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

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