Issue 08 Preview

Our long-awaited Issue 10 is here, and it’s a two-parter. Side A explores themes of liminality: the betweenness of times and spaces, ways we merge with the more-than-human world, moments of pause and flux in our lives and identities. Many of these pieces gesture towards the future, which we hope you enjoy as we say goodbye to Queer Out Here (at least for a little while) with this issue. So now, as always, take your ears adventuring!

Before we go on indefinite hiatus, we have a two parter for you! Here's a taste of the stories, music, poetry and more, coming soon.

Submissions are open for Issue 10, and we've extended the deadline to 1 August 2025

Responding to the theme of Climate, the pieces in this issue speak of weeds and wandering, bugs and birds, power cuts and public sex. OK, that last one isn’t entirely climate related! There are also conversations about rivers, transitions, walking, cities, woods and oceans and various perspectives on queer ecology. Take your ears adventuring…

Our next issue is broadly (but not exclusively!) on the theme of climate. Here's a taster.

Welcome to a rich audio world that spans continents, species, genres and geological eras. With firework-studded skies, creepy streetscapes and remote mountains, travels by bike, jeep, foot and imagination, and connections through music, meditation, the natural world and community joy, there’s something for everyone in Queer Out Here Issue 08.

Follow our contributors on nocturnal walks, over icy mountains, along lines of song, through living rivers and into the deep sea.

A mixtape of queer, outdoorsy excerpts from other shows, channels and albums that we like. You’ll find alpaca, sheep and veg farmers, literature analysis, politics, hiking, nature sounds, filmmaking and music to take your ears on new adventures. We hope you enjoy these snippets and take the chance to go and listen to the originals - follow the links in the show notes on our website - queerouthere.com

Allysse and Jonathan talk a little bit about what's to come in Issue 07. For a transcript and more information, visit queerouthere.com

The story of Issue 06 grows out of the interplays of internal/external, anticipation/reality, history/present, between what we want and what we feel able or allowed to do. Together, the pieces describe ways of moving towards being present in the outdoors.