So Spotify and Anchor’s latest podcasting initiative, Making Space, helps elevate underrepresented voices by creating accessible podcasting spaces within the LGBTQIA+ community. It allowed me to just be able to go and not think about having to get equipment and materials.”Īlthough podcasting is increasingly accessible, finding time and space to record, acquiring gear, and developing editing skills is still an involved process that can be even more unattainable for individuals with marginalized identities. It was great to run into Anchor because it allows you to do everything all at once and it’s very intuitive and easy. I’m not the most digitally inclined human. He started interviewing the people who made up his community, and in 2020, he created a podcast to highlight those individuals using Spotify’s podcasting tool, Anchor. He also set out to bring the community together through virtual spaces as well as his physical store. I felt there was a gap in queer representation, in people who were up and out and could speak up and stand up, in my area. “The universe gifted me with a loud freaking voice. “As I was starting my business and getting to know the community, I started to make individual connections with all these beautiful people who didn’t feel seen or heard at all,” AJ told For the Record. The storefront was developed with a lot of intention by its owner, AJ, a queer Filipino-American who wants everybody to feel welcomed and loved.ĪJ moved to Greenville from Chicago with an ex-partner, but remained there following the breakup. There’s plenty of potted and hanging greenery for sale, but the space also doubles as a community gathering place, with tables and chairs for coworking and a comfy couch to lounge on. Greenville-based Savereign is more than a plant store in South Carolina.
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