Josey Vogels

Scope and Content: The series contains records pertaining to the interview with Josey Vogels conducted for the Pussy Palace Oral History Project. The interview mostly concerns her experiences as a journalist, covering the Pussy Palace for her syndicated column, My Messy Bedroom, on the evening that the bathhouse even…

Physical Description: 5.46GB: 1 MOV file, 2 MP4 files, 1 M4A file, 2 PDF files, 1 SRT file, 1 JPG file, 1 DOCX file

History / Biographical: Vogels is a white, Canadian woman of Dutch descent. She describes herself as a “heterosexual queer,” possessing a fluid relationship with sexuality and a strong cultural and political allegiance with LGBTQ+ communities. Vogels grew up working-class, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Journalism, and worked for two decades as a sex-positive, feminist news columnist and activist. At the time of the interview, in 2021, Vogels was 56 years old. She was living in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic while working as a real estate agent in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Scope and Content: The series contains records pertaining to the interview with Josey Vogels conducted for the Pussy Palace Oral History Project. The interview mostly concerns her experiences as a journalist, covering the Pussy Palace for her syndicated column, My Messy Bedroom, on the evening that the bathhouse event was raided by police in September 2000. She discusses her coverage of other public sex events; her experience as a first-hand news reporter at the Pussy Palace; her memory of the police raid and the subsequent legal case; and other topics. The interview covers the time period from about 1993-2003. She mentions Niagara Falls and Toronto, Ontario, as well as Montreal, Quebec. The interview was conducted by Alisha Stranges on April 15, 2021 through Zoom. At the time of the interview, Stranges was in Toronto, On and Vogels was in Niagara Falls, ON. The series contains the oral history interview, conservation files, audio files, transcripts, an image and a consent form. Keywords: Journalist; LGBTQ; Sex-positive; Feminism; Police Raid; Legal Witness; My Messy Bedroom.