<p>For much of history, queer lives were criminalized, and what survives of us is too often filtered through police files and court records; stories told by those who sought to erase us. But every so often, a different kind of record survives: a story the community protected; a story someone loved enough to keep alive. Charles McDonell's is one of those rare stories. His life was captured not by the state, but by queer hands: poets, lovers, and friends who refused to let him disappear. This is a tale of forbidden queer love in the mud-soaked trenches of the Great War… of a soldier who found tenderness in the unlikeliest place, and the grief and trauma that followed him home like a shadow.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/suicide-prevention.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Regional Mental Health Resources</a>.</p><p>Download our <a href="https://linkly.link/2jigK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discussion Questions</a>.</p><br><p><em>Lavender Ranks</em> explores queer life during the First World War and contains frank discussions of war, discrimination, repression, sexuality, and historical violence. Listener discretion is advised.</p><br><p>Written by Emily Gioskos</p><p>Hosts Emily Gioskos &amp; Karbon</p><p>Executive Producer Ryan Barnett</p><p>Edited by Sonia Gemmiti</p><p>Series consultant Sarah Worthman</p><p>Illustration by <a href="https://www.henryfongdesign.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henry Fong</a></p><p>Additional Research Dr. Sarafina Pagnotta</p><p>Featuring original interviews with Sarah Worthman, Mitchell LaFramboise, Cameron Telch, Andrea McKenzie, and Martine Roy.</p><br><p>An original production of Knockabout Media</p><p>This podcast was made possible thanks to funding from Veterans Affairs Canada’s Commemorative Partnership Program.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>