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Traveling Parties: A Queer Chicago Culture Of Partying As Resistance
FromCurious City
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The history of traveling queer parties in Chicago is rooted in exclusion and racism. This week, we spoke with Pat McCombs and Vera Washington — longtime organizers of Executive Sweet, a traveling party focused on Black lesbians that got its start in the 1980s. We also talked with Tori and Jae Rice of smallWORLD Collective, a group that organizes events today — and learned how queer Black organizers have been at the forefront of traveling parties in Chicago.
Released:
Aug 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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