Bradford’s queer history - 012
About this episode
Tash explores Bradford's queer history with guest Alice Parsons, discussing local LGBTQ+ initiatives and their roots in radical politics.
Tash got a tour of Bradford’s queer history with Alice Parsons, who runs the city’s Castles in the Sky project. We learnt all about the local Switchboard, the gay arts festival, the lesbian support line, and how these all stem from Bradford’s radical politics. Discussed in this episode: Amnesty International report on gender-critical movements and media Castles in the Sky in Bradford Listen to ad-free episodes by supporting the show on Patreon . Aunt Nell: Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith The assistant producer is Mia Campbell Music from Soundstripe Original artwork by Natalie Doto Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave. For interviews from the research for our book , published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4. KI7FHCTLCUOCNJZ9 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Tash Walker, Adam Zmith
Guest: Alice Parsons
Topics covered
- queer history
- Bradford
- LGBTQ+ support
- radical politics
- arts festival
Keywords
- Bradford
- queer history
- LGBTQ+
- arts festival
- radical politics
- Switchboard
- Castles in the Sky
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Amnesty International, Castles in the Sky, Switchboard, Faber & Faber
Places: Bradford
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