Make Australia Gay Again

Published: April 20, 2020, 4 p.m.

It's our 100th episode! And for this special occasion, Nancy sound designer Jeremy Bloom goes on a quest to find the truth behind a mysterious gay and lesbian island kingdom.\n\u2014\xa0Bruce Hecht is the owner of the\xa0Champion Stamp Company in New York City.\n\u2014 Derek Adam Thomas makes videos about\xa0micro-nations\xa0and the fun things they get up to.\xa0\n\u2014 Dennis Altman an\xa0academic and gay rights activist. He is the author of over 20 books\xa0including Homosexual Liberation & Oppression and Unrequited Love.\xa0\n\u2014\xa0Nick Henderson is a curator for the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives.\n\u2014 William Jackson Freeman is the former Lord Chancellor of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.\xa0\n\u2014 Dale Parker Anderson I is the former Emperor of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of\xa0the Coral Sea Islands.\n\u2014 Voiceovers by Rosa Gollan.\n\u2014 Episode image courtesy of Glen Stephens.\nSpecial thanks this week to the other\xa0Dale Parker Anderson, Sabrina Lipovic (Archives researcher for the Australian Broadcasting\xa0Corporation), Oley Media Group,\xa0Emperor\xa0George Cruckshank II,\xa0Viktor Zimmerman (Gay Homeland Foundation),\xa0Simon Sellers & George Dunford (Authors of the\xa0Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations), Judy Lattas, Jody Shapiro,\xa0Glen Stephens, Paul Poet,\xa0Bob Jervis, Don Green,\xa0James "Jaix" Brooks, the\xa0former members of the of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.\nMusic in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom, Albert Behar, Sergey Cheremisinov ("Fog"),\xa0and Kevin MacLeod ("Bridal Chorus" & "I Knew A Guy"). Theme by Alexander Overington.