About this episode

Sara interviews Cole LeFavour about their memoir and experiences as a queer person in Idaho.

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean as a queer person to love a place deeply when that place has so often tried to make queer people disappear? Today In the Den, Sara visits with author, activist, and former Idaho legislator Cole LeFavour to talk about their powerful new memoir In the Arms of Mountains: A Story of Land, Love, and Queer Resistance in Red America. In 2004, Cole made history as the first openly LGBTQ+ member of the Idaho Legislature, serving four terms as an Idaho State Senator a...

People in this episode

Host: Sara

Guest: Cole LeFavour

Topics covered

• queer identity
• memoir
• activism
• politics
• love of place
• LGBTQ+ history

Keywords

• queer resistance
• Idaho
• memoir
• Cole LeFavour
• LGBTQ+
• activism
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Idaho Legislature

Books & works: In the Arms of Mountains: A Story of Land, Love, and Queer Resistance in Red America

Places: Idaho

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