Screen Door Queers: Appalachian Storytelling
Stories about queer activists and creators in Appalachia by queers in Appalachia.
Screen Door Queers: Appalachian Storytelling
Latest Episodes
Interview with Old-Time Musician August Bass
August Bass discusses growing up around old-time music and finding a sense of belonging as a queer musician within a traditionally older, predominantly straight, and male musical community.Bass grew up playing and listening to old...
Interview with Independent Filmmaker Andie Morgenlander
In this episode, Filmmaker Andie Morgenlander talks about creating queer stories rooted in Appalachia and the South. Andie reflects on their journey to independent filmmaking, the importance of authentic representation, and their debut feature ...
Interview with Trailblazing Community Organizer BK
In this episode of Screen Door Queers, we sit down with BK, a longtime activist and community organizer whose decades of advocacy have helped shape Western North Carolina's LGBTQ+ landscape. From arriving in Asheville at the turn of th...
Interview with Musician and Drag Artist Flamy Grant
In this episode of Screen Door Queers, we sit down with Asheville musician, songwriter, drag artist, and spiritual storyteller Flamy Grant. It explores Flamy’s journey from a conservative evangelical upbringing in Western North Carolin...
Interview with Author and Poet Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.
In this episode of Screen Door Queers, Writer Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. speaks of the importance of visibly queer teachers, storytelling as survival, growing up queer in Appalachia, and so much more. The episode i...