Queer Collective Podcast

Queer Collective

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The Queer Collective Podcast is a bi-weekly queer podcast that takes a deep-dive into every subgroup of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Co-hosts Emily and Karbon, the dynamic duo navigating their own relationships and gender identities, invite guests to provide detailed perspectives on a specific topic. Whether you're interested in bisexuality, queer sex-ed, compulsory heterosexuality, or any facet of LGBTQ+ life, we cover it all with a unique blend of casual conversation and deep journalism. For advertising opportunities please email [email protected]

Recent Episodes

OCT 1, 2026
Can You Stay Friends With an Ex Without Getting Hurt?
Try Grow Therapy: https://growtherapy.yt.link/SRQ2Sj7! Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Beducated code: code QUEERCOLLECTIVE for 50% off your order https://beducate.me/queercollective TomboyX code: code QUEER15 for 15% off your order https://tomboyx.com/ Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective After six years together, living together, building a business and opening our relationship, we broke up… and somehow stayed friends. Two years later, we’re finally unpacking what that actually took. With psychotherapist Jennifer Hanson, we get into why queer people keep their exes so close, when friendship is worth fighting for, when it keeps you stuck, jealousy, new partners, no-contact, boundaries, and the messy process of learning to love someone differently. CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 00:00 We Dated for 6 Years… Now We’re Friends 01:44 Why Queer People Stay Friends With Their Exes 05:00 Should You Actually Stay Friends With Your Ex? 08:59 When Is an Ex Worth Keeping in Your Life? 11:45 When You Should NEVER Stay Friends With an Ex 12:10 What If Your Ex Doesn’t Want to Be Friends? 18:18 How Do You Actually Become Friends With an Ex? 19:57 The Boundaries You Need After a Breakup 23:58 Why Am I Jealous If I Don’t Want Them Back? 29:00 Are Non-Monogamous People Better at Breakups? 38:11 Sharing Friends When Your Ex Starts Dating Again 48:17 Do You Need No Contact After a Breakup? 52:30 How We Broke Up While Still Living Together 55:05 The Problem With Hoping You’ll Get Back Together 57:13 Should You EVER Hook Up With an Ex?
67 MIN
SEP 3, 2026
Extreme Skinny Is Back… and It’s Terrifying
Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Beducated: https://beduc.at/pd2633-queercollective TomboyX code: code QUEER15 for 15% off your order https://tomboyx.com/ Watch In The Closet: https://youtu.be/MO6d8iz8Pn4?si=MnGNx4VA7kpyyDuu Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective Thin is back. Ozempic bodies, heroin chic nostalgia, shrinking celebrities, and suddenly the body positivity era feels like a fever dream. We’re revisiting one of our favourite conversations with artist and body liberation advocate Jennarie to unpack what fatphobia actually does to us, why thin privilege is so invisible, and how diet culture keeps turning our insecurity into profit. Because you can’t heal your relationship with your body while still being terrified of looking fat. CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 0:00 Thin Is Back, and That Should Scare Us 1:09 Body Liberation Is Bigger Than Body Positivity 4:03 Growing Up Terrified of Being Fat 12:14 Why Fat People Aren’t Allowed to Be Desirable 20:32 Ads 23:17 Who Decided Thin = Attractive? 27:49 When Doctors Blame Everything on Your Weight 36:31 Why “Just Go to the Gym” Is Bullshit 44:25 What Fat Allyship Actually Looks Like 49:12 Ads 51:37 Why Plus-Size Shopping Is a Different Reality 60:15 Why Are We So Afraid of Looking Fat? 64:09 “You Don’t Look Fat” Isn’t a Compliment 67:14 The Fatphobia You Don’t Know You Have 72:30 Ozempic, Heroin Chic & Why Thin Is Back 75:19 How Do We Actually Find Fat Joy?
80 MIN
AUG 6, 2026
Dating Wasn’t Built for Neurodivergent People
FREE TOYS OR GIFT CARDS FOR TOYS! Everyone who signs up to our giveaway with @bellesaco wins something! https://www.shopbboutique.co/vibe/queercollective-yt Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective Beducated: https://beduc.at/pd2631-queercollective TomboyX code: code QUEER15 for 15% off your order https://tomboyx.com/ Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Watch In The Closet: https://youtu.be/MO6d8iz8Pn4?si=MnGNx4VA7kpyyDuu Your crush takes three hours to text back, and suddenly your brain has written, directed and cancelled the entire relationship. We’re unpacking queer neurodivergent dating, sex and intimacy with psychotherapist Frankie Talon Rose: rejection sensitivity, limerence, masking, sensory overload, autistic flirting, kink, consent and the ADHD brain thinking about laundry mid-hookup. From AuDHD dating chaos to shutdowns in long-term relationships, this is a practical, spicy guide to building love around the brain you actually have, not the neurotypical fantasy you were handed. Direct communication has never been hotter. CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 00:00 Why Queer People Are More Likely to Be Autistic 02:26 Autism Self-Diagnosis vs. Formal Diagnosis 04:52 How Autism–Trans Research Gets Weaponized 06:24 What Is AuDHD? Autism + ADHD Explained 12:00 Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria in Dating 19:59 Limerence, Hyperfixation & Obsessive Crushes 26:31 Autistic Flirting & the Double Empathy Problem 32:21 Sensory Overload on First Dates 37:41 Masking and Unmasking in Relationships 41:53 Autistic Meltdowns: How Partners Can Help 46:11 ADHD, Hypersexuality & Sexual Impulsivity 50:00 Why ADHD Brains Get Distracted During Sex 55:12 Autism, Kink & Sensory Needs in Bed 59:52 AAC and Nonverbal Consent During Sex 1:03:37 Neurodivergent Shame, Sex & Self-Acceptance
67 MIN
JUL 16, 2026
The Struggle of Being Aromantic in a Love-Obsessed World
Beducated: https://beduc.at/pd2631-queercollective TomboyX code: code QUEER15 for 15% off your order https://tomboyx.com/ Download FEELD: https://feeld.onelink.me/TRZt/queer Watch In The Closet: https://youtu.be/MO6d8iz8Pn4?si=MnGNx4VA7kpyyDuu Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective We’re unpacking aromanticism. What if the person everyone calls cold, avoidant, or emotionally unavailable simply doesn’t experience romantic attraction? We’re tracing the misunderstood world of aromanticism; From the rise of the aro label and the pressure of amatonormativity to the myths that confuse aromantic people with trauma, autism, asexuality, or commitment issues. We’re also asking the gay little question society hates most: can intimacy, partnership, and sex exist without romance? CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 00:00 Aromantic or Emotionally Unavailable? 01:26 What Does Aromantic Mean? 05:54 Sex Without Romance 13:30 What Falling in Love Feels Like 19:20 Am I Aromantic? 35:05 Aromantic vs. Asexual 39:17 The Aromantic Spectrum 47:28 What Is Amatonormativity? 51:34 Marriage Before Romantic Love 57:44 Aromantic People in History 1:06:15 How Aromanticism Got Its Name 1:14:26 Does “Love Is Love” Exclude Aros? 1:20:52 Aromantic Myths 1:35:15 Allo-Aro or Fuckboy? 1:42:14 Why Aromantics Aren’t Taken Seriously
104 MIN