We Want the Airwaves - Best of 2013

It’s been an amazing year, and I’m so grateful I’ve gotten to talk to so many incredible queer and trans artists of color. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the podcast this year (in no particular order). Thank you Terra Mikalson and Jessica Glennon-Zukoff for helping me pick the quotes!

Track list:

1.) Ryka Aoki on the master’s tools

2.) Virgie Tovar on grad school

3.) Micia Mosely on social justice comedy

4.) Magnoliah Black on popular media

5.) Julio Salgado on dating a gay Latino Republican

6.) Yosimar Reyes on almost getting deported

7.) Tyler Holmes of Daddie$ Plastik on “drag”

8.) Love Corazon on why she wrote Trauma Queen

9.) Fabian Romero on how art aids survival

10.) Miss Persia on colorism

11.) Van Binfa on loving his trans* body

12.) Nick Mwaluko on growing up gay in East Africa

13.) Kiam Marcelo Junio on Asian invisibility

14.) Toasted Marshmallows on having biracial butts

15.) J Mase III on growing up gay in a Muslim/Christian household

16.) Karinda Dobbins on race and politics in stand-up comedy

17.) Juba Kalamka on racism in the queer community

18.) Kim Tillman on being a starving artist