Queer Out Here: Recent Episodes
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Thanks to Emma for supplying us with this lovely sweeper - our 50th, which is also our last for the near future, and the final sweeper to be added to Issue 10. Check our website for Issue 10 Side A and Side B, coming in 2026.TRANSCRIPT[Fading in, we hear the sound of water - repetitive shushing and splashing, and faint gurgling.]Emma: Hi! I’m Emma, and I’m at the Wild… Welsh… Wild… [laughter] Ah, I’m getting my lines all wrong![Water sounds, almost inaudible voices.]Emma: Hi. I’m Emma, I’m in the Welsh Wildlife Centre. You’re listening to Queer Out Here.[Water sounds fade out.]
Before we go on indefinite hiatus we have a two-parter for you! With our call for submissions giving the optional theme of “creativity”, this issue has a great range of stories, music, poetry, interviews and more. Here’s a taste of what’s in store on Side A and Side B.Transcript and notes on our website: https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-10-preview
, so it's been a while! Thanks to Nikki for sending this sweeper in - listeners be warned that there is a very loud sound towards the end!TRANSCRIPT[Wind and traffic, birds twittering] Nikki: Hi, my name’s Nikki, and before I get to the rural idyll bit, I’m on top of a van in a housing estate. Um. [Sudden, VERY LOUD mechanical/engine/drill-type noise, which more or less obscures what Nikki yells next, which is something like:] You’re listening to Queer Out Here!
Thanks to Fish for this sweeper. Once again, it's fab to hear from previous contributors in our last-at-least-for-a-while issue. FYI, the sign in the image reads: “Do not throw household garbage into park bins” (in Polish), with a pic of a pig on it. Fish did send some other (arguably nicer) pics to choose from, but we enjoyed this!*TRANSCRIPT:[Faint sounds of people talking, birds tweeting and crows cawing, a sense of space]Fish: Hello everyone. I am checking in from somewhere called the Croatian Garden Square. [Footsteps go past] But we are not in Croatia; we are in Warsaw, Poland. This is Fish, and you’re listening to Queer Out Here.[Background sounds fade out]
Thanks to Dee for this sweeper - so lovely to hear from a previous contributor and cover artist (Issue 08)!TRANSCRIPT[Background sounds of footsteps crunching on leaves and a dirt path, some wind and possibly faint aeroplane sounds continue throughout]Hello. My name is Dee, and I am a long term listener - and fan! - of Queer Out Here. I’m currently walking though the wood, walking my dog who’s just paused to sniff. You may be able to hear the trees and there’s a beautiful autumn scene with yellowing leaves and a wondrous sunset sky. You’re listening to Queer Out Here.
Another sweeper from previous contributor Emily from Naarm/Melbourne. It's always so nice to hear from our regulars!TRANSCRIPT[Sound of suburban traffic, wind and twittering of small birds.]This is Emily.[Dog barks in the distance.]I’m in Naarm, Melbourne, on Wurundjeri Country… and I'm enjoying listening to the birdsong on a Sunday when there’s finally no construction across the road from my apartment. You’re listening to Queer Out Here. [Wind sounds, birdcalls, traffic sounds fade out.]
It's always great to hear again from a past sweeper-contributor, and this one is from Raine. Last time Raine was in a thunderstorm, this time they are at the beach. Join Raine on his windy lunch break!TRANSCRIPT[The sound of waves on the beach and wind blowing weaves throughout]Raine: Hi, my name is Raine. I am ace, aro and agender, and I am sitting out here on my lunch break today watching the waves roll in at the Ninety Mile Beach, Country of the Gunaikurnai People. It is pretty windy out here for the first week of the school holidays, but the sea is absolutely spectacular. You are listening to Queer Out Here.
Fun to hear this sweeper from a rooftop garden, complete with helicopter passing overhead! Thanks Ez.TRANSCRIPT[Background hum of city traffic and tweeting birds.]Ez: Hey, I’m Ez, a nonbinary queerdo living on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation.[In the background, a helicopter comes into hearing range.]I’m admiring the view of the city from the roof garden of my apartment building - and you are listening to Queer Out Here.[The helicopter comes closer, and its loud machine noise is joined by a train whistle. There are some movements close to the microphone. The helicopter passes overhead and continues into the distance. Birdcalls can be heard again. A train whistles twice. The sounds fade out.]
Thanks to Lisa for sending this sweeper in from Gunaikurnai Country, Gippsland, Victoria. Love hearing the layers of water, bush and farm (cows!).TRANSCRIPT[Sounds of footsteps, wind, cows mooing] Lisa: Hi, this is Lisa. I am currently at Bellbird Corner in Gippsland, Victoria. And this is Queer Out Here. [Footsteps crunching on twigs, wind, water and cows]
Thanks to Mags for our first sweeper of 2025.Transcript: [Sounds of nature, birds, etc.] Mags: This is Mags, this is early morning, Shivapuri, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, for Queer Out Here.Note: Check our website for submission details - queerouthere.com
Thanks to Emma for this last-minute sweeper for Issue 09 (which will be coming soon - see queerouthere.com!)TRANSCRIPT[A scraping, slightly metallic sound of a manual lawn clipper being pushed back and forth. After a few passes, it stops.]Emma: Hi, I’m Emma. I’m cutting the grass in the garden. [Breeze blows] And you’re listening to Queer Out Here.[Emma pushes the lawn clipper a few more times]
Turning up the heat... This issue's theme is broadly (but not exclusively) on the theme of climate. Here's a first listen to what our contributors have sent in from around the world.Transcript and notes at www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-09-preview
Thanks to Dan (and the incredibly noisy corellas with their piercing shrieks) for this sweeper. You might need to turn the volume down on this one!Instructions to make a sweeper here: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetingsTRANSCRIPT[Footsteps crunching on gravel, some wind distortion, background squawking of corellas - a type of parrot, similar to a cockatoo. A dog barks.]Dan: Hi. [Dog barks again.] I’m Dan. I am walking home from work across Mafeking Hill Reserve on Gunaikurnai Country. And you are listening to Queer Out Here… [A huge group of corellas goes off, screeching en masse] … and lots of noisy corellas![Dan stops walking, and we hear the corellas screeching and calling to each other, some closer and some further away as they wheel overhead. Long, slow fade out.]
Thanks to Esther for this sweeper. Love these lil froggos! Want to make us a sweeper? Here are the instructions: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetingsTRANSCRIPT: [Frogs chirping and croaking, a bird tweeting] I was walking on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung land and heard these beautiful little frogs, which were so special. [Frogs] My name’s Esther, and you’re listening to Queer Out Here. [Frogs fade out]
Thanks to Stephanie for this watery, windy summer sweeper! Want to record one for our next issue? Here's how: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetingsTRANSCRIPT[Sound of flowing water, wind in leaves, and some wind distortion]Hi, I’m Stephanie, and I’ve just been swimming in the River Avon on Gunaikurnai Country. And this is… [long pause] Queer Out Here![Stephanie laughs, we hear splashing - probably Stephanie walking in the water - then the water and wind sounds fade out.]
Thanks to Mags (a stalwart!) for sending in this sweeper from Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol. (Mags says Arnos Grove in the transcript, but she let us know she meant to say Arnos Vale!) We're always on the lookout for sweepers, so why not send one in? Here's how: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetingsTRANSCRIPTMags: It’s a bit of a dull, wet day in Arnos Grove [sic] Cemetery in Bristol. Never been here before, passing through the city. Um, walking between some very old gravestones, some lovely old trees. [Some wind sounds.] Feel the showers approaching overhead. Very peaceful. And a little muddy! [Faint background sounds.] And this is Mags [loud birdsong interrupts for a moment] in Bristol for Queer Out Here.
Adventure awaits in Issue 08. Follow our contributors on nocturnal walks, over icy mountains, along lines of song, through living rivers and into the deep sea.Find more information and a transcript of this preview at queerouthere.com/listen/issue-08-previewCover art (excerpt) by Dee Lister
It's lovely to have a sweeper from a balcony garden! Thanks to Jackie for sending this in from Wurundjeri country. Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer perspectives. Visit queerouthere.com to find out more and listen to previous issues.TRANSCRIPT[Audio fades in, the sound of traffic, a truck beeping to reverse, birds twittering, wind, clanks of moving objects, and so on]Jackie: Hi, this is Jackie. I’m on Wurundjeri land, in the garden on my third floor balcony, overlooking busy, busy Sydney Road. I’m watching the sun rise over Mount Donna Buang… and it’s pretty queer out here.[A car goes past on the road below, birds chat, there’s a knocking sound and the audio fades out]
Join Raine as he records a thunderstorm on GunaiKurnai Country (aka Gippsland, Victoria). Thanks for this sweeper, Raine!TRANSCRIPT[A loud thunderclap, followed by rain and cicadas that continue beneath Raine’s voice]Raine: [Laughs] Hi, my name’s Raine. I am a trans man living in Australia, currently sitting out a storm in a caravan and it is damn close to midnight! [Thunder rumbles] You are listening to Queer Out Here.[Thunder and cicadas fade out as rain drips slowly]Submit a sweeper: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetings
Rachel has given us this sweeper recorded on GunaiKurnai country at Flooding Creek near Sale (Australia). Sounds lovely and warm... Thank you!TRANSCRIPT[Sounds of birds, insects and distant traffic fade in] Gday, it’s Rachel Steinmann here. I’m out for a lovely walk around the Flooding Creek on the edge of Sale. And you’re listening to Queer Out Here. [Background sounds fade out]Send us a sweeper: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetings
Thanks Mags! Here's a sweeper from the wintery woods on the site of an old coalmine in Northumberland, UK.TRANSCRIPT[Sound of birds and woodlands, faint behind the wind distortion in the mic. It sounds chilly.]Mags: This is Mags, out collecting litter in my local woods in Northumberland. [Wind distortion] And you’re listening to Queer Out Here. [More wind]
Introducing a different kind of episode... For more information and a full transcript, visit https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-07-preview
Thanks to Esther for stepping out into the evening cricket chorus and recording this sweeper for us! Recorded on Wurundjeri Country - this always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.
TRANSCRIPT
[The chirping of many, many crickets creates a wall of sound. In the background a voice says, “It might be too loud, sweetie.” The noise gets a little quieter.]
Esther: Hi, I’m Esther. I’m on Wurundjeri Country, ah, not far from where Five Mile Creek meets the Moonee Ponds Creek. One of my favourite things around here is it’s not far from the suburb - and the river - Maribyrnong, which in Woi Wurrung language means “I can hear a ringtail possum”. And we quite often see ringtail possums around here, and it’s just lovely - we feel really privileged to live here. You’re listening to Queer Out Here.
[Slight wind distortion, crickets fade out.]
Thanks to Dan for this sweeper recorded in South Gippsland - possibly on Bunurong Country - in Australia.
TRANSCRIPT:
[Atmospheric noise fades up - the low grumble of machinery and some high pitched grating, all slightly distorted and reverberant.]
Dan: [Voice echoing] Hello! I’m Dan. I am out for a walk on the Great Southern Rail Trail in South Gippsland, Australia. Ah, I’m in a tunnel which is, ah, going underneath a highway with lots of roadworks going on, which you can probably hear in the background. [Noises increase slightly and then reduce]. Ah, and you are listening to Queer Out Here.
[Atmospheric noise fades down]
Thanks to regular contributor Mags, who has sent us this sweeper for use in our different-to-usual Issue 07.
TRANSCRIPT
[The sound of wind and some splashing water fades up, along with the quiet, honking chatter of swans, ducks and geese. A child squeals. Distant sound of traffic or planes. An adult says to the child, “Oh, look at these geese!”]
Mags: Hi, I’m Mags, and I’m currently in Kensington Gardens in London.
[Child squeals again.]
Mags: And you’re listening to Queer Out Here.
[More ambient sound. The child yells, “Come here! Come here! [Indistinct] run away! Come here!”]
Thanks to Emily and Jenny for this currawong-packed sweeper, recorded on the land of the GunaiKurnai people.
TRANSCRIPT: The carolling calls and keening cries of many currawongs echoing through the area. Wind and wind distortion. A child makes small noises and adults respond in kind. More birdsong and wind. Footsteps. Emily says, “This is Emily,” Jenny says, “This is Jenny,” and Emily adds, “And you’re listening to Queer Out Here.” As Emily says this, all the birds stop calling. “Oh, just when they finish!” says Jenny, and Emily laughs.
Where in the world will Queer Out Here Issue 06 take you? Come outside with our queer contributors. Have a listen to our preview and gather some clues about where you’ll end up this time...
Transcript and notes available at: www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-06-preview
Cover art (extract) by J. Rosenbaum: https://www.jrosenbaum.com.au/
Thanks to Dan for this sweeper, featuring sheep and a woodpecker!
TRANSCRIPT: [Birdsong and footsteps, a sheep bleats close by. Someone speaks quietly to the sheep, “Hello, I’m not actually going to feed you or anything, sorry.” The sheep bleats again. Birdsong. The person laughs and murmurs, “Do you want me to pat you?” You can also hear distant sheep bleating, the sheep calls again nearby, more little birds twittering and the rattle of a woodpecker.]
Dan: Hi, this is Dan. We’re out waymarking the Sussex Diamond Way on a, a lovely, sunny spring morning. And you are listening to Queer Out Here.
[Woodpecker. The sound of distant sheep and twittering birds slowly fades out.]
How to make a sweeper for us: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetings
Thanks to Abi and Lili of Gears for Queers for this sweeper. Check out their book (we love it): https://gearsforqueers.bigcartel.com/product/gears-for-queers-signed-copy
TRANSCRIPT: [Sound of small waves lapping at the shoreline fades in, with some wind noise and distortion underpinning it] Lili: Hi, i’m Lili. Abi: And I’m Abi. Lili: And we’re Gears for Queers, a cycle touring queer couple from Fife. [Waves and water lapping sounds continue] Abi: We’re sitting on Dalgety Bay beach, looking out over the Forth rail bridge. [Splash] Lili: And we ken by the queer-like smell that you’re listening to Queer Out Here. [Water, wind, and the joyful squeals of children playing. Wind dies down, then the lapping water noises fade out.]
Queer-like smell: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/boy-train/ Make a sweeper for us: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetings
Thanks to Travis Clough for sending in this sweeper from a winter mountain walk he took recently. Acknowledgement: Wabanaki land. Photo: Travis and Kael on Mount Pleasant. For more info on how to create a greeting for us, check our website: www.queerouthere.com/greetings
TRANSCRIPT: [Beep of phone and footsteps crunching, perhaps snowshoes in snow.] This is Travis Bearbait at the summit of Mount Pleasant, Western Maine, USA - and you’re listening to Queer Out There [sic]. [Crunching footsteps fade out]
Thanks so much to Gabriel for sending us this lovely, relaxing window into their morning! For more info on how to create a greeting for us, check our website: www.queerouthere.com/greetings
TRANSCRIPT: [Sounds of gulls calling in an otherwise quiet atmosphere. A few other birds and faint noises can be heard in the background. A pigeon coos quietly, a couple of joggers pass by and ducks mutter faintly to themselves. A small bird whistles.]
Gabriel: I’m at the Blessington Basin in Dublin, having a coffee in the morning. And it’s very quiet here. I love coming and just watching and listening to all the birds, to this little secluded park. There’s just a heron that’s flying around and the seagulls are not happy about it. [Chuckles] And you’re listening to Queer Out Here!
Thanks to Richard for this sweeper from an autumnal walk in Sussex, UK. For more info on how to create a greeting for us, check our website: www.queerouthere.com/greetings
TRANSCRIPT: [Sound of muddy, squelchy footsteps and a creaking metal gate] Hi, I'm Richard and I just walked around Ardingly Reservoir and under Balcombe Viaduct, which has been on my bucket list forever. Um, and you're listening to Queer Out Here. [More muddy steps, fading out.]
Here’s a peek of some of the sounds from Issue 05, reflecting how the world and our relationship with the outdoors has changed in 2020. The special, two-sided issue will be released soon.
You can find Queer Out Here on various podcatcher apps or go to www.queerouthere.com/listen/ to stream/download issues.
Transcript available via www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-05-preview Cover art (extract) by Emily Doyle.
We love this cheeky sweeper from Dru Marland setting off along the canal... If you fancy making your own sweeper for Queer Out Here, check our website: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetings
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[Morning birdsong of twitterings and a corvid, followed by quiet shuffling sounds]
Dru Marland here on my narrowboat on the Kennet and Avon canal, deep in a wooded valley to the south of Bath, where the morning tranquility is… [a loud warning buzzer/horn squeals, and an engine chugs to life - Dru continues shouting over the noise] … shattered by my Beta Marine diesel engine! Onwards and upwards, and full speed ahead for Queer Out Here!
Thanks to Nova for this sweeper, which they have sent in from Green-Wood Cemetery, NYC. A fascinating glimpse into an urban greenspace. For more info on how to create a greeting for us, check our website: https://www.queerouthere.com/greetings
TRANSCRIPT
[Quiet birdsong (northern cardinal and American robin), distant traffic and a faint car horn]
Hi. I’m Nova, a non-binary urban naturalist in New York City. I’m wandering the rolling hills of the highest point in Brooklyn, Green-Wood Cemetery. Not just a burying ground, Green-Wood is a vast arboretum of diverse trees mixed with historic gravestones, obelisks, mausolea and sarcophagi, collectively making for an idyllic environment to observe lichens - my favourite pastime! - and provide a temporary escape from urban lockdown in the era of COVID-19, remaining socially distant - well, from the living, at least! And you’re listening to Queer Out Here.
[Birdcalls, a distant bell, and even more distant sirens]
Remember those days when you could . . . go out? Come along with Aneurin (they/them) and Kermie (they/them) and meet some animal friends at Collingwood Children's Farm on Wurundjeri land, Melbourne, Australia. Special thanks to Fly the dog, pictured.
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[A gate opens on the sounds of a valley filled with birdsong, farm animals, faint voices, and a hint of cityscape]
Aneurin & Kermie: Hi! [Laughter]
Aneurin: I'm Aneurin -
Kermie: And I'm Kermie -
Aneurin: And that's Fly the dog, being very quiet. [People shuffle by] Oh, good girl, Fly. [Some sheep bleat. A pig snuffles up close, against a metal fence]
Kermie: Who's the pig?
Aneurin: Oh! The pig's name is Maybelle, according to the sign, on the paddock. [Maybelle huffs a few times]
Kermie: [whispering] Thank you, Maybelle.
Aneurin: And we are all at Collingwood Children's Farm. [Tapping on wooden fence. In the background a farmer calls, “Myrtle!”] And it's Queer Out Here.
[The farmer calls Myrtle again and whistles, a young child speaks in a similar rhythm to the farmer. The birdsong grows louder. Another bleat. A voice comes faintly over a walkie-talkie: “Hey Bridget, did you get the chance to have a look at…” Sound fades out and in.]
Kermie: I turned around and walked into a goat who was right behind me and was all snuggly. [Goat scratching sounds, interrupted by a lumpy, throaty sound] That was a goat swallow. [More goat scritching, fade out.]
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Thanks to Dan (he/him) for this creative - and obviously pre-lockdown! - sweeper.
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[Seagulls, voices of kids playing. When Dan speaks it sounds muffled and slightly echoey.]
This is Dan. I’m in a playground on the top of Galley Hill in Bexhill, talking to you through one of those weird tube communication things they have in playgrounds these days. And you are listening to Queer Out Here.
[The mic is withdrawn into the open air, gulls and other bird and child noises become sharper, clearer. Background traffic, slight wind. When Dan speaks again, he is close to the mic.]
Hello.
Visit https://www.queerouthere.com to listen to previous issues of Queer Out Here and see our calls for submissions.
How cool is this?! A sweeper from Queer Out Here Adventures (good name, right?)
TRANSCRIPT: [Multiple voices] Hi, we're in the Hope Valley! [Single voice] And we've just finished a seven-mile walk from Hope Station up to Hope Cross, and, 13 of us, and we're a queer hiking group called Queer Out Here Adventures. And you're listening to Queer Out Here.
Visit queerouthere.com to listen to previous issues of Queer Out Here and see our calls for submissions.
You can find Queer Out Here Adventures here: http://queerouthere.co.uk/
Another sweeper from Martha - thank you! Love to hear those parakeets of London.
TRANSCRIPT: [Footsteps crunching in leaves, birds screeching] Hello, this is Martha. I’m in Brockwell Park in London, surrounded by parakeets! And you’re listening to Queer Out Here. [More parakeet calls]
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Glimpse the places you’ll visit in Queer Out Here Issue 04. Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer/LGBTQIA+ perspectives - and Issue 04 is coming soon! You can find Queer Out Here on various podcatcher apps or go to www.queerouthere.com/listen/ to stream/download issues.
Transcript available: www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-04-preview Cover art (extract) by Ella: https://www.instagram.com/ellxamcd_art/
Thanks to Emma for this sweeper, recorded on her lunch break!
TRANSCRIPT: [Background sounds of traffic, wind, bells] Hi, I’m Emma and I’m escaping a stuffy library for a brisk walk around the harbour and some fresh air during my lunch hour! And you are listening to Queer Out Here.
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We love to hear everyday outdoors sounds as well as exceptional ones - here's one listener's walk home from work. Thanks for the sweeper, Martha! For more info on how to create a greeting for us, check our website: www.queerouthere.com/greetings
TRANSCRIPT: [Distant traffic, footsteps crunching in leaves, background voices.] Hello, um. This is Martha. I’m walking home right now, these are the sounds of my walk home. And this is Queer Out Here. [Birds (rooks?) call, sounds fade out.]
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Ross took a moment between blasts of autumn wind to record this sweeper for us. Thanks, Ross!
TRANSCRIPT: [The sound of wind] Hi, I’m Ross, out in the hills near Manchester. And you’re listening to Queer Out Here.
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It's lovely to hear from Emily and Jenny, who contributed a piece about their trip to Finland in an earlier issue.
TRANSCRIPT [Birds tweeting in the foreground and calling in the background, faint sound of a breeze maybe?] Emily: This is Emily. Jenny: And this is Jenny. Emily: And you’re listening to Queer Out Here. We’re on Yorta Yorta country, on the banks of the Murray River in Victoria, looking out over water embracing trees on a floodplain, covered in flies and surrounded by birds. [They both laugh quietly, birdsong fades out]
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Thanks to Abby, who recorded this sweeper for us while standing knee-deep in a Kentish river on a warm August weekend.
TRANSCRIPT: [Splashing sounds and faint voices in background] Hello, I’m Abby. I’m paddling about in a river by a pub in Kent, and you’re listening to Queer Out Here.
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A tantalising taste of what’s on the menu in Queer Out Here Issue 03. Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer/LGBTQIA+ perspectives - and Issue 03 is coming soon! You can find Queer Out Here on various podcatcher apps or go to www.queerouthere.com/listen/ to stream/download issues.
Transcript available: https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-03-preview Cover art (extract) by Dev Moore: https://www.instagram.com/nevernever.art/
Thanks so much to Gemma for this Spring greeting from a National Trust house.
TRANSCRIPT: [Birds tweeting, quiet footsteps.] Hi I’m Gemma, and I’m at Standen House, which is an arts and crafts house with William Morris designs in it. I’m in the gardens. [Faint, distant cheer.] And I’m listening to Queer Out Here. [More birds.]
Visit queerouthere.com to listen to previous issues and see our calls for submissions.
A sweeper from editor Jonathan and friends. And birds.
TRANSCRIPT Anna: I’m Anna. Dan: I’m Dan. Jonathan: I’m Jonathan. Jessica: I’m Jessica. Anna: We are on Horsenden Hill, near Perivale in London. [Sound of twittering birds] Anna: We are queer out here! [Everyone laughs]
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A big thanks to Gavin, who has sent us a sweeper from a beaver dam!
TRANSCRIPT: [Sound of running water] Well, that sound of rushing water you hear is not any old waterfall. It’s the sound of water rushing through a beaver dam at Ham Fen in Kent - which is Britain’s first beaver reintroduction programme. [More water sounds] And I’m all alone here. The beavers are probably tucked up in their lodge, being mostly nocturnal. My name’s Gavin, and you’re listening to Queer Out Here. [Water sounds fade out]
Find out more about Ham Fen here: https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/ham-fen-appeal
A greeting from Dan in the UK. Our first sweeper contribution for Issue 03!
TRANSCRIPT: [Faint sound of birds and wind] Hi, I’m Dan. I’m on a twelve and a half mile bike ride around Bewl Water in Kent, and you are listening to Queer Out Here.
This preview gives a taste of what’s to come in Queer Out Here Issue 02. Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer/LGBTQIA+ perspectives - and Issue 02 will be released soon! You can find Queer Out Here on various podcatcher apps or go to https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/ to stream/download issues.
Transcript for this preview available: https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-02-preview Cover artwork by Eris Barnes: http://sparkystar.tumblr.com/
Transcript: [Sounds of waves and seabirds] Hi, I’m Jessica, here on vacation from Canada at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, listening to the water at a shingle beach. And this is Queer Out Here.
Thanks to a few of the folks from the Rainbow Ramblers for this sweeper.
TRANSCRIPT: [multiple voices] We're the Rainbow Ramblers and you're listening to Queer Out Here
A greeting/sweeper from Emily near Melbourne - listen to those kookaburras go! Thanks, Emily.
TRANSCRIPT: [Sounds of kookaburras and footsteps] This is Emily. I’m in Australia, I’m just outside of Melbourne, um, at a Girl Guides camp. Ah, I’m Quartermaster, so right now all the girls have gone off to their activities and I’m doing the washing up after lunch. And it’s a hot day. I can hear the wind in the trees, I can hear little twitchy tweets of small birds, and I can also hear a bunch of kookaburras having a laugh-off, which seemed too perfect to not record. I hope you enjoyed it. You’re listening to Queer Out Here.
This preview features snippets from some of the pieces in Queer Out Here Issue 01. Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer/LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
Queer Out Here Issue 01: https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-01 Transcript for this preview available: https://www.queerouthere.com/listen/issue-01-preview Artwork by Emma Charleston: http://www.emmacharleston.co.uk
A greeting/sweeper from Sam in Melbourne, with some spooky pigeon noises and faint electronic music in the background. Thanks, Sam!
Transcript: "Hello, ah, my name is Sam, I live in Melbourne, Australia. Today, I walked the city with my friend Hannah and even though it was a city we saw, I, I still think of it as, in many ways, the great outdoors, for various reasons. And we walked the Yarra River. And I’m looking at my pedometer and we walked twenty one thousand, six hundred and ninety three [21,693] steps today . . . And you’re listening to Queer Out Here."
A greeting recorded for Queer Out Here audio zine at Drielandenpunt (Three Country Point), where Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet. International!
TRANSCRIPT:
J: Hi, I’m Jonathan - P: I’m Peter - D: I’m Dan - P: And we’re at the Drielandenpunt in Vaals. J: And we are now in Germany [shuffling noises], and now in the Netherlands [shuffling noises, laughter], and now we’re in Belgium... D: And you’re listening to Queer Out Here. J: Woohoo!
A greeting/sweeper from Emma for our audio zine - thanks, Emma!
Transcript: "Hi there, my name’s Emma. I’m on top of the Cam Long Down ridge in the beautiful Cotswolds, and I’m queer out here!"
A greeting/sweeper from Ruth, on a walk in East Sussex. Thanks, Ruth!
Transcript: "Hi, I’m Ruth, and I’m on a beautiful walk near Burwash - and you’re listening to Queer Out Here."
Our first greeting/sweeper for Queer Out Here - thanks, Gary!
Transcript: "Hi, I’m Gary, and here we are in the middle of the woods somewhere, with the Rainbow Alliance walk - monthly walk - um, and we are on our five mile walk, I think it is, and, ah, you’re listening to Queer Out Here."
Queer Out Here is an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer perspectives.
Are you queer or LGBTQIA+? Do you love spending time outdoors? We want to hear from you! We're collecting all kinds of interesting outdoors-related sound pieces to add to the mix for the first issue of Queer Out Here. Find out more https://www.queerouthere.com/
Transcript: [Sound of footsteps in dry leaf litter and grass, wind in leaves] Jonathan: Hi! I’m Jonathan - Allysse: - and I’m Allysse. J: - and we’ve just been walking around the Cheddar Gorge in south west England. A: And we’d like to invite you to contribute to our new audio zine, Queer Out Here. J: Queer Out Here will be an audio zine that explores the outdoors from queer perspectives. A: So, please send us your audio pieces - J: - stories, soundscapes, poetry, music, whatever you’ve got - A: - anything from thirty seconds to ten minutes. J: And if you’d like a little bit more information, please visit our website, queerouthere.com A: So that’s Queer Out Here dot com, q u e e r o u t h e r e .com J: Thank you! A: Thank you! [Sound of footsteps walking away]