Queer Late Night Hosted by Ell McCullars

🚨 New Season Alert! 🚨 Welcome back to an all-new season of **Queer Late Night** with your host, **Ell**! 🌈✨ This season is all about laughter, light, and sharing powerful stories from the vibrant queer community. In our latest episode, we sit down with **John Berno**, a Licensed Mental Health & Rehabilitation Counselor and owner of **The Berno Group**, a therapy practice serving the queer...

🎙️ Welcome to the premiere of Season 4 on Queer Late Night Podcast! 🏳️‍🌈 Join us for an exciting episode featuring special guests, music artist J.Normaly and Vegas Valentine. These two underground Top Dogs openly share their experiences as independent artists and emphasize the importance of planting your seed regardless and watching it grow. Get ready for an inspiring conversation about creativit...

🎙️ Welcome to the premiere of Season 4 on Queer Late Night Podcast! 🏳️‍🌈 Join us for an exciting episode featuring special guests, music artist J.Normaly and Vegas Valentine. These two underground Top Dogs openly share their experiences as independent artists and emphasize the importance of planting your seed regardless and watching it grow. Get ready for an inspiring conversation about creativit...

On this episode of QLN, Emmy Nominated journalist Trey Sherman aims the mic at Ell (Less McCullars III). The Salisbury, Maryland, born and raised now New Yorker, shares bits and pieces of his story of triumph over tribulation. It's a fun and emotional listen as he talks about his career change from public health to nightlife—the purpose of creating a podcast on unhealthy coping mechanisms with alc...

There's some people in life you can go months without hearing from but, the minute you pick up the phone it's like there wasn't anytime apart at all. That's Jonathan Cotto he's a reporter for KSAT’s Good Morning San Antonio. More importantly, Jonny is a jet setter when it comes to finding his own lane of happiness and sticking to it. I remember when I couldn't pry him form his neatly organized, bl...

QLN Welcomes Iman Le Caire CEO & Founder of Trans Asylias, activist, advocate, artist, & angel. Iman was born Ayman Kassem in Cairo, Egypt. She was enjoying a career as a contemporary dancer at the Cairo Opera House as a choreographer when she had to flee Egypt to avoid persecution. She moved to the US in 2008 where she was granted political asylum & married in 2014 to her husband Jèan...

Cristina Herrera founded Translatina Network in 2007, in order to organize and empower the transgender immigrant community through leadership development and education. Cristina was formerly the Transgender Programs Coordinator at the Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), where she worked in various roles for 11 years. In her final role there, prior to moving into...

Maxim Ibadov (he/they/fab) is a Brooklyn- born, Moscow-raised, Jewish-American who's not afraid of living their life authentically. They're an event-organizer, podcast host/ producer, theater director, activist, and arts educator at Park Avenue Armory. The Brooklyn-born testifies to their experience of growing up as a queer person in Russia, and what moving to America meant for them. More importan...

Joey Skladany is a writer/editor, TV/radio personality, lifestyle expert, former entertainment publicist, and published author. He was most recently editor-at-large of CBS Interactive's Chowhound where he managed the site's food and travel editorial content. Throughout all the multimedia endeavors he’s accomplished publishing his first cookbook “Basic Bitchen” is one of his career and personal hig...

Douglas Lyons is an actor, playwright, writer, director, composer, and teacher. He served as a writer & composer on Apple TV's 2022 series Fraggle Rock. His new family comedy "Chicken and Biscuits", which got its world premiere at Queens Theatre has touched the hearts of many in the way it sheds light on the power of healing and unity from a black family perspective. Mr. Lyons is an inspiratio...

Dr. Felipe Henao is one of the kindest, most down to earth, and hard-working individuals you’ll ever have the pleasure of meeting. Dr. Henao joined New York Tech as Dean of Students for the New York City and Long Island campuses in March 2021. He has been instrumental in bridging the gap between commuter and residential students at Mercy College. He has also instilled a holistic approach to studen...

On this episode of Queer Late Night, we welcome the one and only Brita, from season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race! Servicing as one of New York City’s fiercest drag performers, Brita is an avid activist, and an advocate for LGBTQ and women’s rights. Brita shares her story and insight on everything that she’s accomplished outside of Drag Race. Listen as Brita opens up about anxiety and depression and fi...

Queer Late Night welcomes with big arms Dey Phoenix! Dey is a person with so much charisma, charm, & compassion for the arts. He is a triple threat erotic pole dancer, instructor, and when he’s not dancing, he serves as the chapter president for Impulse Group NYC; advocating for the local queer community.  In this episode, Dey gives us just a small slice of the big projects he has planned...

On this episode of QLN we talk with Dr. Alfonso Ferguson about mental health & mindfulness as a hot topic to kick off 2022. If you’ve experienced the feeling of being stuck, this is a great starter conversation. Dr. Ferguson is a full-time faculty member in the Graduate Counseling Program at Centenary University, as well as a queer person of color, who's dedicated to creating change by encoura...

For many people the holiday season brings much excitement and festivities but, for others it's a time of heightened emotional vulnerability & isolation. Surveys show that people among the LGBTQ community commonly experience increased feelings of anxiety, stress, & depression during these times. For a lot of us going home means leaving the safety net of our queer freedom and identities behi...

On this Episode of QLN, we have the pleasure of hearing a story that is not only about sobriety, but it’s also about self empowerment, self trust, and, most importantly, self love. Christina Ouyang is a queer ally, a nightlife enthusiast, and a sober person, exuding inspiration to people who want to start their sober journey. By night time you find her at New York City’s newest queer night club, T...

On this episode on QLN we have the pleasure to be in the presence of super stars on their rise to the top. Not only are Odessa and Issa magical to watch, but their story of friendship, sisterhood, artistry and business partnership goes unmeasured. From being published in issues of Vogue and Billboard magazine, to their studio recorded album, “The Fine Print," The Dragon Sisters have made themselve...

Glow Job & “My Last Free Gig” On this episode QLN we hear from superstar on the rise Glow Job with no s. Glow is no stranger to sudden change. In his life he’s been the orchestrator of the change he wanted to see in NYC nightlife. Glow opens up about breaking through negative doubts of others to refine his own take on what drag and performance art means from a Glow Job point of view.  Glo...

On this Episode of QLN bestie Ricky & Ell open up a conversation about their early adolescence  experiences with gender expression and sexual identity. At the age of 14 Ricky knew he needed to close the bedroom door for his personal rehearsal to “Borderline” By Madonna.  Born and raised in a small town of Salisbury, Maryland, Ell takes you on a short walk down memory lane to trying o...

On this episode of “Queer Late Night” we start the conversation of unpacking & understanding the box of toxic masculinity and how its effects both cripples men’s mental health and damages the progressive nature of the LGBTQ community as a whole. We also acknowledge that we don’t know what to with masculinity that isn’t toxic. As well ways to bring more visibility and representation of queers b...

On this episode of QLN we have the pleasure of hearing from Rutgers University graduate, Pharmacy Specialist at AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and social media personality Jomil Luna. With a Masters of Public Health. Jomil is an avid activist and advocate for people living with HIV and a promoter of public health and safety. In this interview Jomil takes it a step further by opening up and sharing hi...

I want to start by saying I am so blessed and thankful to know and to have so many open minded individuals with exhilarating and passionate stories that they’re willing to share with the world. On episode two of Queer Late Night, former make-up artist turned adult entertainer, and dare I say internet sensation, Xavier Blanco, gives us his insight on what it was like to create, brand and invest in...