In the season finale Taryn and Adam reflect on the first ten episodes of Chicago Queer and Now, the ways in which the show has impacted listeners, and being vulnerable while exploring queer identity in a very public way. 

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

#QTTRs make their mark by Taryn Allen

The Sky’s the limit by Andrew Davis

Legalizing equity by Tatiana Walk-Morris

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Why Is Gender-Neutral Clothing So Boring? by Robin Craig 

The Home Edit

Taryn Allen (the one and only!)

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This week Taryn and Adam discuss their holiday plans and touch on the challenges queer people may face during this season. Our hosts are then joined by journalist Sonal Soni (they/them) to discuss their sprawling career aspirations (marine biology, anyone?), queer representation in media, and finding their place in the world of journalism.

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

The bumpy road from Stonewall to Pride in the Park by Devlyn Camp

Happiest Season review by Marissa De La Cerda

Mutual aid networks help keep us warm by Salem Collo-Julin

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement

Broadway Youth Center

Brave Space Alliance

Molasses

Sonal Soni’s work at The DePaulia

“I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry

E.R. Fightmaster on Grey’s Anatomy 

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Taryn and Adam talk about how gross (but lovable!) their pets are. Then, hold onto your hats Harry Styles stans, the hosts go hard into the pop star’s queer baiting, discuss their own “Ring of Keys” moments, and discuss Adam’s recent reporting on a murder trial.

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

Chicago Reader’s Pets Issue

Queer history through the eyes of the Reader by Adam M. Rhodes

‘If they cannot hear you when you whisper, watch when you say a cuss word’ by Francesca Mathewes

Alison Bechdel remembers Mama by Elly Fishman

Kinky or killer? By Adam M. Rhodes

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Billy Porter’s comments on Harry Styles

Nancy

Fun Home

“Ring of Keys”

Husky Jeans

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This week Taryn and Adam discuss the inherent queerness of Halloween, goth camp, and favorite horror movies–queer horror movies, of course. They then get into Adam’s upcoming piece on death doulas and the profound experiences and challenges that come with the profession. 

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

How to not be an offensive jerk this Halloween by Derrick Clifton

The five best horror films shot and set in Chicago by Drew Hunt

Cannibals, vampires, and visions, oh my! by Cody Corrall

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Woolly Mammoth Chicago

Foursided

Linda Belcher as “Cheriff” in Bob’s Burgers 

Jennifer’s Body

I Know What You Did Last Summer

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Halloween sugar cookies

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This week Taryn and Adam get into Lil Nas X’s iconic debut album and their own musical pasts then talk tattoos and creative expression. 

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

Lil Nas X embraces his role as queer hero by Adam M. Rhodes

#QTTRs make their mark by Taryn Allen

Chicago’s gay grandaddy of tattooing by Micco Caporale 

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Montero by Lil Nas X

“Lucky” by Britney Spears

Hayley Kioko

Troye Sivan

@lucyarbeit 

@scratch.pepper

Tom of Finland

@wild_coma

@doe.parker 

The Great British Baking Show

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This week Taryn and Adam explore the highs and lows of modern-day Pride celebrations. They’re then joined by Reader co-publisher and co-editor in chief Karen Hawkins who talks about passion projects, lesbian joy, and being a Black, queer woman in mainstream media while our hosts shower her with compliments. 

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

‘It was really a freeing kind of feeling’ by Devlyn Camp

What should allies do after Pride? by Marina Labarthe del Solar and Carter Schneider

The bumpy road from Stonewall to Pride in the Park by Devlyn Camp

No Pride in a police state by Adam M. Rhodes

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Chicago Pride Parade & Festival

Queer Liberation March

Helsingborg Pride

Denver Pride

Rebellious Magazine

NLGJA

Glee

Pose

Queer Capricorn Party

Darling by K. Ancrum

Black and Pink

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This week Taryn and Adam dive into the Reader archives searching for queer coverage, attempt to decipher classified ads of years past, and learn more about Chicago’s leather scene.

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

The angriest queer by Joseph Crump (1990)

Requiem for a teenage cross-dresser by Todd Savage (1994)

LA&M’s dirty 30 by Adam M. Rhodes

Gay bathhouses were barely surviving. And then came COVID-19. by Adam M. Rhodes

Not a drag: The Golden Girls find a new home by KT Hawbaker

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Archive Dive

Jaboukie Young-White

Leather Archives & Museum

International Mr. Leather

That Golden Girls Show

“Hippity Hoppity Frogs”

Telfar bag

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This week Taryn and Adam reflect on gender performance during the pandemic, mourn the queer communities they haven’t yet gotten to explore, and discuss Adam’s recent reporting on poppers.

Have a question for Adam and Taryn? Want to share your queer pick of the week? E-mail cqn@chicagoreader.com or tweet @chicagoqueernow to hear your question answered on the pod!

Stay queer, Chicago!

Related Reader stories: 

The pandemic, gender, and me by Adam M. Rhodes

(Re)opening up by Reader staff

Sheltering in a collapsed place by Bill Savage

Links to people, places, and things mentioned in today’s ep:

Berlin Nightclub

Marty’s Martini Bar

Sidetrack Chicago

FDA advisory against poppers

Continuum by Chella Man

#UGGPRIDE

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