Today in Gay

Alexandra Grey wants to tell stories. The actor, singer and producer wants to tell trans narratives, but she is tired of seeing the same kind of roles, where transness is at the center of the character’s journey, or they have a whole side-plot because they aren’t part of the script’s “world.” In this interview, Grey is generous enough to offer her insightful and powerful reflections on the struggl...

Welcome to part 2 of our special edition marriage equality anniversary episodes. Ten years ago today, same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S., after the Supreme Court ruled marriage a fundamental right for all. Twenty years before that , Jim Obergefell met John Arthur. What began as a love story between two people became a landmark case that changed the lives of millions. To mark the 10-year a...

Ten years ago today, same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S., after the Supreme Court ruled marriage a fundamental right for all. 13 years ago that, Ken Mogill started working on one of the companion cases to Obergefell v. Hodges , DeBoer v. Snyder . On this 10-year anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges , we sat down with attorney Ken Mogill and had him walk us through the political climate and...

Over here at Today in Gay we are always learning along with you and it was so enlightening to learn a little bit more about the legislative process in Puerto Rico with the first out trans person to hold an elected office in the island’s history, Marielle De León Toledo! Vico and Marielle go way back to 2019, after meeting and dancing at a Drag show in Puerto Rico. I don’t know about you, but I wan...

This episode was originally recorded Monday, June 16th, intended to air on June 17th — but because what will now be known as a historical Today in Gay* moment in history, we had to postpone a day. *Jasmin’s dog Stella escaped Lauren’s (EP/Editor) house, resulting in a 2.5 hour search party, joined by the kindest strangers we’ve maybe ever met! Check out the pre-roll in today’s episode to get the s...

*A note from our team: Things are scary out there. We stand with the immigrant community and we stand with everyone fighting for the rights of all humans, who have a right to exist here. F**K ICE . Nay sat down with a surprise sidekick, our very own Lauren Klein, for today’s interview with musician, songwriter and author, Sara Quin, who you may know from the band “Tegan and Sara.” This was a super...

Hey y’all, Nay here. I am full of gratitude today because I feel so lucky to be able to bring you this special edition In The Loop episode of Today in Gay . For this Thursday’s episode, Vico and I are honored to have Cristina Costantini and Tam O’Shaughnessy here to talk about the upcoming documentary Sally . Sally is a heartfelt and inspiring documentary about Sally Ride, the first American woman...

Today’s Wednesday motto is fuuuuck ICE. We hope everyone in L.A. is safe and supported! Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) : All Resources In today’s episode, Nay and Vico are sharing queer highlights from the Tony Awards — which is perhaps the gayest of all the awards shows. After all, there’s no such thing as a straight Tony Awards! And speaking of winners and losers,...

Today, we are reflecting on the events from this past weekend — from Dyke Day LA to the LA ICE protests, we’re holding each other through it! ‼️ Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) : All Resources In the headlines, we’ve got some good gay news coming out of Puerto Rico — besides Vico, that is! Today, we’re celebrating the PR Supreme Court’s ruling that nonbinary and gende...

Hey, y’all! We’ve got a repost for you today because a combo of dentist appointments and wonky audio and internet meant our episode was falling short of our usual masterpiece. We promise that we’ll be back with fresh episodes next week! For today, I, Nay, invite you to give our voicemail QUEERIES episode a listen (or re-listen) and let it inspire you to hit our line soon. 😎 We want to hear from y...

We know y’all’s FYPs are full of queer content. Vico’s got the PRIDE HUNTY TikTok audio stuck in their head — and now ours, too. And Nay may relate to not being a “go to pride” gay (that’s on anxiety!!) but we are not f*****g with “I don’t need to put it in everyone’s face” type of gay. I mean, look at the name of this pod. Look at the month we’re in! We love being queer and Nay and Vico get into...

It’s June! Our month! Our time to throw bricks and scan titties* and to take absolutely no b******t! (*don’t forget to scan Vico’s btw!!!) With Pride month also comes lots of feelings and reflections, this year especially — but we are showing up and showing out, like we always do! If you’ve been following the pod this past month, you’ve heard us cover the story of A.B. Hernandez alongside award-wi...

Happy Thursday! Today, Benadryl has got Nay time traveling in her dreams, Vico’s looking for subs for Substack, and we are joined by Emmy nominated actress and filmmaker, Nava Mau ! Nava keeps us In The Loop and talks her latest short film all the words but the one , which premieres today! Speaking of today — in the headlines, the first openly gay NBA player Jason Collins marries his long-time par...

It’s the middle of the week, which means we’re talkin’ birds, we’re talkin’ dinosaurs, and Nay is disgusted by both (“….oh, absolutely not”) – except the adorable parrots that have migrated to Watts since the fires! They’re cute! Also a special shoutout to Vico’s orthopedic pillow, you are also cute. In today’s headlines, we are cheering for the historic IVF legal rights win in Italy for lesbian a...

We’re back! And we are still buzzing from our LIVE with Sara Quin, do we need to say more?! Well, we will…in a whole separate interview with Sara, coming in June! In the meantime, checkout the LIVE replay! LIVE with Sara Quin Today, Vico’s still in NYC and they’ve got the lowdown for us on how their solo show went this weekend! There might even be a little giveaway for tickets to Vico’s solo show...

With Pride Month approaching, we’re highlighting the newly released biography about Marsha P. Johnson! Nay and Vico sit down to chat with author Tourmaline — an award-winning artist, filmmaker, writer and activist whose work is dedicated to Black trans joy and freedom — on their new book Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson. Tourmaline’s already got more accolades and achievements tha...

Vico is booked and busyyy prepping for their solo show (premiering in NYC this weekend!) so we’ve got a guest host for today — one of our co-producers, Linh! It’s a different vibe with Nay and Linh, who consider themselves part of an evil triplet with our EP and editor Lauren, so you can only imagine how many inappropriate giggles there are in this episode. There’s something about a fight club, Li...

We’re baaack!! Last week, the show was on hiatus for Mental Health Awareness week – our first week off since beginning on January 1! Unfortunately, the news didn’t stop just because we did, so Nay and Vico have got a professional to help guide us back into the madness and find some hope in it. Today, we’re joined by award-winning, LA-based journalist Cerise Castle . She recently published three pi...

We’re baaack! We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Substack post — a writeup on the headlines because we couldn’t hop on the mic. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out! We’re pretty proud of our pivot (inside joke if you’ve read the post). Today, we’ve got our very own Jasmin Savoy Brown on the pod! Jasmin and Nay are letting their “fleek flags” fly — which means a whole lot of laughter, and also Na...

Hello, hello! It’s Wednesday, and if you’ve been listening to the podcast, you know we love to make Wednesdays as unpredictable as possible (see: Wildcard Wednesdays). True to its name — we are mixing things up today! Today we had to prioritize the health of a team member, instead of the recording. We are only human after all… However, it’s important to us to still share the headlines of the day,...

It’s just another Tuesday at Today in Gay – so that means….Vico can talk to birds, Nay’s got a migraine this morning, and we’re doing this whole episode with our eyes closed in solidarity! Not to mention we are still buzzing from our interview with Tracy Gilchrist (have you watched it yet?!), it’s getting us through these headlines this morning! Tracy Gilchrist on the Queer Historical Record, Our...

We all know Wicked was a cultural phenomenon, there were a thousand memes — “holding space” arguably the most popular, but if you stopped there with Tracy Gilchrist, you’d be missing out. Behind the meme is a journalist, a walking queer archive, and a community-forward cultural documentarian. Gilchrist revisits her queer historical record with Nay and Vico, taking us back to high school, to a club...

It’s a new day! Vico is reeling from the movie they watched last night — Nay’s film recommendation, Benedetta! Nay promised “lesbian yearning," and Vico is here to say, “there is no lesbian yearning in this movie…but it starts, and it starts HOT! (Reminder to save your precious friends’ voice notes!) Anyways! Some good news from our fellow Brits this morning: the first openly trans judge in the UK...

Time flies when the world is descending into fascism. It’s been 100 days since Trump took office and our community — our trans siblings — have been hit the hardest. But something queer people have got over conservatives and cowardly democrats is this: we remember. We have learned from our history that the way we make it through this and come out the better for it is to rely on each other. That’s w...

It’s a big week here at Today in Gay , lots of collaborations on the horizon! Yesterday, we published Nay’s interview with Karamo — have you watched it?! More great conversations coming this week! Today, birds are singing outside Vico’s window, while we manifest our future as birdwatchers. Bird costume required, right? And it’s not just bird season, it’s also 100-days-after-Trump-got-elected seaso...