Queering Death
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA podcast about the often taboo subjects of death, grief, loss, and spirituality from the justice and liberation approach and perspective of a trans and two-spirit Indigenous Muisca/Jewish death walker as well as their trans and gender expansive guests. Here we get comfortable on the virtual couch, creating a brave space for intersections of mortality, afterlife, ritual, cultural practices, and meaning making involved in loss in life and loss of life. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/queeringdeath/support
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Episodes
Season 2 - Episode 2: Intersections of Grief & Pleasure with Sydney aka @sexysoupdumplings
April 26, 2022 22:50 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBWhat happens when you sit down with a Sydney? You get a discussion on the intersections of grief and pleasure, on releasing expectations, and on what it means to walk a polyamorous life even in loss. About Sydney: Sydney Rae Chin (they/she) is a Queer polyamorous non-monogamy sex educator and writer based in what is colonially known as Philadelphia. Their IG handle sexysoupdumplings is a hub for educational content and peer support geared towards non-monogamous people of color. Her degre...
Season 2 - Episode 1: You Lose Some, You Gain Some
April 26, 2022 18:27 - 5 minutes - 5.3 MBWelcome to Season Two of The Queering Death Podcast where we are dedicated to the stories and lived experiences of queer and trans people at the intersections of grief, loss, shadowless, death, and end of life. Our lens here is justice and liberation. When we sit down on the virtual couch, our brave space is one of personal sovereignty and a willingness to reframe as well as have empathy and compassion for the views that may be different than our own. My name is Ori. I am your two spirit a...
The Lost Episodes: Episode 11 w/ Bunny
December 30, 2021 19:51 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBAs we move into a new format for this podcast, we were able to dig up 4 episodes that were "lost." These episodes follow the old format and are incredibly enlightening. On this episode we speak with Bunny. Bunny is a disabled combat veteran who has traversed the journey of twin loss as well as the the grief and death that confronts those who enlist. 2021 brought a reckoning with Bunny's identity as a half-Japanese and gender expansive human being. --- This episode is sponsored by · An...
The Lost Episodes: Episode 10 w/ Leah aka @bemoreboozeless
December 30, 2021 17:43 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBAs we move into a new format for this podcast, we were able to dig up 4 episodes that were "lost." These episodes follow the old format and are incredibly enlightening. On this episode we speak with Leah. Leah is a special guest because I was Leah's family death doula during the pandemic due to the illness and death of her mother. Leah is a sober spiritual mentor who is also a psychic medium. She is a gentle soul with a big heart, moving through healing. Leah's philosophy and message as a...
The Lost Episodes: Episode 9 w/ James aka Odinsbrujx
December 13, 2021 21:01 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBAs we move into a new format for this podcast, we were able to dig up 4 episodes that were "lost." These episodes follow the old format and are incredibly enlightening. On this episode we speak with James. James and I formed a bond over Instagram after finding out we both were Indigenous, Two Spirit, and of Romani descent. James Bio: James is an indigenous, two-spirit artist who is dedicated to healing practices that center their community. As a witch, James’ central question is: What is...
The Lost Episodes: Episode 9 w/ James
December 13, 2021 21:01 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBAs we move into a new format for this podcast, we were able to dig up 4 episodes that were "lost." These episodes follow the old format and are incredibly enlightening. On this episode we speak with James. James and I formed a bond over Instagram after finding out we both were Indigenous, Two Spirit, and of Romani descent. James Bio: James is an indigenous, two-spirit artist who is dedicated to healing practices that center their community. As a witch, James’ central question is: What is...
The Lost Episodes: Episode 8 w/ Vanessa Carlisle
November 26, 2021 00:30 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBAs we move into a new format for this podcast, we were able to dig up 4 episodes that were "lost." These episodes follow the old format and are incredibly enlightening. On this episode we speak with Vanessa, an incredible human being who advocates for end of life care and sex workers. Vanessa's Bio: Vanessa Carlisle (she/they) holds a PhD in Creative Writing, Literature and Gender Studies. Vanessa is the author of novels Take Me With You (2021) and A Crack in Everything (2010), as well ...
Episode 7: Ask A Queer Death Worker With Tracey Walker
July 12, 2021 18:07 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBOn this episode we sit down with queer death worker and advanced directive specialist, Tracey Walker, who serves the queer community and beyond, helping us sort through the inevitable yet protective paperwork to make sure our wishes, as queer and trans people, are carried out in end of life. This episode is for everyone and dives into the power of pre-planning and having an advocate by your side to companion you through what may seem like a daunting and even taboo task. Tracey Walker is a...
Episode 6: Father's Day With Zaya
June 20, 2021 20:43 - 38 minutes - 36 MBZaya, a young gay Black man full of positivity and light, joins us for a special Father's Day episode where we discuss everything from what it was like to discovery his biological father and the aftermath of losing him again. Zaya also reveals a very special figure in his life who loves him and accepts him as just Zaya. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/queeringdeath/support
Episode 5: Taina's Lost & Found
June 14, 2021 19:39 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBWhat happens when you find what you never knew you had lost? What happens when that finding is coupled with the finding of self and the realization you may have lost years to explore who you were as a Queer human being? This is Taina's story of lifting the veil on hidden truths. These truths would ultimately set her free and give her an incredible way to reframe family and identity through the lens of grief. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. h...
Episode 4: Josué's Media Medicine
June 06, 2021 19:07 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBThis is a special episode for me as your host. I met Josué at a two-spirit pow wow this past year. That pow wow was a spiritually awakening and grounding event filled with so much medicine. The exact kind of medicine we talk about in this episode. Medicine that allows us as queer folk to move through a world that is often hostile, systems that seek to marginalize, and people who only desire a binary understanding of a world that has never been binary until colonization. And medicine that cre...
Episode 3: Felicia's Legacy
May 30, 2021 09:35 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBFor this episode, we sit down with Felicia, a well-known artist. Felicia is also a respected activist and advocate as a Trans woman of color and a queer Romani woman. We discuss the many losses that occur throughout a lifetime as a queer and trans person and how Felicia was able to transform those losses versus internalizing them by pursuing art, thus creating a legacy for herself and paving the way for others within the community to do the same. --- This episode is sponsored by · Ancho...
Episode 2: The Story of "O"
May 23, 2021 03:20 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBIn this episode we sit down with a queer death companion known to us simply as "O." O weaves a story of shadow loss, or the loss that occurs in life. Shadow loss, often not recognized because there is no body to bury or human to mourn, is an all too familiar form of loss in the LGBTQIA2S+ community. It occurs in almost every facet, including the loss of friends and family when coming out. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/ap...
Episode 1: Meet Ori
May 23, 2021 02:42 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBMeet our host, Ori. Ori is a trans two-spirit multi-racial, ethnic, and cultural human being. In this episode they reveal moments of grief connected with an inauthentic self in childhood and what it felt like to rip the doors off the proverbial closet as a queer and trans person. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/queeringdeath/support