This is the second episode of a mini-series dedicated to talk with the authors of the book The Everyday Lives of Gay Men, Autoethnographies of the Ordinary. Our special guest, filmmaker Julian Triandafyllou talks about his chapter I dreamt of a

Episode 18 – Shower thoughts of loss and queer love

Sep 24th, 2021 40m 27s

This is the first of a mini-series of episodes dedicated to talk with the authors of the upcoming book The Everyday Lives of Gay Men, Autoethnographies of the Ordinary. Recorded during lockdown, this episode features author Randy Lopez, who tal

Episode 17 – Commemorating LGBT History Month by remembering ‘Dr Anonymous’

Feb 27th, 2021 26m 51s

The UK commemorates LGBT History Month every February as an annual opportunity to remember the history of the LGBTQIA+ rights movements. As part of this month-long celebration, we wanted to talk about the 'Dr Anonymous' episode, in which Dr Joh

Episode 16 – On poetry and religion

Jun 29th, 2020 46m 11s

For this episode of Tales from the Tea Room, our special guest, poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama shared with us some reflections on the pluralities and possibilities found within religions and their close relationship with literary studies.

Episode 15 – The boundaries of ‘Queer’

Mar 11th, 2020 1h 4m

Who gets to call themselves Queer? Where does Queerness begin, where does it end, and who gets to determine these boundaries? These are some of the questions that our special guest, Phiona Stanley, addressed in our 15th episode of Tales from th

Episode 14 – On queer photography

Jan 7th, 2020 1h 1m

What are the subjects that need to be addressed in queer photography? What are the photographs that you're still to take? To start 2020 on an artsy note, Jason and I invited special guest Ross Jordan to answer these questions and to talk about

Episode 13 – On World AIDS Day

Nov 29th, 2019 1h 1m

In an aim to show our solidarity to the millions of people living with HIV worldwide, this episode from Tales from the Tea Room was dedicated to talk about sexual health. With special guests Alastair Rose and Christopher Ward from SX – an organ

Episode 12 – Holding hands as an act of bravery

Nov 16th, 2019 44m 45s

After a three-month pause, Tales from the Tea Room comes back with an episode that celebrates our 1st anniversary of conversations on the everyday lives of gay men. On this occasion we talk about LGBTQ couples holding hands and the emotions, th

Episode 11 – What is ‘home’?

Jul 16th, 2019 1h 3m

For the 11th episode of Tales from the Tea Room, we had a conversation with special guest Jamie Smith about the feelings, spaces, and relationships we associate with the concept of 'home' and how our gayness influenced our decisions of where to

Episode 10 – Music that has affected us

May 30th, 2019 30m 35s

For the 10th episode of Tales from the Tea Room, Jason and I talked about music we have grown up with and songs that have influenced us, shaped us, and affected us. The theme of 'portals' emerged as a metaphor of how music evokes a sense of bei

Episode 9 – On sexual health

Apr 24th, 2019 1h

For the 9th episode of Tales from the Tea Room, Jason and I had two special guests, Lewis Clarke and Chase Ledin, Edinburgh-based researchers who led a conversation on gay men and sexual health. Talking from the perspectives of public health, q

Episode 8 – Painting our nails for gender nonconformity

Mar 20th, 2019 48m 10s

For the 8th episode of Tales from the Tea Room, Jason and I invited Grant Anderson to talk about gender nonconformity. Grant was a fantastic guest who illuminated the discussion with theory and examples both from everyday life and empirical PhD

Episode 7 – Films we’ve grown up with

Feb 14th, 2019 55m 21s

For the 7th episode of Tales from the Tea Room, Jason and I invited our friend Davide Bargna to talk with us about the gay movies that have been meaningful to us in some way. The conversation was facilitated by some good glasses of Prosecco and

Episode 6 – Life imitates art

Jan 2nd, 2019

Happy new year everyone! For the first episode of Tales from the Tea Room in 2019, Jason Holmes and I invited Mark Kydd to talk with us about his work as an actor, writer, and director, and how these roles interweave with his life as a gay man.

Episode 5 – On friendships

Dec 15th, 2018

For the last episode of 2018, Jason and I talked about friendships amongst gay men. We put ourselves into trouble by addressing thorny topics of the diverse ways in which we – gay men – relate to each other. We had some disagreements towards th

Episode 4 – For an LGBTQ inclusive curriculum in schools

Nov 8th, 2018

In this episode of 'Tales from the Tea Room', David Lowbridge-Ellis talks about his work in education and how teachers and school administrators can implement an LGBTQ inclusive curriculum. Edgar and Neill Rodríguez-Dorans host this conversatio

Episode 3 – Gay male psychotherapists’ experiences using Grindr

Oct 10th, 2018

How do gay male psychotherapists represent themselves on Grindr and other hook-up apps? What do they disclose and how do they make these decisions? How do they negotiate the personal and professional spheres in the digital age? For the third ep

Episode 2 – The erotic-romantic tension in gay men’s relationships

Sep 9th, 2018

For this second episode of 'Tales from the Tea Room', Jason and I talk about 'the erotic' and 'the romantic' as concepts that create an apparent tension in gay men's relationships. We hope you find it interesting!

Tales from the Tea Room – A new podcast on the daily lives of gay men

Aug 5th, 2018

My friend and colleague Jason Holmes and I – Edgar Rodríguez-Dorans – are launching this podcast ‘Tales from the Tea Room’, that will touch upon the subtleties, the existential, and the ‘everyday’ qualities of being gay men. Expect monthly conv

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