This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the NPS LGBTQ+ Heritage Survey! Our topics include America’s queer places and spaces, trans history, intersectionality, gay rodeos, and more! A second part, recorded by Nic and Ole will be uploaded soon!

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This Episode’s Hosts:

Bears (she/her)

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Episode description by Ellory

More Information:

About the study (03:38)

Why the NPS? (10:09)

Chapter 1, Prologue: Why LGBTQ Historic Sites Matter (13:27)

Place and Identity (20:51)

Chapter 10, Transgender History in the US and the Places that Matter (26:58)

Public Universal Friend (32:33)

Queer Riots and Protests (41:32)

Chapter 7, A Note About Intersectionality (50:48)

How we categorize history (1:03:35)

Chapter 14, LGBTQ Places and Spaces (1:15:20)

Cities, Suburbs, and Rural communities (1:20:36)

Baseball (1:24:33)

Book recs (1:30:54)

Chapter 28, Queerest Little City in the World: LGBTQ Reno (1:38:09)

Shout Outs

National Park Service Heritage Initiative: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/index.htm

Queering the Map: https://www.queeringthemap.com/

Brace Space Alliance: https://bravespacealliance.org/

Texas Trans Kids: https://txtranskids.org/

Aids Outreach Center: https://aoc.org/

Out History: https://outhistory.org/

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