Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcast

Hear the stories of Santa Cruz LGBTQ+ People and Events

Young people in high school and college have interviewed queer elders who shared their vibrant history of the past 50 years. New episode released every Tuesday. Perfect for all ages starting in middle school.
Teachers’ guide for middle and high school teachers coming soon.

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2025 Podcast Launch Group

The first Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcast was launched in February 2025. We thank Hex, a student at Harbor High, for designing our logo and Patti Maxine for sharing some original music that we use in our podcasts. You will hear stories of different people involved with different aspects of Santa Cruz LGBTQ+ history from the first pride event in 1975 to the Santa Cruz AIDS Project to the first out transgender person elected to political office. New episode released every Tuesday.

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Queer History Podcast in the News

  • Santa Cruz students launch podcast focusing on LGBTQ experiences

    SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —

    Santa Cruz students launch podcast focusing on LGBTQ experiences

  • Santa Cruz students launch podcast focusing on LGBTQ experiences

    SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —

    A group of students from Santa Cruz County launched a podcast Tuesday focusing on the experiences of the LGBTQ community.

  • Santa Cruz students help launch podcast series for LGBTQ community

    SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —

    The Santa Cruz County Office of Education with help from several students is putting together a series of video podcasts for the LGBTQ+ community.

Podcast Episodes

Santa Cruz Pride Chair Rob Darrow, and college students Mars Redmon, Levi Kreisa and Maddie Hall share about the history of creating the podcast and what to expect from future episodes. New episodes will be released each week on Tuesdays throughout 2025.

Episode 1 | Santa Cruz Queer History Promo