A Beautiful Day in the Gayborhood - Part 1 (Philadelphia, PA)

About this episode

The episode explores the experiences of queer youth at The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts through discussions and original writings.

Welcome to the third stop on our queer roadtrip, Philadelphia, PA! Go Birds! 🦅In this episode, we meet the queer youth actors, theater makers, visual artists, and filmmakers at The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA.) You’ll hear from queer CAPA students in a roundtable discussion about life in Philadelphia at an arts high school. Then, you will hear some original writing from members of CAPA’s theater program and GSA. Finally, we go back into the (costume) closet with a CAPA theater major who has been out as queer since he was nine years old. This is Part 1 of 2 of our visit to Philadelphia, PA.  📝 RESOURCES/SHOW NOTES: Visit our site for full show notes on local queer info, history, and additional resources mentioned in this episode → https://thefutureperfectproject.org/podcast#s3e5 We want to hear from you! Send a voice note to our online voice message box → IFQT! Speakpipe - http://speakpipe.com/ifqt ⚠️ CONTENT WARNINGS: Please note that some resources may contain triggering content and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of, or the definitions used by, The Future Perfect Project.  ⏱️ TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro w Hosts Josephine &amp…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josephine, Eden

Guests: Lonnie, Lance, Trudy, Kodi

Topics covered

• queer youth
• arts education
• Philadelphia
• theater
• identity
• creative expression

Keywords

• queer
• Philadelphia
• CAPA
• theater
• youth
• arts
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts

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