We need your help!

Queer Meets Queer is partially funded by a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC). We are an independent bunch of queer artists with day jobs. In order to bring queer relationship stories to a wide audience, we need your support.

We’re opening the closet door on queer relationships

In 2020 queers are out of the closet, but in many cases our relationships are still in the closet. Many queer people don’t feel comfortable talking about their relationships openly because of stigma and a lack of understanding about alternative relationship models. Queer relationships are complex, shifting and don't follow familiar narratives. People in the queer community often don’t have role models for their relationships in reality or in the media. As a result, queers often struggle with feelings that their relationships somehow aren’t legitimate or valid, which is due in part to a lack of representation, stigma, and a lack of opportunities to have open, honest discussions about queer relationships. 

Queer Meets Queer will be an unprecedented collection of ~30 first person narratives about types of relationships that are rarely represented in popular media. We will shine light on, and thereby validate, relationships that are still “in the closet” in 2020. 

Our stories matter

It is not an exaggeration to say that we think this podcast will save lives. Suicide is a leading cause of death for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults. LGBTQ youth and adults alike need validation, representation, and physical, tangible proof that they are not alone, that they are not sick. They need role models. They need permission to be themselves. This podcast is for them. This podcast is for our younger selves. It is for us, now, in this moment, as people who desperately needs to hear these stories and want desperately for these stories to be told.