Gabi and Shanna are two travel bloggers from New York City. I’ve been following them for some time now on Instagram and living vicariously through them as they traverse the globe on their far-flung travels. I interviewed them remotely of course

#19 Dan on being gay & a fundamentalist Christian & Nick on being outed to his parents by his boyfriend

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 2m

Dan & Nick from the 802 podcast met a few years back at a house party and instantly became firm friends. Dan is from Norfolk but now lives in London & Nick grew up in the warmer climes of Trinidad but now lives in Manchester. Their 802 podcast

#18 Brock Yurich on dancing at Pulse nightclub & why it's so important gay roles are played by gay actors

Feb 4th, 2021 55m 6s

Brock Yurich is an American actor who has starred in Succession, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt & Tyler Perry’s the Have and the Have Nots. He was born and raised in Ohio and completed a degree in musical theatre in Orlando Florida before making his

#24 Brock Yurich on dancing at Pulse nightclub and why it's so important gay roles are played by gay actors

Feb 3rd, 2021 57m 4s

#17 Robin Windsor on why he didn't come out to his mum until he was 35

Jan 28th, 2021 38m 34s

Robin was a dancer on Strictly Come Dancing, one of the biggest shows in the UK for the best part of a decade. Dancing since the age of three he became England’s number one ballroom dancer as a teenager. He then spent ten years touring the glob

#16 Mohsin Zaidi on growing up gay & Muslim in East London

Jan 21st, 2021 48m 30s

It’s series 4 time!!!!! And I’m thrilled that my first guest is top criminal barrister and author Mohsin Zaidi. He released his memoirs ‘A Dutiful Boy’ last October and it was one of my favourite books of 2020 - I absolutely loved it!!!!Mohsin

#15 Chris McNaughten/Bear Strong on what it was like to come out in the hyper-masculine world of Strongman

Aug 20th, 2020 50m 38s

Chris McNaughten (also known by his moniker Bear Strong) is a two-time Junior Ireland Strongman champion. He also owns his own gym near Belfast.Whilst the sporting world unfortunately continues to be a deeply homophobic place for most athletes

#14 Isaac Oliver on growing up with gay-friendly parents & dating in New York City

Aug 13th, 2020 52m 39s

Isaac is an author, playwright and stage comic. His debut book ‘Intimacy Idiot’ was released in 2015 to widespread acclaim. The book details all the hilarious encounters Isaac has had with men, whilst dating in the Big Apple.New York magazine

#19 Spencer Cooper on his love for our community & why he wants to uplift his LGBTQ+ siblings

Aug 6th, 2020 49m 24s

Spencer is a twenty-two year old podcaster & blogger from Wales. I came across him when I started listening to his podcast Queer Talk, which he hosts with his two friends James & Mufseen. It focuses on the positive news happening within the LGB

#18 Stuart Edmonds on how he came out to his brother & the special relationship between gay men & pop music

Jul 30th, 2020 33m 47s

Stuart is one of the three presenters on the podcast Unflopped (his friends Sean Vickers & Joe Heaney being the other two). It also just so happens to be one of my favourite podcasts. It has gone from strength to strength since it launched thre

#13 Lev AC Rosen on why being gay is a gift

Jul 23rd, 2020 40m 25s

Lev is an American writer who already has a number of novels & YA fiction books under his belt. His work has been translated into many different languages and are regularly featured on 'best of' lists. His latest is ‘Camp’ which I recently read

#12 Alex Leon on racism within the gay community & the urgent need for specialised LGBTQ+ mental health services

Jul 17th, 2020 1h 1m

Alex is an Australian writer & campaigner and it was one of his tweets earlier this year on growing up gay which initially piqued my interest in him (it’s featured on the podcast). A whole lot of people clearly connected with said tweet as it w

#11 Lewis Laney on coming out at school aged 14 & what it's like to have a gay dad

Jul 9th, 2020 41m 13s

Series 3 is here!!!!! New music, updated artwork & most importantly eight new coming out stories. And my first guest of the series is the author Lewis Laney.Lewis had his first short story published in Gay Times, when he was just eighteen. He’

#10 Conner Habib on growing up as a gay kid in small-town America

Apr 2nd, 2020 41m 2s

Conner Habib is a really interesting character and has had a wildly diverse career. He hosts a successful podcast called Against Everyone with Conner Habib and is a prolific writer having written for Vice, Slate the Irish Times. He’s a universi

#9 Brian Kennedy on coping with homophobia from his own family and why he feels uncomfortable with the use of 'daddy' in modern gay culture.

Mar 19th, 2020 57m 59s

Brian is one of Ireland’s best loved singers with a career spanning over 30 years. He grew up in Northern Ireland in the 60’s and 70’s at the very height of the troubles. He moved to London when he was 18 & quickly got work as a backing vocalis

#8 Rory Cowan on what it was like to be gay in Ireland pre-decriminalisation

Mar 5th, 2020 51m 47s

Rory Cowan is of course one of the stars of the hit BBC sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys. He was born in Dublin and started out working for EMI Ireland, where he eventually became their marketing manager. He subsequently went on to be a publicist for th

#7 Matt Mahmood-Ogsten on dealing with & combating religious & cultural based homophobia

Feb 27th, 2020 53m 4s

Matt is the founder of the Naz and Matt foundation, a charity he set up to honour the memory of his late fiance Dr Nazim Mahmood, who died from suicide just days after coming out to his deeply religious family & telling them of his long-term re

#6 Rory O’Neill on expanding the definition of what it means to be Irish and why he doesn't like occasional gays

Feb 20th, 2020 41m 35s

Rory is someone who needs no introduction. He has worked as a drag queen for over 30 years now and has toured the world many times over with his stage shows. He is also a publican, activist, writer (and shoemaker, as we hear during the intervie

#5 Robert Rinder on kissing boys as a teenager & how best to deal with homophobes

Feb 13th, 2020 58m 21s

Series 2 is here!!! Thanks to everyone for all your support and lovely messages for the first series. I have lots of new episodes coming in the next few weeks with guests such as Panti Bliss and Rory Cowan. But what better way to kick off the n

#4 Andy West on how his experiences with women made him realise he was gay

Aug 16th, 2019 40m 57s

People resign from their jobs all the time. But when Andy West left his job as a BBC journalist in 2015 it made headline news. Because his was no ordinary resignation; it was in response to Tyson Fury’s nomination for the BBC Sports Personality

#7 Darren Kennedy on how homophobic bullying nearly broke him but ultimately made him stronger

Aug 10th, 2019 27m 35s

Darren is a TV presenter and has hosted shows for the BBC, Channel 5 and regularly appears on ITV’s This Morning. He is a columnist for the Irish Independent and his writing has also been featured in the Telegraph and Attitude magazine. Darren

#7 Darren Kennedy on how homophobic bullying nearly broke him but ultimately made him stronger

Aug 10th, 2019 27m 35s

#6 Jonny Benjamin on how his struggles with his sexuality impacted on his mental health & why coming out was the best thing he's ever done

Aug 3rd, 2019 30m 34s

**Quite a lot of clipping on this interview so had to edit out most of the original interview-apologies. Will be sorted for series two.**Jonny first came to the public’s attention in 2014 when he launched a campaign to find the stranger, who s

#6 Jonny Benjamin on growing up gay in the Jewish community and how his struggles with his sexuality impacted on his mental health.

Aug 2nd, 2019 42m 48s

Jonny first came to the public’s attention in 2014 when he launched a campaign to find the stranger, who six years previously had talked him down from the edge of Waterloo Bridge, as he was about to take his own life. The campaign to find the g

#5 Eilish O' Carroll on falling for a woman in her forties and her ten year struggle to accept her sexuality

Jul 27th, 2019 40m 21s

Eilish O’ Carroll plays Winne McGoogan on the hugely successful sitcom ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’, which has not only been a big hit in the UK and Ireland but also in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As part of Mrs Brown’s Boys, she has appeared on a