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Mitch believes wholeheartedly in the power of the written word. From his first work of fiction written on construction paper with crayons at age 6, until now, Mitch believes in the power of words to inform, entertain, and move readers. Mitch has been published in newspapers, magazines, literary journals, and creative writing anthologies. He's also had several of his plays produced by universities and local theatre companies. He's worked as an arts critic, culture editor, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, podcaster, essayist, and more.

We're here. We're queer. Get used to it.

Sure.

But we've been here, we've been queer, and we've made substantial positive contributions to society that have been swept under the rug of our shared American history. Join Mitch Harris in the Queer Year podcast as he pulls back that rug traveling state by state throughout the U.S. uncovering the people, places, and events that have shaped what it means to be queer in America.

Queer Year is a monthly podcast written, recorded and produced by Mitch Harris that focuses on one state per episode to reveal the LGBTQ+ heroes of that state forgotten by history.

1781 was a queer year when an openly gay immigrant became major general of the U.S. Army. 1886 was a queer year when a formerly enslaved man became America's first drag queen started hosting balls in Maryland. 2022 was a queer year when Salt Lake City Council became a majority queer-identifying body in the heart of America's most religiously conservative state.

Subscribe now to make 2025 the queerest year yet.

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“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.” - Dave Eggers

"At the end of the day, writing has very little to do with writing, and much to do with life. And life, by definition, is not an intrusion."

- Sarah Ruhl

"There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey.

- Hanya Yanagihara

"I dream too much and I don't write enough, and I'm trying to find god everywhere... to figure out this little thing he made called a man." - Anis Mojgani