ICYMI: Finding Queer Love Online

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On today’s special Pride Month episode, Rachelle and Candice hear from their queer listeners about finding love online. Stories come from digital spaces as far flung as Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom boards to Craigslist missed connections, from Minecraft rose gardens to couch surfing websites. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.6	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:24.6	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:29.6	Hello, I see why am I from Melbourne.
0:33.6	This is Philip and I met my beautiful French partner, Julien, on the website,
0:40.0	couch surfing.
0:42.4	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. And I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to I see YMI. In case you miss
0:48.9	it. Slate's podcast about internet culture. And today, today we're talking about love.
0:57.3	I know.
0:58.4	Absolutely shocking that two Pisces are talking about love.
1:02.6	I actually, have we mentioned the fact that you're also a Pisces yet on the show, Candice?
1:06.6	I don't think so.
1:07.6	Yeah, I don't think so.
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