This is a show about individual experience and personal identity.

There may be times when folks use identifying words or phrases that don't feel right to you.

That's part of what we're exploring here.

Please listen with an open heart, and as always, I welcome your polite, engaged feedback,

and I encourage you to continue the conversation in your own life and with your own community.

Welcome to Query.

Hey Quero's editor Valerie here.

You're hearing my voice this week because we had, I think, three different tech issues this week.

We lost a track to a tech issue.

We had Cameron's mic suddenly switched to her computer's built-in mic halfway through

for some reason, and we have a surprise visitor, which I think you'll enjoy.

But we're making it work, we're getting through it.

Anyway, thanks in advance for bearing with us, and it's worth it, because we have a great

episode with Charlie Sprinkman, the founder of Everywhere's Queer.

They tell us all about their work, making a directory of queer-owned businesses all over the country.

It's a really great chat, so here's Cameron and Charlie.

Joy the episode.

So I always have folks introduce themselves.

Yeah.

Would you introduce yourself?

Yeah.

Hi, everyone.

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