by Sarah Formica
My podcast discusses On Our Backs, a lesbian erotica magazine from the 80s-00s, and The Lesbian Sex Special, a controversial radio special from Australian radio station 2SER’s show Gaywaves. Through this lens, I discuss censorship of queer media and the homophobic and anti-sex ideologies that lay behind the suppression of queer resource. The podcast includes audio clips from an interview with Prue Borthwick, one of the creators of The Lesbian Sex Special, and is in conversation with essays, articles, and exhibitions including: “The Right To “Take Part In Cultural Life” & Censorship Of Queer Media” by Megan Young-Schlee, “Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine” by the Cornell University Library, and “Re-Sourcing Queer Subjectivities: Sexual Identity And Lesbian/Gay Print Media” by Rob Cover.
