Big Gay Energy: An LGBTQ+ Media Podcast

We had the pleasure of talking to Frankie Rodriguez. You may know him as Carlos from the Disney+ show, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (HSMTMTS). Frankie discusses his prior acting roles and why representation in media is so important. If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us...

It's time for a (mostly) WIldcat Summer! We spend this episode discussing all things camp shallow lakes from Ashlyn's gay awakening to Kourtney's anxiety and we meet one of our all time favs Maddox!!! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Maggie and Kristen discuss their experience working as the music supervisors for the Red, White, and Royal Blue movie. They answer our Patreon member's and listeners' burning questions about what their job entails and why certain songs were selected for the film adaptation. If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

We continue our HSMTMTS journey! Season 2 covers topics near to our hearts such as body positivity for Ashlyn, Carlos's super gay locker, and the legality Ms. Jenn's directing choices. If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠BGE Discord Lin...

This month for Big gay book club, we are slide tackling right into Cleat Cute, the sapphic soccer book of our dreams! BUT we are not alone, the author, Meryl Wilsner, joined us. Together we discussed our favorite moments, character, traits, and learned all about Meryl's process for bringing this book to life. Check out Meryl's store for Cleat Cute Merch: If you want to support us and gain...

First there was the iconic high School Musical trilogy and then there was High School Musical: The Musical. Now… we have High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (HSMTMTS). Now we aren’t going to be able to cover EVERYTHING that happens in the show but we will talk about some of our favorite parts, things that stood out, and of course all of the queerness. If you want to support us and gain ac...

Our favorite intimacy coordinator is back! Robbie shares his experience working on the Red, White and Royal Blue movie by breaking down his process for select scenes. He answers our Patreon member's and listeners' burning questions about RWRB. Plus Robbie gives us a teaser about his latest project Mary and George! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon:...

We wrap up all the Red, White, and Royal Blue fun by discussing the symbolism of Alex's house key and Henry's signet ring, how we feel forever about them, and the quality queer representation in both the film and book. If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our D...

Neil shares his experience creating the set for the Red, White, and Royal Blue movie! We learned so much about how RWRB was brought to life from the book pages to screen including all the fun details in each room. He was even kind enough to answer our lovely Patreon members burning questions! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

The penultimate episode has EVERYTHING! Elle's art show, Darcy in a suit, Ben washed away by a rainbow wave, Olivia Colman putting Nick's dad in his place, murderous Tori! It's soooooo goood, you won't be sorry after listening to this one. Stick around until the end for a very special challenge from Kaitlynn... If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Pat...

The Heartstopper season 2 finale is perfect, literally. The Paris Squad puts together the perfect prom... at Nick's, after ditching the Truham prom. Tara and Darcy make up to a Taylor Swift song, Tao and Elle get their Han Solo and Princess Leia on, and Nick gets Charlie to open up about the past which would have been a true perfect moment... if not for Olivia Colman's untimely arrival. If...

Did you ever run across that legendary tumblr post about the gay islands? Well, Devin wrote a book inspired by it! In this episode Devin tells us about his writing process and answers all our our burning questions about this heartwarming and beautiful book. Rainbow islands is a YA queer novel that follows Jason after he is exiled from the Christian Republic to the land of the queers: Rainbow Islan...

Tis the season for holiday movies! We dive into our favorite and least favorite LGTBQ+ holiday movies which includes classiscs like Carol, Hallmark style rom coms like The Christmas set up, and a queer take on It's a Wonderful life called A New York Christmas wedding, the Happiest season and so much more! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This episode covers all things Red, White and Royal Blue! We discuss our favorite Alex and Henry moments, compare the film and book by Casey McQuiston, and celebrate all the fabulous queer rep in both. Plus, we even review the special Henry POV chapter from the collector's edition! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Ilana shares her experience writing for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (HSMTMS), including insight into the original ending for season 2 (thanks COVID!) and she discusses her new film: Anyone But You! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Who did it better: RWRB movie or book? Tune in to find out our take on the V&A museum scene, Miguel vs Rafael Luna, use of music and so much more! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠BGE Discord Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode along with...

It's Tara's birthday!!! The Paris squad celebrates with spin the bottle truth or dare (is this a thing?)! Nick comes out to some mates, Isaac processes kissing James, Ben storms out in a totally not gay way, Imogen and Sahar cuddle (JUST KISS!), Tao and Elle just kiss, and Darcy gets sick on Nathan's bed leaving the teachers with only one bed... If you want to support us and gain acces...

Charlie has a hickey and it's all anyone wants to talk about! But deflecting rumors over who did it (Nick was totally there!) doesn't stop the Paris squad from exploring the city! If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Discord Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

The Paris squad is FINALLY in Paris! Nick speaks FRENCH! Isaac reads the entirety of Les Miserables BEFORE they arrive. Charlie needs Ben to disappear. Tao and Elle finally clear the air. Tara needs Darcy to talk about her feelings. And Mr Farouk really NEEDS that croissant... If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk quee...

Tao recruits Isaac and Charlie to help plan his first date with Elle, which does NOT go according to plan. Meanwhile GCSE's FINALLY end so we can party with the world's biggest bonfire! Nick wants to use this opportunity to come out to the rugby lads, but that doesn't go according to plan either... If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BG...

We meet the whole Heartstopper family is this episode, kicking off with Parents' day at school, Tao's awkward fish drawings , and a totally ban from Charlie seeing Nick (RUDE!). But not to worry, the episode ends with supportive boyfriend Nick sending Charlie the sweetest voicemail of all times. If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patre...

It's time to talk about Heartstopper season 2 ! This episode starts off strong with Nick on a mission to come out as bisexual to the people he cares about most! While that makes Nick's BOYFRIEND Charlie really happy to hear, coming out is proving to be complicated and hard which leads to a lot of ANXIETY!!!! Don't worry there is plenty of gay cuteness to balance it out. If you want to...

In this episode with spoke with Kyle Richardson about his singing and songwriting career and his latest single: Fight the Good Fight and new full album: Louder Than Words. If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Discord Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode along w...

We recap the epic finale with all it's super gay moments! Including, but not limited to: The Avatrice KISS! Yasmine's rise to sisterhood! Whoops, we forgot to factor in Lilith... again. And so much more! Plus we shed some light on what's going on with the Save Warrior Campaign... Also, check out this video we reference in the episode: Ava's letter to Beatrice - YouTube If you want...

In this episode we (finally) dive into the penultimate episode of warrior nun season 2! Grab your shots and lime and leave the demons at home... just, listen and you'll see what we're talking about. If you want to support us and gain access to bonus content become a Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wanna talk queer media with us and our friends? Join our Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BGE Discord Li...