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Queer Joy Podcast Series [Episodes #273, #274, #275]

By Homoground

We are thrilled to finally introduce Queer Joy, a new podcast series by Homoground featuring queer-identified artists sharing what queer joy means to them through storytelling and songs.

Queer Joy was created as a response to the lack of positive representation of the queer experience in popular media. Homoground asked artists to share their songs celebrating the things that bring them joy! We received beautiful, vulnerable, and thoughtful pieces from musicians all over the world.

In each episode, you’ll hear those songs along with anecdotes from the creators themselves.

Homoground is incredibly grateful to everyone who submitted. Your voices brought this Queer Joy series to life!

PART 1 – BE YOURSELF

We danced, we cried, and we’re honored to release Queer Joy Part One: Be Yourself.

Listen to anthems celebrating the process of being comfortable with who you are from Papa Molly, JayceJanae, Boy Bowser, and Kamerin. Stream the episode below or on whatever you listen to podcasts.

**“Lifetime” by Papa Molly (San Francisco, CA)**

**“Monologue” by JayceJanae (Norfolk, VA)**

“**Abort Mission” by Boy Bowser (Fullerton, CA)**

**“To Finally See The Sun” by Kamerin (Northampton)**

Our wonderful Patreon supporters will have access to extra tracks submitted by the artists along with some extended interviews.

CREDITS

This episode was produced by D Orxata.
Our executive producer is Lynn Casper.
Artwork for this series was created by Morgan Diep.
Our social media coordinators are Morgan Dean and Rowan Blackwood.
The segment on Focus/Time was produced by Cheer up Charlye of Breakfast and Beats.

Major thanks to our sponsors SPACES, Workfrom and our Patreon Supporters

PART 2 – LOVE CRUSH

This is part 2 of our Queer Joy series featuring songs and personal stories from LGBTQ musicians.

On this episode we’re celebrating Queer Joy with rose-colored lenses and songs about love and crushes from Giuliano from Worcester Massachusetts, Hana Katana from Austin Texas, Rascal Miles from Minneapolis Minnesota and Lucy Opazo from Brooklyn NY. ENJOY!

Giuliano
Worcester, MA
website | Instagram: @musicbygiuliano
Songs: “Joshua” and “The D”
Cover Design: Joshua Croke, Photo: Erika Sidor

**Hana Katana**
Austin, Texas
website
Instagram: @TheHanaKatana
*Songs: “Friends Don’t Make You Cry”*
*Photo credit: Nicole Lemberg*

**Rascal Miles**
Minneapolis, MN
website
Instagram: @rascalmiles
*Song: “Baby Baby”*
*Photo credit: Sam Gehrke*

**Lucy Opazo**
Brooklyn, NY
Instagram: @lucyopazomusic
*Song: “Isolation Station”*
*Photo Credit: Crisoula Lazaridis*

Our wonderful Patreon supporters will have access to extra tracks submitted by the artists along with some extended interviews.

CREDITS

This episode was produced, mixed and engineered by CheerUpCharlye, Breakfast & Beats.
Our executive producer is Lynn Casper.
Artwork for this series was created by Morgan Diep.
Our social media coordinators are Morgan Dean and Rowan Blackwood.
Major thanks to our sponsors SPACES, Workfrom and our Patreon Supporters.

PART 3 – THE FUTURE WAS ALWAYS QUEER

Four queer time travelers sent us records of queer joy from the past, the present, and several possible futures. If you’ve ever found yourself trapped inside of a moment, this episode is for you.

Part 3 of our Queer Joy series features songs and personal stories from Creatrx, Sara Renberg, Oxeye, and Carry The Branches.

creatrx
Instagram: @creatrx
Songs: “Baptism” and “Sunday”
Photo credit: Danika Karolinski

Sara Renberg
Pittsburg, PA
sararenberg.com | Instagram: @sara.renberg
Songs: “It’s a Beautiful Day to be Gay”
Photo credit: Leah Brennan

Oxeye
Stockholm, Sweden
Facebook| Instagram: @oxeye.music
Songs: “Standing Proud”, “Det Här Är För Oss”, “The Only Good Thing”
Photo credit: Clara Veneziano Coen

Carry The Branches
Brooklyn, NY
Instagram: @carrythebranches
Songs: “Zombie Telegram”

Our wonderful Patreon supporters will have access to extra tracks submitted by the artists along with some extended interviews.

CREDITS

This episode was produced by D Orxata.
Our executive producer is Lynn Casper.
Artwork for this series was created by Morgan Diep.
Our social media coordinator is Rowan Blackwood.
Major thanks to our sponsors SPACES, Workfrom and our Patreon Supporters.

SPONSORS

This episode of Homoground and this Queer Joy series is sponsored by SPACES, an app that lets LGBTQ+ people find and build the communities we wish to exist. Initially conceived as a response to the shortcomings of heteronormative social platforms SPACES is designed by queer people, for queer people. You can create your own space about whatever topic you want, or you can search to join the many SPACEs that others from around the world have already created. It’s a cool way to connect with others, in a safe and like-minded atmosphere. Personally, for me, joy is when I’m able to connect with people I can be my true authentic self around.

How do you experience joy?

Join us on the SPACES app and tell us your stories of queer joy! It’s easy! Download the app from the App Store, create an account and search for Queer Joy to join our space. Or visit homoground.com/queerspaces for more info.

Be Yourself. Find Your Space.

Focus/Time is a dedicated virtual space for LGBTQIA folks to work on their personal and/or work projects in an accepting environment. It’s the perfect place to work on projects you’ve been putting off or to start the projects that have been incubating in your mind. This is a space for you to focus on the things you want to do but struggle to do. Sign up to attend a guided session.

Homoground’s Virtual Cafe is powered by a platform called Workfrom that lets us customize the space so we have an inspirational mural as our background along with a killer playlist and some ASMR options like rain sounds. It’s a cool online space that we use to bring the Homoground and Focus/Time community together. Folks pop in and out and we share updates about our lives and what we’re working on in the chat box. It’s a great place to socialize while working from home while also getting some chores and work tasks done.

Anyone can create their own virtual coworking space using Workfrom and you can control the privacy and customizations.To try out your own space visit homoground.com/workfrom.

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Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics) & Gina Young || [Episodes #269, #270, #271 & #272]

By Homoground

In Spring 2021, Homoground Producer Maia Macdonald recorded an interview with Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + The Plastics) & Gina Young. The episode has been editing into 4 episodes. Listen to the episodes below

[Episode #269 – Part 1 of 4]

[Episode #270 – Part 2 of 4]

[Episode #271 – Part 3 of 4]

[Episode #272 – Part 4 of 4]

Patreon supporters can listen to the full, uncut version of the interview.

Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + The Plastics) – Seattle, Washington

Wynne Greenwood is a video artist and song-maker who also often brings those things together with objects, installation, and performance. Her practice grows from making dialogues with versions of self and the worlds those versions live in/are of. It’s a practice of this time, built from talking back to the TV, now engaging those muscles to practice new culture.

From 1999 – 2006, Greenwood created and performed the multimedia art-band Tracy + the Plastics. Tracy + the Plastics blurred the boundaries between the contemporary art and music worlds, crossing venues and contexts from house shows to art institutions.Greenwood took the form of all three band members, live on stage and in prerecorded video projections. She sang live as Tracy while interacting with the other band members (Greenwood as Cola, drums, and Nikki, keyboards) on the video screen behind her. Tracy + the Plastics ended in 2006.

Cruisin Records reissued the entire Tracy + the Plastics discography for the 20th anniversary of their first record “Muscler’s Guide to Videonics”.

Wynne has a new album in the works, Horizon.

Gina Young – Los Angeles, California

Gina Young (she/they) is an award-winning writer, director, songwriter and performer whose work blurs genres and forms. Her plays, musicals, videos, and curated events have been presented everywhere from The Hammer Museum and REDCAT to punk clubs and gay bars across the US and Europe.

Interlacing music, movement and text, Gina queers content and form, bringing audiences together for intimate and transcendent experiences. She is the creator of SORORITY, Feminist Acting Class and throws a queer happy hour party in Los Angeles called DIVORCE.

CREDITS

This interview was recorded and produced by Maia Macdonald
Executive Producer: Lynn Casper

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Trumpet Wom – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Episode #268]

By Homoground

Trumpet Wom is a Philadelphia-based musician who combines trumpet, keys, & singing into original and badass music.

In this episode, Trumpet Wom speaks with musician and Homoground Producer Maia Macdonald about music process, inspiration, living in a capitalist regime, our responsibility to understand and heal our ancestral trauma, and of course… trumpet!

Songs featured in this episode: Smooches, Your Fool, TY FY, Protons and Electrons

Support Trumpet Wom on Patreon, Bandcamp or get updates on her official website.

We do not have a transcription of this episode available. To help us create a transcription of this episode, please donate to our Patreon to support our transcription efforts.

CREDITS

This interview was recorded and produced by Maia Macdonald

Executive Producer: Lynn Casper

SPONSORS

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

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In addition to our Slack group, we host a monthly discussion series called “Thinking Out Loud.” On the first Wednesday of every month we dive deep into a topic, creating a space where we can share our stories and learn from each other. On May 7th we’re exploring the feeling of not being queer enough—whether you don’t have an undercut, got married and had kids, don’t know the latest label or trending phrase, can’t name a celebrity to save your life, or have to day-in and day-out confront the continued erasure of bisexuality from queer culture.Join us, a group of LGBTQ+ women, trans, and gender-nonconforming folk, to hear stories, get ideas, and remind yourself you’re not alone. Go to https://pbandqs.ck.page/join to learn more.

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Young Kaii – Providence, Rhode Island [Episode #262]

By Homoground

Young Kaii is one of those rare artists that effortlessly brings raw emotions using just her talent and her powerful lyrics. In this episode, Homoground correspondent Maia Macdonald chats with Young Kaii about the life of being an artist, smoothies, swimming with dolphins and choosing happiness.

Songs featured: “Careless”, “Speechless” and “Memories”

You can stream the episode above, on homoground.com or via your favorite podcast app.

Connect with Young Kaii:
Official Website
Instagram @iamyoungkaii
Twitter @YoungKaii
Youtube

To help us create a transcription of this episode, please donate to our Patreon to support our transcription efforts.

CREDITS

This interview was recorded and produced by Maia Macdonald.

Executive Producer: Lynn Casper

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Homophonix Artist Interviews with Rainbow Riots, Mandy Rich, Kristian Kaspersen, Jessie Lloyd and Zan. [Episode #260]

By Homoground

This episode features snippets from interviews with musicians from the HOMOPHONIX podcast.

The aim of the HOMOPHONIX podcast is to introduce songwriters and the stories behind some of their songs. These brave independent music makers identify as part of the LGBTIQ+ community. The interviews centre around their music, not their gender or sexuality. There are some amazing stories to be told, from some incredible talent, through some beautiful tracks. Each artist’s episode contains 3 tracks and some chat in under 30 minutes.

The choice to do this podcast is not to further segregate the queer from the straight community, but rather to help normalise the human experience that is reflected in song. To share our thoughts as creative LGBTIQ people to each other, and others. Music has the power to heal, to inspire, to bring people together. There are still places in the world where being of a different sexuality is not accepted, is feared, is frowned upon, or is illegal. LGBTIQ youth face a much greater risk of depression, substance use, and suicide, due to the bullying and isolation they experience from their peers, their families, or society at large. Things are changing, and for the better – if any of these artists and their music can help make someone’s life more hopeful and positive, then that makes creating this network and podcast worth it.

Most of the people you will hear, you may not have heard, or even heard of. People who are not ‘household’ names, who are not backed by large labels with huge promotional powers. In fact, it’s their independence that makes them powerful. These writers are diligently producing their own music stemming from a deep desire and instinct to share their experiences and thoughts.

Follow Homophonix on Instagram and Facebook.

Below are the artists featured in this episode in order of appearance. Their artist name, location and song featured is listed beneath their photo. Please click on their photo or name to find out more information and access their full interview on Homophonix.com

RAINBOW RIOTS – Stockholm, Sweden
Song featured: “Freedom”

MANDY RICH – Stockholm, Sweden
Song featured: “Regnbågarnas Stad ( City of Rainbows )”

KRISTIAN KASPERSEN – Stockholm, Sweden
Song featured: “Queer at Heart”

JESSIE LLOYD – Melbourne, Australia
Song featured: “Other Side of the Room”

ZAN – Melbourne, Australia
Song featured: “Salafi Secrets”

EPISODE SPONSOR

CREDITS

This episode was produced by Vinn Pitcher of Homophonix.com

Editing assistance from Kim Andersson

Executive production and intro/outro by Lynn Casper

Homoground Intro Jingle by data.data.data

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Mylo Choy – Brooklyn, NY [Episode #256]

By Homoground

Episode #256 features the words and music of Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Mylo Choy. In this episode, Mylo talks about artistic expression and collaborations within a solo music project, how to experience sadness without getting stuck dwelling in the feeling, lessons learned from being raised in a Buddhist family and more.

The songs featured in order of appearance:
“All The Sun”, “Meet Me in the Middle” and “Tides” from their EP “Night is Like the Ocean” plus “Kolea’s First Journey” from their 2017 album “Delta“.

Follow Mylo online at mylochoy.com
Buy their music on bandcamp mylochoy.bandcamp.com

Full Transcription of Mylo’s story:

Hello, I’m Mylo Choy. I live in Brooklyn, New York. Most of my career has been working with youth and making art and music. They seem different, but a lot of them are the same because all of it is about how people feel. *laughs* This E.P “Night is like the Ocean” was recorded upstate in Livingston Manor, New York. A friend of a friend is the engineer and producer on it. I’ve worked with him several times. First, with my old band Small Talk and I just really liked his vibe. And also the recording studio is this house that has windows all the way around and you can see the snow. Winter is such a great time to record because you really can’t do much else. I just always like working with him. It’s really nice to work with someone where you could ask someone their honest opinion and they’ll tell you and they’ll always go with your decision at the end of the day, because I am such a control freak, especially when it comes to art things. I think because it’s so personal. I’d like to get to a point where I’m a little more collaborative.

You can read the full transcript of Mylo’s story on our patreon.

CREDITS

This episode was recorded and produced by Maia Macdonald.

Executive Production and End Credits hosted by Lynn Casper

Intro Jingle by data.data.data

Transcription was made possible by Queer Public Podcast who let us use their transcription software.

Our affiliate sponsor for this episode is Pride Counseling. Homoground listeners receive a 1 week free trial when they sign up through this link. We also receive commission from each sign up that becomes a paid member. These funds helps us produce episodes like this 🙂

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Queer Joy Podcast Series [Episodes #273, #274, #275]

PART 1 – BE YOURSELF

CREDITS

PART 2 – LOVE CRUSH

CREDITS

PART 3 – THE FUTURE WAS ALWAYS QUEER

CREDITS

SPONSORS

Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics) & Gina Young || [Episodes #269, #270, #271 & #272]

CREDITS

SPONSORS

Trumpet Wom – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Episode #268]

CREDITS

SPONSORS

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Young Kaii – Providence, Rhode Island [Episode #262]

CREDITS

SPONSORS

Homophonix Artist Interviews with Rainbow Riots, Mandy Rich, Kristian Kaspersen, Jessie Lloyd and Zan. [Episode #260]

EPISODE SPONSOR

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Mylo Choy – Brooklyn, NY [Episode #256]

Full Transcription of Mylo’s story:

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