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Kūʻiʻolani Cotchay
Country Queers
English - December 28, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBHistory Society & Culture lgbtqia countryqueers oralhistory peopleshistory queer queeroralhistory ruralmedia ruralqueers smalltownqueers Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Kūʻiʻolani (she/they) is a queer, mixed-Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) living in their ancestral lands in Mākaha, Hawaiʻi. She is an educator, learning experience designer, musician/creative and plant person. In this episode Miguel Mendías interviews Kūʻiʻolani about Hawaiian history, lands, language, color theory, queerness, colonization, belonging, being of mixed Indigenous ancestry, and living in highly-gentrified, highly trafficked tourist destinations.
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For this episode we're asking folks who are able to support a gofundme that Kūʻiʻolani and their friend Kahele have launched to create a māhū* (nonbinary, trans) led project in Hawaiʻi. They write: "Primarily, this project aims to house QTBIPOC community and repair relationship to land, especially for Kanaka Maoli, Indigenous, and Black relatives. Secondary to this objective, is a focus on creative endeavors, both traditional and contemporary. In general, it is the continuation of ancestral practices alongside new media, arts, and music."
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To learn more about this collaboratively produced 2nd season check out our websites at www.countryqueers.com and www.weareoutintheopen.org
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Created and produced by Miguel Mendías, with support from HB Lozito from Out in the Open, and Rae Garringer of Country Queers.
Sound Design by Hideo Higashibaba. Audio editor: Rae Garringer
Editorial advisory dream team: Hermelinda Cortés, Lewis Raven Wallace, and Sharon P. Holland
Music by Tommy Anderson and Podington Bear.
Ambient recordings by Kūʻiʻolani Cotchay.