Love

I’m Chase, a 28-year-old Black gay brudda from London, and I’m focusing on love. For my episode I’ve picked stories about the love of queer icons, the love of drag and how it can create community, and navigating love in London. I hope you get something from it. Listen out for Roberto sharing his childhood love of Mexican singer Juan Gabriel, Robert aka drag queen Polka Dot talking about creating the Slav4U drag collective, and Stanley and José discussing looking for love and sex in London as queer men. If you’re a young person experiencing homelessness of any kind, or want to help someone who is, there’s a charity called DEPAUL. They offer emergency accommodation through their service called Nightstop, which I used when I was 17, and I appreciate it a lot. You can find a transcript of this episode in pdf and text here. Queer Roots and Routes is produced for The Love Tank by Aunt Nell Produced, edited and engineered by: Tash Walker and Adam Zmith Assistant producers: Saaqib Afzal José Carlos Mejia Amardeep Singh Dhillon Chase Edwards Stanley Iyanu and Rad Konieczny Creative design and artwork by: Richard Kahwagi Music by Edoy Recorded at Pirate Studios in Dalston and Hackney Wick, east London Executive producers: Marc Thompson and Dale Taylor-Gentles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.