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Q4Q: Queer Personals Podcast
Let's get personal! Since the dawn of time, humans have been desperate for connection. Then we realized we could solicit strangers through the Sunday paper. You’ve heard of Craigslist personals, just imagine the pining and thirst from lonely queers searching for love. Listen as we read and rate personal ads from the ‘70s through 2000s! If you love gay yearning, you’ll love Q4Q! Be on the show: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8dOqRD6JF00L1fzyu8kXbBM58Z19ZlOs1aGeRv1usobmIDg/viewform
Q4Q: Queer Personals Podcast
Collecting [Queer] Personal Ads
This week, Haley geeks out with fellow personal ad aficionado and collector, Dan of @LongLostPersonals. His Instagram account contains hundreds of unique, sexy, and sometimes bizarre personal ads across the decades. Learn about the coded language men used to meet other men in the 1940s, and experience the dirtiest ad Dan has ever seen (so far).
Listen to us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your tunes! Don’t forget to follow Dan @Longlostpersonals
Interested in being on the show? Contact us at Q4QPodcast@gmail.com or find us on Twitter @Queerpersonals and Instagram @Queerpersonalspodcast.
Music strummed by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich.
Sources:
- The Link, 1920.
- Hobby Directory, 1948.
- Hobby Directory, 1948.
- The Girlfriend and the Boyfriend, 1951.
- Southern Voice, April 21 and 27, 1994. Digital Library of Georgia.
- The Providence Phoenix, 1994.
- Outweek, 31 July 1989.
- Philadelphia Gay News, December 1976. JStor, Reveal Digital
- Philadelphia Gay News, 30 April 1982. JStor, Reveal Digital
- Skins, c. 1990s.
