
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