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Queer

RISK!

RISK!

Performing Arts, Comedy, Arts, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in July of 2013, when Cameron Esposito, Kris Grey and Kevin Allison shared radically different stories of LGBT life in the early 2010’s.  🎤Live Story: All the Rage by Kevin Allison A man living in Kevin's neighborhood started screaming, "Faggot!" at Kevin whenever he was in eyeshot. Then one day the man switched from screaming to punching.  keywords: gay, homosexual, lgbtqia, queer, faggot, violence, homophobia 🎤Radio Story: The Other by Kris Grey Kris talks about how peculiar it was to be a trans man attending the various sex parties among the gay men on Fire Island, most of whom had never seen a vagina before.  keywords: Hate crime, Street harassment, Growing up gay, internalized shame, transgender, Trans man, Queer nightlife, internalized stigma, cruising, genderqueer identity 🎤Live Story: Come Together by Cameron Esposito The week that gay marriage was made legal throughout the land, Cameron told the moving story of her family's coming to grips with her being gay.  keywords: civil rights, lesbian identity, Catholic upbringing and queerness, same-sex marriage, LGBTQ community spaces, coming out to Catholic parents, gender nonconformity, gay rights history 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in New York (Thursday, September 25th) • ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ • ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠ • 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ • 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠ • 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories. They never thought they

0:12.9

dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday, we release these special episodes

0:18.9

where we look back at content from our earlier years.

0:22.3

This week, an episode that premiered in July of 2013.

0:27.1

It's an episode we call Queer.

0:29.8

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0:38.3

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0:40.3

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0:41.3

Wai

0:43.3

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0:44.3

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0:45.3

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0:46.3

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0:47.3

Oh Well, we'll know That was We are Hello,

1:13.6

Hello, kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories.

1:29.0

They never thought they'd dare to share.

1:31.3

I'm Kevin Allison, and this is the magnetic fields behind me now.

1:35.9

We're calling today's episode Queer.

1:38.5

It'll be the first time ever that we feature an episode only of stories from the LGBT community.

1:46.1

We just made it through June, which was Pride Month,

1:48.9

and it was quite an eventful month for so many people in so many ways.

1:54.2

I think that the three stories that we have for this episode really show the spectrum.

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