Let’s Be Queer in Public with Aaron Greiner

🎙️ Welcome to Queer for Cities! Join your host, Joshua Croke, for a dynamic dive into the intersections of queer identity, urban planning, and public space with special guest Aaron Greiner. Aaron is an innovative urban designer dedicated to crafting more inclusive cities, and he's here to share his insights on how queer urbanism benefits everyone.

In This Episode:

🌈 Introduction to Queer for Cities:

• Mission: Making queer a joyful norm and creating equity-centered, liberated communities.
• The importance of allyship and foundational concepts like equity and intersectionality.
• Land and labor acknowledgments honoring the Nipmuc people and enslaved workers whose labor built the nation.

🎨 Meet Aaron Greiner:

• Aaron's journey from engineering to urban design, sparked by his studies in Copenhagen.
• Founding CultureHouse and Fruit Stand to reimagine urban spaces and foster queer-inclusive events.

🏙️ Queer Urbanism and Public Space:

• The pivotal role of decision-makers in urban planning and its impact on city design.
• How heterosexist perspectives shape our cities and public spaces.
• The need to center identity and adaptability in urban design to create truly inclusive spaces.

🚦 Safety, Comfort, and Expression:

• Exploring the intersection of safety and public space for queer people.
• Highlighting inclusive spaces like Provincetown and their role in enhancing queer visibility and safety.
• The profound significance of experiencing and expressing queerness in public.

🏳️‍🌈 Challenges and Opportunities:

• The decline of traditional queer spaces like gay bars and the rise of inclusive queer events.
• Strategies for building more queer-inclusive spaces by prioritizing marginalized communities.

Get ready for a thought-provoking and energizing conversation that unpacks the essence of queer urbanism and the transformative power of inclusive city planning. Tune in now to discover how we can build cities that celebrate and uplift queer identities, making them better for everyone.

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Host: Joshua Croke, Queer For Cities

Guest: Aaron Greiner, Urban Planner, Founder at CultureHouse, Co-founder of FruitStand

You can listen to Queer For Cities loud and queer wherever you get your podcasts and on WICN 90.5 FM, Worcester’s only NPR affiliate station. Tune in on Wednesdays at 6 PM and Sundays at 11 PM and find us at QueerForCities.com. Queer For Cities is created and hosted by Joshua Croke. Our Assistant Producer is Jack Tripp. Our Audio Engineer & Music Producer is Giuliano D’Orazio.

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