Queer liberation was supposed to free us from shame.So why are we recreating purity culture inside our own spaces?In this episode of By The Fireside, I examine the rise of puritan morality within LGBTQ+ communities — and how sexual policing, racial scrutiny, and digital visibility reshape what freedom looks like.This episode explores:• The return of moral hierarchy inside queer spaces• Asexual discourse and sexual superiority politics• Porn shaming and gendered double standards• Racialised scrutiny of Black queer bodies• Sexual health speculation and entitlement• Grooming vs mentorship in visible queer spaces• NGO respectability politics• Dating apps as sites of informal surveillance• Safety vs. community controlThis is not about attacking identities.This is about examining behaviours.Queer liberation cannot mean:“You are free — but only if your sexuality is respectable.”If we are not careful, we will repaint puritan frameworks in rainbow colours and call it progress.By The Fireside is a living archive documenting Black, queer, Ghanaian and Global South perspectives on power, love, visibility, and survival.The Podcast Includes: Puritan Queer Culture, sexual policing in LGBTQ spaces, queer purity culture, porn shaming discourse, Black queer visibility, African LGBTQ voices, racial surveillance queer spaces, dating apps and queer community, NGO respectability politics, queer liberation critique, LGBTQ politics Africa, queer moral hierarchy, Black queer podcast, decolonial queer thought, Scorpio energy#ByTheFireside#QueerCulture#AfricanQueerness#BlackQueerVoices#QueerPolitics#SexualLiberation#DecolonialQueer#ScorpioEnergy