Queers Past
door She Shapes History
Episode 7: Beats, Media & the Law
Over deze podcast
Welcome to Queers Past, the podcast spilling the tea on Canberra’s hidden queer history. Join Zev Aviv—activist, artist, and your friendly queer guide—as we explore iconic and overlooked LGBTQIA+ sites around the capital.
Each episode explores a mix of iconic and lesser-known LGBTQIA+ sites, revealing that queer people have always been integral to our city’s story, shaping history on both local and national levels. From clandestine meeting spots to pioneering activist groups, Queers Past brings you the incredible untold history of the ‘gAyCT’. It's the guide to queer history you never knew you needed.
Queers Past is proudly supported by funding from the ACT Government's Office of LGBTIQA+ Affairs as part of the Capital of Equality Grants Program.
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Afleveringen
- Episode 7: Beats, Media & the Law · 40 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 7In the season finale of Queers Past, host Zev Aviv explores how queer spaces, media, and legal battles have shaped Canberra’s LGBTQIA+ history. We visit iconic beats like Haig…
- Episode 6: Finding Your Local · 20 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 6In Episode 6 of Queers Past, host Zev Aviv takes us on a stroll through some of Canberra’s most iconic queer-friendly spaces—from legendary cafés like Tilly’s Divine Café and…
- Episode 5: From Star Signs to Social Change at PANDA and Quirk · 32 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 5In Episode 5 of Queers Past, Zev takes you into the vibrant world of PANDA and Quirk—two trailblazing queer publications that shaped 1990s Canberra. These scrappy, volunteer-run…
- Episode 4: Climbing the Stairway to Heaven · 21 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 4Step into Canberra’s queer nightlife of the 1990s. In this episode, Zev takes us straight to Heaven—a queer-owned nightclub that became the heart of LGBTQIA+ nightlife during the…
- Episode 3: The Meridian Club, AIDS Action, and Growing a Queer Community · 31 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 3In episode three of Queers Past, Zev takes you back to Braddon in the 1980s, a time when car yards and mechanics dominated the streets, and Canberra’s longest-running gay and…
- Episode 2: Hostels, Kamp Men, and a Whole Lot of Lesbians · 23 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 2In episode two of Queers Past, your host Zev takes you on a journey through Canberra’s inner city to explore what life was like for gay and bisexual men and women from the 1930s…
- Episode 1: Welcome to the gAyCT · 20 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 1Welcome to Queers Past by She Shapes History, a podcast uncovering the stories of LGBTQIA+ Canberrans. In this first episode, your host Zev (they/them) warmly welcomes you to The…
- Trailer: Queers Past · 1 min · Seizoen 1Welcome to Season 1 of Queers Past, the podcast that unearths the rich, untold LGBTQIA+ history of Canberra. Join Zev Aviv—activist, artist, and your friendly queer guide—as we…
