LGBTQ+ Relationship Stories
Boy meets girl…
they fall in love, get married, have kids, and live happily ever after. Does this ever feel like the only relationship story you’ve ever heard? What about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, gender-neutral, asexual, pansexual queers? What’s their story?
Queer Meets Queer is a podcast dedicated to queer people telling the stories behind the most important relationships in their lives.
Middle School First Love Slow Burn
She worked stage crew; they played basketball with the boys. Can I make it anymore obvious? When Janine laid eyes on Taylor at recess, she fell head over heels into her first ever, stomach-flipping girl crush. Taylor was totally oblivious so they became best friends, obviously. Then Taylor’s family moved away. They went to separate high schools and, after that, different colleges. That pretty much seemed like the end of it: another unrequited, unrealized, unconsummated middle school love story. But when Janine and Taylor both moved back to San Francisco after college, they decided to write themselves a new ending. Let’s go girls!
Sunday Brunch: The Apps, Stigma, & Coffee in Bed
On offer for Sunday Brunch today: Nikki (Nik) talks about what first attracted them to their girlfriend, Weston remembers what HIV stigma felt like when they were first diagnosed, and husbands Ray and Thom ask each other intimate relationship questions.
Me, Myself & Carla Rossi
Anthony Hudson had no idea that white face paint, a pillow case, and a name—”Carla”—would lead to the manifestation of THE Carla Rossi, Portland’s premier drag clown. Carla Rossi became a hurricane force in Anthony’s life and a fiery furnace of creation. Anthony, on the other hand, became a chauffeur and a personal assistant to Carla’s rising star, which is just what happens when you are host to an immortal trickster spirit. Through more than a decade of multidisciplinary artistic works, Anthony and Carla negotiated split identity, stared privilege in the (white)face , and contemplated queerness.
Husband Hunting: A Polyamorous Love Story
Thom falls in love. The only problem is he’s already married. It doesn’t work out and, after separating from his husband, Thom moves to Denver and then to Portland, chasing men on Scruff. Then Thom meets Ray. Sometimes relationships move fast. Things click into place and start rolling and there’s all this unanticipated momentum, driving you forward. One minute you are meeting for the first time, maybe for coffee, maybe to hookup, and before you know it your lives are intertwined in ways you wouldn’t have previously thought possible. That’s how things were for Ray and Thom.
Sunday Brunch: Spice Girls, Siblinghood & George Floyd
In this tasty serving of Sunday Brunch, Tori and Sammee (from “Bio Family can be Chosen Family”) talk about growing up mixed race in a predominantly white education system, the challenges they faced, and how their siblinghood helped them overcome barriers. They also discuss how George Floyd’s murder at the hand of Minnesota Police in May 2020 helped inspire the creation of their podcast, Sisters and Sonder. Finally, Sammee and Tori get teary-eyed playing our questions game.
Like Father Like Son—Part 2
The conclusion of Jim’s story. Listen to part 1 if you haven’t heard it yet! Jim comes out in Portland in the 1980s, meets the love of his life, and his relationship with his father changes for ever.
Like Father Like Son—Part 1
Jim tells us the story of his relationship with his father and growing up gay in the 1960s. In part one of Jim’s story we peek into the childhood relationship of a father who wants his son to be “normal” and a boy who is anything but. In his adolescence, Jim found something of a chosen family with a cult in Portland, OR. However, Jim discovered he couldn’t run away form his internalized homophobia and struggled to live authentically until circumstances forced him to come out.
Sexuality, Marrying Young & Winning the Lottery
If you need a dose of charming conversation with worldwise women, you will want to grab a cup of coffee and a pastry and press the play button. In this serving of Sunday Brunch Stacey (63) and Elizabeth (80) (from our episode "Adults Make Friends”) ask each other questions about sexuality, love, mistakes, and their dreams for the future.
Soccer, Undercuts & Finding Love on Ancestry Dot Com
Today, we've got a mini story about how Weston Met M, from our episode "Queer in the Classroom", some hemming and hawing about hair cuts, and Justin, Nikki, Seth, and Weston talk about racism and misogyny in the queer communities.
Sunday Brunch: HIV, the Navy & China
We have two HIV stories. But don't worry, both stories have happy endings. First, Malcom Gregory Scott tells remembers how he was diagnosed with HIV while serving in the Navy. Second, Weston talks about receiving an HIV diagnosis in China and how HIV stigma changed their life.
Hi there!
Weston isn’t sure one day to the next if they’ll wake up feeling more like a boy or more like a girl. Each day is a mystery. Weston is a writer who grew up scrambling over boulders in Colorado. They love camping, cartwheels, cooking, and cartoons.
Nikki Burian is a queer, nonbinary slam poet originally from the great state of Iowa. They love goat cheese (probably more than you), their cat Binx, motorcycle rides, and people who aren’t jerks.
Justin is a gay man who spent his adolescence basking in the California sunshine. He is a trained opera singer and has been the front man for several bands. Justin loves spending time with close friends, playing video games on his custom built PC, and real talk.
Seth would estimate that he’s about 80% gay. He grew up in Colorado playing the heaviest instruments in marching band. Seth is a toad boy and your A/V dad. Seth loves grumpy animal pics, making playlists, and improvising high end cocktails. You can find him playing video games or creating original characters for his DND or pathfinder games.
The world needs queer relationship stories.
We are looking for stories about relationships from anyone across the LGBTQQIA+ spectrum. We are curious to hear about any meaningful relationship in your life: romantic, platonic, familial, asexual, polyamorous, monogamous, past, present, long-standing or new.