2025 Breaking Barriers
Congratulations –
CFUV - Queer Histories and Futures (Matilde Cervantes and Nicola Watts)
"There is no pride for some of us without liberation for all of us" (Marsha P. Johnson), quotes Matty, one-half of the Queer Histories hosts. Queer Histories and Futures is a platform that invites us to remember and build from our unique histories, leading toward a joint future led by liberation and freedom for not only queer folks but all. Through the facilitation of intergenerational and intersectional community connections in the forms of radio storytelling Queer Histories welcomes space for all forms of queerness.
Queer Histories ideology of queerness best aligns with Bell Hooks's idea that "Queer" not as being about who you're having sex with (although that can be a dimension of it); but "queer" as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live." Queer Histories and Futures explore the varied elements of queerness through the medium of radio. What you will find within these ten minutes is conversations surrounding queer storytelling in country music to queer world building.
Initially, the project was set to run from September 2024 to December 2024, however Matty and Nicola saw beyond that and saw a need within the community and decided to continue the radio broadcast to this day. Thank you for considering Queer Histories and Futures for this potential award, and I am overjoyed to share the team’s hard work with the National Campus and Radio Association.
Featuring:
Artist - Track [Album]
K!MMORTAL - i like what i like [Showbox]
Big Thief - Born For Loving You [Vampire Empire/Born For Loving You]
K!MMORTAL - Love [Showbox]
Elise Leblanc - Danced in The Kitchen [The Fiddle & The Fire]
Elise Leblanc - Far Better Things [The Fiddle & The Fire]
Check out the award-winning submission: