A Gay and A NonGay

We've extended Pride Month for a special chat with The FA's first ever openly gay referee Ryan Atkin ⚽️🏳️‍🌈. We discuss Jake Daniels coming out as the UK's first openly gay footballer, homophobia in sport, the forthcoming World Cup in Qatar and how football can be used to drive positive change in the world. We love this episode. Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Lea...

Pride is a protest! LGBTQIA+ people face challenges and obstacles that heterosexual people don’t and today we proudly join podcasts all over the world by marching in Acast's Audio Pride Parade. James chats about growing up gay in his home town, and Dan tells us how how he celebrates pride as an 'ally'. Happy Pride babies. Next up in Acast's Audio Pride Parade: Homosapiens! Get bonus content on Pat...

For Pride Month, the boys are joined by Elias Jashan, ‘Priti Patel’s worst nightmare’ and editor of the new Anthology This Arab Is Queer, the first of its kind featuring the memoirs of eighteen Queer Arab writers.  What inspired Elias to put together this book? Which was the memoir that had him in tears in a coffee shop? (Spoiler alert - he won’t tell us!) And with such a focus on family, is it al...

As Pride Month continues, James and Dan battle logistical difficulties to welcome Love Island’s Sharon Gaffka, who came out as bisexual on the show in 2021.  For the first time ever, she talks at length about her sexuality, coming out on the show, being trolled online and being fetishised by straight partners. Plus, how *actually* logistically difficult is it to make Love Island less straight? Get...

James and Dan are joined by West End icon and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist Ella Vaday! Nick shares his coming out story, we talk life after Drag Race and Ella’s new film Sumotherhood. Plus get ready for our new quiz show 'Ella Vaday or Theresa May' 👀. Happy Pride Month!!! Follow Ella Vaday on instagram for tour updates https://www.instagram.com/ellavaday/ James Barr: Straight Jokes in London, M...

It's Pride Month and James and Dan are back with a whole host of fabulous guests. First up, Jake and Hannah Graf the UK’s first transgender parents. Jake is an international multi award winning director, writer and actor.  Hannah is formerly the highest ranking transgender officer of the British Army. We talk about trans dating, why life is so much harder for trans women than trans men - and James...

Burn the bridge Becky. People keep telling James he's "too gay". In this episode we hear about James' new stand up hour 'Straight Jokes' and his experience working as an openly gay man in the media. Get tickets for up-coming dates in London, Manchester & Edinburgh at www.jamesbarrcomedy.com 🏳️‍🌈. Love you babes. Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your...

Do all straight white men live in Kent? James thinks so 😝. Dan's learning stand up comedy and we reflect on his enormous success at the Shakespeare Marathon - he's raised over £6000 for Marie Curie Solihull in memory of his mum and counting - but James is bored of hearing about all of his many media appearances. Jealous much?! You can continue to donate here https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising...

Dan and James are joined by Suki Sandhu OBE. He's a CEO and author of the book, A Judgement-Free Guide to Diversity and Inclusion for Straight White Men On the agenda - How can you tell when a business is just pinkwashing? Should social media companies give allies rainbow ticks? And why can't we say BAME anymore? Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your...

James and Dan are joined by multi-award winning film director Sebastian Meise to talk about his new film The Great Freedom. We learn all about the history of Paragraph 175 that criminalised homosexuality in Germany, plus his research trips to dark rooms and the beauty he found 👀. Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Dan gives James his Christmas present... in April! James discovers the true meaning of Banoffee Pie, and the boys discuss Pam And Tommy. Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In memory of A Gay And A NonGay’s biggest fan. Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James wants to know if you can be gay and happy? Plus is it okay for LGBTQ+ people to work with organisations with a problematic past? Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Dan welcome internet sensation Chloe Moriondo to our podcast 🐈. Chloe tells us about growing up queer on the internet, outing their friends, coming out backwards and the 'straight panic' it's caused now that they also fancies boys... sometimes. Please vote for us to win a British LGBT Award! Vote for James Barr and Dan Hudson in the Online Influencer Category, click here https://british...

We've been nominated for a British LGBT Award! Vote now at www.gaynongay.com 🥇💗! Thank you so much, we love you! How do you balance your queerness in a vaguely 'heteronormative relationship'? Plus today we find out if James is still sober and there's a huge announcement! Listen ad-free, sign up at www.gaynongay.com/donate Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more...

To celebrate 'Birmingham Day' (which may or may not be happening this year...) we welcome RuPaul's Drag Race UK superstar icon and ultimate hun Kitty Scott-Claus! We chat Snatch Game, Kitty spills Lisa Scott-Lee secrets and we meet Kitty's friends Jane McDonald, Cilla Black, Gemma Collins, Nadine Coyle & loads more. Thanks for listening! Get ad free episodes now, sign up to our patreon at www.gayn...

Dan takes his delusion to a new low as he starts a career as a Jamie Dornan look-alike. Need a (supposed) Jamie Dornan lookalike for anything? Enquire within. FABULOUS NEWS! We're nominated as Online Influencer at the British LGBT Awards, vote for James Barr and Dan Hudson now at https://britishlgbtawards.com/vote-now/. Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more abo...

In a very special extended episode for LGBT History Month, James and Dan are delighted and honoured to welcome the legendary British human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell. Originally from Australia, Peter has been campaigning on issues of LGBT equality, human rights, democracy, civil liberties, and global justice since 1967. We hear about his career as a protestor, including the public outing of...

It's been a rough week for James as he discovers he’s been playing the wrong Wordle. We chat Grindr hook ups, the importance of our queer history and the new BBC drama Four Lives. Listen to ad-free episodes of our podcast now by becoming a member of our patreon 😘. Visit www.gaynongay.com/donate. Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

James responds to an article in The Mail On Sunday, which suggested a piece he wrote about pronouns was 'misleading'. For ad free episodes of our podcasts visit www.gaynongay.com/donate. Support Mermaids, the UK's gender-diverse charity for children and their families. Visit https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/. View The Trevor Project's guide to being an ally to trans and non binary youth https://www.thetr...

We discuss the UK government's pardon for historic same-sex convictions and talk about Priti Patel’s Anti-Refugee Bill. Plus James didn't think he needed to explain cruise bars to Dan, but he does. Get ad free episodes on our Patreon, support our podcast at www.gaynongay.com/donate. Thanks so much for listening! Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your...

It's our first studio episode of 2022! Will Dan stop saying 'whatnot' this year?! Can James stop sending Dan e-mails saying 'let me know?'. We're setting each other some New Years Resolutions. Is it normal to be annoyed by your boyfriend/girlfriend/theyfriend? Plus some, err, washing up chat. Thanks for listening! You can now hear ad-free episodes of our podcast, become a member of our patreon at...

We're starting the New Year with major inspiration for 2022. Join us as we celebrate some of the most iconic voices from our podcast in the last 12 months, featuring Billy Porter, Juno Dawson, Vanessa Feltz, Dustin Lance Black & more. Join our patreon for ad free episodes of our podcast, visit www.gaynongay.com/donate Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about...

We're serving Krystal for Christmas! James & Dan welcome the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 3, Krystal Versace! We find out how she first stepped into drag, why it's important to talk about her virginity and her thoughts on the show's first ever straight cis-male contestant, Maddy Morphosis. Your turn next Dan? Merry Christmas from A Gay and A NonGay! x Thanks for listening to our podcast...

James and Dan are joined by iconic barrister, speaker and author Mohsin Zaidi about his must read memoir A Dutiful Boy, A Memoir of A Gay Muslim’s Journey to Acceptance. We chat about Mohsin’s superhero parents and their Kryptonite, conversion therapy Witch Doctors - and James learns about bidets. If you are Muslim and LGBTQ+ and need help, visit Hidayah - https://hidayahlgbt.com/ - the leading Qu...