Bad Queers

This week Bad Queers welcomes creator, YouTuber and comedian, Jade Fox to discuss content, marching band, brunch, fashion and SZA because, obviously we should always talk about SZA. Come join for all the laughs. Shoutouts This Week: Shana - Lovecraft Country on HBO Kris - P-Valley on Starz Jade - Automic Gold Bad Queers is co-hosted by: Shana Sumers: @shanahasagram Kris Chesson: @kris.chess Let&ap...

We're joined this week by Devin McGhee ( @devinkielle ) & Brit Kirkland ( @brit.kirkland ), Black, queer founders of Deon Libra . Get into our chat about the inspiration behind Deon Libra, Black stress, clean eating, starting a business with your partner, and some super solid bad queer opinions from Dev and Brit. Shoutouts: Shana: they.j - they are transgender and invisibly disabled write...

This week we discuss catch up on queer news, make our WNBA playoff predictions, touch on interracial adoption and praise slow moving lesbians for being a small but growing minority. Shoutouts: Shana: LGBTQ Ladies Travel - Group vacations lead by Madison who is a business owner and coordinates group trips for Ladies in the LGBTQ+ Community. Follow @lgbtqladiestravel on Tik Tok Kris: Philadelphia Pr...

Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in prison, Serena Williams announces her retirement and WTF is happening with the WNBA? We have questions for the "Studs of America" Brittney Griner Tribute and get the ultimate update from the AIABQ for asking a person they used to hook up with for a dildo mold.  Shoutouts: Shana: MerakiTay - Unisex clothing brand and each collection has a s...

RENAISSANCE IS FOR US!! Black, queer, beautiful US!!! Shana tries to contain her Beyhive fever to discuss Beyoncé's new album, RENAISSANCE. Shana and Kris break down their top 5 favorite tracks, the mess that has surrounded Kelis and Diane Warren and the swiftness when it comes to language and Black culture. We ain't sorry for this Beyoncé special episode.  Shoutouts: Shana: Uncle Jonny...

This week we're joined by legend in the making, Bob the Drag Queen ! Bob joins us to discuss their upcoming tour, Sibling Rivalry Live with Monét X Change, the upcoming season of We're Here , Black Queer Town Hall , their standup specials, and Bob shares a controversial bad queer opinion you won't want to miss. Shoutouts: Shana: FIG NYC - Grassroots collective reimagining a food ind...

It's Disability Pride Month! Do your research and celebrate folks with disabilities year round. Bisexuals need to reclaim the term dickin' and dykin' as their slogan. We discuss how Kehlani shows that therapy works, our review of the Netflix film Beauty, Kim Burrell and Bishop TD Jakes getting re-cancelled and the Respect for Marriage act. Beyoncé is out here saving the summer and P...

This week we welcome Black queer cannabis entrepreneur and activist Amber Senter @itsmeambere to the pod to discuss her earliest experience with cannabis, advice for newbies, her businesses, and how she fights for Black and Brown people working in cannabis with Supernova Women .   Shoutouts: Shana: CToan Co. - Handmade Candle business by JodyannMorgan and their wife Chaya Milchteincreate soy, hand...

This week we welcome Jojo and Dayra from Les. Chat Podcast. We discuss podcasting as a couple, queer life in New Jersey and coming out journeys. We get into masculine and stud stereotypes and how gay tik tok started their relationship. Shoutouts: Shana: Sophisticated Tomboy Clothing Brand - Leshelle “Poochie” Cummings created Sophisticated Tomboy to take us out of this stereotypical [box] society...

You know what we deserve? More diversity in media's representation of queer sex scenes. We attempt to put a positive atmosphere to the shitty news of the world in regards to Roe V. Wade, Brittney Griner and how BET continues to only have "queer moments". Am I a Bad Queer for having too many red flags? We discuss all this and more.  Shoutouts: Shana: Pride South Side - Pride South Si...

Beyoncé made this bop for the queers, and no one can tell us otherwise. Sassy Aubrey...tried. Regardless, house music is here and queer for the summer. We define toxic femininity and parallel polyamory. Brittney Griner's missed phone call and do you still listen to your exes playlist?  Shoutouts: Shana:  Kolby Brianne Leather - Custom-sized leatherwear handmade for ALL bodies - It’s Black &am...

 This week we welcome Emcee, Party Promoter, Event Host and Media Personality, Bo$$ Britt. We discuss how they got into hosting parties, transitioning from the Cincinnati queer scene to the Atlanta queer scene and the transition of events pre and post pandemic. We also discuss their "Girls Need Love" YouTube dating series - it's the queer dating show we deserve. Shoutouts: Shana:  N...

This week we welcome Founder and Executive Director of Oakland Black Pride, Olaywa K. Austin (they/them) to discuss how Oakland Black Pride came to be, their queer history in Oakland and how we can celebrate Pride better.   Shoutouts: Shana: The Trace App - The first ever transition tracking app that includes a curated community. This app provides support during transitions and a safe place to cel...

 This week we welcome queer filmmaker Natalie J. Harris to discuss her short film, Pure. Pure explores coming-of-age experiences through the pressures of a debutante ball (when your crush is a woman), showcases Black joy, and reimagines liberation for marginalized communities. We discuss the creation of the film, boarding school, Black queer friends and how Black queer media representation is lack...

The sequel to Think Like a Man, we introduce "Think like a Bottom". Trigger warning: We discuss the Uvalde shooting, how the monkey pox virus is trending in gay circles (similar to HIV) and Cherelle Griner's media tour to get Brittney back. Shana's Mom visits for the first time while she has lived with a partner and Caitlyn Jenner, have several seats.  Shoutouts: Shana:  Queer...

It's a heavy news week where we discussed the Buffalo terrorist shooting, an update on Brittney Griner and a school in Brisbane who attempted to expel students for being LGBTQ+. On a lighter note, we review Kendrick Lamar's 'Auntie Diaries' and feel free to continue walking by your ex like you don't know them, especially when they did YOU wrong.  Shoutouts: Shana:    Aleja...

We're back this week talking through dildo mold proposals to ex friends benefits, shooting your shot season, and a new idea for Pride month. Plus we discuss Kehlani's appearance on a raggedy morning show, tackle the Dave Chappelle Hollywood Bowl incident, and Kris shares her life changing news. Shoutouts: Shana:    L Morgan Lee for making history as the first openly transgender person to...

We are circling back to our recording that we did with award winning writer and NYT Bestseller, George M. Johnson. We wanted to shed light on the book ban, that All Boys Aren't Blue is on, and mainly the incredible story that is All Boys Aren't Blue. All Boys Aren't Blue is an incredible memoir-manifesto about the black LGBTQ+ experience. Shana and Kris had the opportunity to have a...

This week we welcome Amber J. Phillips to discuss her short film ' Abundance' .  Along with building spaces for Black creators, sharing your full self and having a hot stud summer.  Shoutouts: Shana:    Stud Model Project - They’ve curated a platform that allows women to show up as exactly who they are and be celebrated for their admiral features. Stud Model Project Offers professional s...

We tell the story of Zaya Wade on Easter and all the joy and support she had. Isaiah Rashad settled his sex tape comments at Coachella. And the fight for kink to be banned at Pride has begun again. Racism and microaggressions within the LGBTQ+ community, and do you like to pick up the phone, text or none of the above? Shoutouts: Shana:    Janelle Monae's new book The Memory Librarian (and oth...

What is proper strap on etiquette when you're dating? Your own strap? New ones for new folks? We get into it. Jussie Smollett released a new...song? And studs won the WNBA draft. You need to see Sam Jay's Bust Down and finish Abbott Elementary (then promptly rewatch it). Am I a Bad Queer for going to Pride alone after my friends ruined it for me last time? Shoutouts: Shana:    A Strange...

Shoutout to the South Carolina Gamecock's for winning the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament! WNBA Draft is tonight, watch it. International Asexuality Day was this week and we go through new terms we have learned. The category is: Anti-lynching bill, teachers own the Don't Say Gay Bill, Jerrod Carmichael HBO Special and officially Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson! Am I a Bad Queer? Sa...

JK we are definitely talking about The Oscars and the slap heard across the world (sorry not sorry). We also review the positives, like Ariana DeBose being the first openly queer woman of color to win and Lady Gaga's shade to Caitlyn Jenner. Governor Ron DeSantis signs the "Don't Say Gay Bill" and the jealousy we have around Gen-Z's and their queer upbringing.  Shoutouts:...

Between the transphobia spewed at Lia Thomas and sending our prayers to Brittney Griner, this circle back makes us say PHEW. Disney's walk out protest leading to the first same sex kiss in a Disney film and Ketanji Brown Jackson's sigh that was heard across the country.  Our Bad Queer Opinion discusses upgrading the word Futch and AIABQ? gets juicy. Shoutouts: Shana:    March Madness - T...

This week we discuss the orgasm gap, Jussie's sentencing, Ty and Mimi calling it quits, and Alabama's new anti-trans legislation.  We share our thoughts on making new Black queer friends, dealing with a less ambitious partner, and being friends with queer work colleagues. Plus our Bad Queer opinions on Black queers getting shamed for liking white spaces and crying over straps and fingers...