Queer as Punk: Gritty, Dirty, Nasty Fun (with Demi Wylde)

What is it about the punk and the goth scenes that is so appealing to queer kids?

This week I caught up with author, podcaster, and entrepreneur Demi Wylde to help explore that very question. 

I got to find out all about his teen years growing up in the southern California city Riverside, and the refuge that he found at the Showcase Theatre, an alternative rock club in the neighbouring city of Corona which was once described as 'the CBGBs of the west coast', which was open between 1993 and 2008. 

We talk all about the thrill of being chaperoned to the club by your mum, finding your voice, and I discover the difference between mosh pits and skank pits.

Do you have any memories from the mosh pit, or from your own queer scene that you want to share? Well, if you have please get in touch - I want to create the biggest online record of people's memories and stories - go to www.lostspacespodcast.com and find the section 'Share a Lost Space' and tell me what you got up to! Bonus points for embarrassing photos!

You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as @lostspacespod

For more on Demi:

- visit his website - https://demitriwylde.wixsite.com/ 

- follow him on twitter - @demitriwylde 

- discover his poetry book “All Was Nothing in the Time of Champions”, his two blogs “Hookup Horror Stories” & “A Deviant’s Guide to Sex”, and listen to his podcast: “A Cosmic Journey with Demi & J” by following this convenient link - https://linktr.ee/demitriwylde