The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands

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🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On this week's podcast, we're talking about the queer micronation, the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands. Join us to hear about the joys and tribulations of founding a country, the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom's war with Australia, and of course, the Royal Dog. Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. [Image description: A sign on a beach which reads “Welcome to Heaven, Cato Island Post Code 0000, Capital of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom, www.gayandlesbiankingdom.com” draped with a rainbow flag, next to a post box labelled “Royal Gay Mail”]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Queer as Fact, the podcast bringing you queer history from around the world and throughout time.
0:05.1	I'm Alice. I'm Irene. And I'm Eli. And today we're talking about the queer micronation,
0:10.3	the gay and lesbian kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.
0:20.7	Before we begin, I'd like to acknowledge the Warrundry Woiwaring people of the Kulin Nation
0:24.9	as the traditional owners of the land on which we record this podcast, and pay my respects to their
0:29.3	elders past and present. They are the custodians of an oral history tradition far older
0:33.4	than this podcast. We just have one content warning for this episode. This episode will include discussions of modern queer phobia, including the 2017 Australian
0:41.9	same-sex marriage postal survey.
0:44.1	If that's something you don't want to listen to, feel free to skip this episode and check
0:47.2	out the rest of our content.
0:48.5	Before we get started, I'd like to thank our patrons who voted on the topic for this
0:52.4	episode.
0:53.0	And I'd also like to thank the people
0:54.7	at the Australian Queer Archives, who gave us access to the research material that forms the bulk
0:59.3	of this episode. I just wanted to make a little note about sources and how we talk about them.
1:03.5	This is a very recent episode. It starts in 2003 and it ends in 2017. I literally remember the
1:08.9	whole fan of this episode. Yeah, we're really pushing the boundary of our history here.
1:13.2	But what I wanted to say is that I'm going to discuss some of the internal disputes
1:16.6	between the people involved in the gay and lesbian kingdom.
1:19.4	Very little record of these disputes remains in the public.
1:22.6	I've gleaned one information I do have, mostly from online forums and Wikipedia edit history.
1:28.9	It's been a journey.
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