Black Boy Joy Podcast with Jay & Ainsley

To Celebrate National Coming Out Day, we've decided to re-release our episode: Coming Out/Life in The Closet recorded almost two years ago now. In this episode, we discuss coming out, living and conducting relationships while in the closet, discuss the concept of coming out to yourself and give advice to anyone struggling. It's an emotional one, and definitely hard to listen back to after all this...

This week, Kieran joins Ainsley in London where we discuss the aftermath of a Roisin Murphy concert we attended, criticise eachother's physical types we like in med, discuss polyamorous relationships and more  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any querie...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss loneliness, things that give us the ick- our christmas plans and more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss sugar Daddy/sugar Baby relationships, declaring your sexuality and much more Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any queries to blackboyjoypodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kieran and Ainsley talk shitty cell centre jobs, our favourite football players and the antics of a few of the cast Love Island 2021.  Follow  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*trigger warning* This episode contains conversations surrounding sexual assault. This week Kieran and Ainsley get real about the subject of stealthing, sexual assault, consent and more. This is a very personal episode, so please be mindful when listening.  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: ht...

This week, we host our first in-person podcast since the start of the coronavirus pandemic where we have an hour long conversation with Fr. Jarel Robinson-Brown- ordained minister and author of Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: Church and The Famine of Grace. We discuss the book at length including the writing process, the true meaning of grace, some of the more controversial passages and muc...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss our relationship with the apps now what we're more than 18 months into social distancing. We discuss our sexcapades, racial fetishising, Sha'carri Richardson and her failed drugs test and much more  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjo...

This week, Ainsley is joined by Kassi, a longtime friend and Co-Host of The Departure Lounge Podcast filling in for Kieran. We discuss everything from sharing drunken stories, RuPaul's Drag Race, discussing homophobia in the black community and the impending season of Love Island  Stream the Departure Lounge Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all good podcast streaming platforms. Follow T...

This week, to celebrate the return of Pride Month Kieran and Ainsley share what they're grateful for. We discuss the kink and fetish at pride festivals argument and much more. Our Spotlight this week is Prepster: an organisation founded to educate and advocate for the use of PrEP as an effective tool for HIV prevention. They are hosting a livestream on their facebook on Thursday 10th June 2021 @ 7...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley do an album exchange- we both choose two albums for the other person to listen to and discuss. Ainsley's choices were 'We Are King' by King and 'Deacon' by Serpentwithfeet and Kieran's choices were 'Dur&' by Durand Bernarr and 'Broke With Expensive Taste' by Azaelia Banks.  Our Spotlight this week is Hidayah LGBT+, a registered charity set up to provide suppo...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley are joined by Faizan, co-founder of Imaan LGBTQI- a charity supporting LGBT Muslims to mark Eid, one of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar. Tune in to hear us discuss Ramadan, the act of fasting, Eid, organising Imaanfest- the first Muslim pride event in the UK, connecting with our roots in our respective ancestral countries and how our queerness can hel...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley discuss the Black Lives Matter Movement, including Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict in his trial for the murder of George Floyd, how we feel the BLM movement has progressed and share our thoughts on controversial policies like 'defund the police' and more. Our Spotlight this week is the Soufriere Volcano eruption in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Follow this link for mo...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley are pleased to be joined by Nathan Lewis, Peer Support Co-ordinator with Naz Project London to discuss No More Silence, the peer support group he runs for queer black men, join us for a discussion on community, fellowship, loneliness, healing from trauma and much more  Follow Nathan Lewis on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mrnplewis/ The details for the next...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley take discuss sex, or specifically the top/bottom binary in gay sex. We discuss our preferences, the stigmas surrounding those choices and more. Plus, we give our take on Montero (Call Me By Your Name), the new song and music video by Lil Nas X and the backlash surrounding THAT lapdancing scene. Our Spotliight this week is 'PrEP & Prejudice', a national programme f...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley are pleased to be joined by Abdul Wadud Mohammed, a queer Ghanaian human rights activist and communications director of LGBT+ Rights Ghana to explain the heightened levels of homophobia and discrimination the queer community are facing. We also hear about how he got into activism, fundraising efforts and information on how we in the diaspora can help. Donate to LGBT+...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley decided to release a bonus podcast episode in light of the two-hour interview Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recorded with Oprah Winfrey. We discuss the interview, all the biggest talking points, our opinion of the royal family and much more. We drop some bombs in this episode, so make sure you check it out  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www....

This week, Kieran and Ainsley have a frank discussion about taking accountability for our past issues, problems and vices and share advice on dealing with internalised homophobia and taking control of your life and happiness.  Our Spotlight this week is the disturbing persecution of LGBT individuals in Ghana, the closure of the Country's first LGBT centre in Accra and the public condemnation...

This week, to celebrate Black LGBT History Month, Kieran and Ainsley are joined by Jason Jones, a 'Tringlish' LGBT activist and human rights defender born in Tinidad & Tobago but living in England. We spend an hour discussing his activism work, spending his twenties in London, challenging anti-LGBT intimacy laws in Trinidad. This episode was truly an education for both of us, and a real call t...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, you'll have heard about It's a Sin- the groundbreaking five-part drama by Russell T. Davies set in 1980s London during the height of the AIDs epidemic. Kieran and Ainsley take the time to discuss the show in-depth including a breakdown of all the major plot-points, we voice our misgivings about some of the characters and reflect on the impa...

This week Kieran and Ainsley are pleased to be joined by Rachel Ayeh-Datey, writer and editor in chief of Chapter Z Magazine. We discuss living alone in lockdown, the magazine, her new role as EIC, RuPaul's Drag Race, black British icons, dating men compared to women and much more. Please check out Chapter Z Magazine here: https://chapterzmagazine.com/ Follow Chapter Z Magazine on Instagram: https...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley revisit the question of our first podcast episode. We discussed it back in 2019, before an international pandemic, civil rights movement and all the madness of 2020 took place. Now, our opinions have evolved. Join the conversation with us. Our Spotlight this week is The Naz Project, a sexual health agency focusing on sexual health inequalities in BAME communities. The...

For this Christmas Eve episode of Black Boy Joy Podcast, Kieran and Ainsley are joined by Rev. Jarel Robinson-Brown, associate chaplain at Kings College London, writer and Trustee of a LGBT faith charity. In these 90 minutes, we cover Christmas traditions, ministering during a pandemic, receiving the call to serve God at a young age, coming out in the church, reconciling faith with sexuality, our...

This week, Kieran and Ainsley celebrate Black Boy Joy Podcast turning one by despairing about our 30th birthdays, life milestones, our plans for Pride and Carnival next year and the impending coronavirus vaccine  Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackboyjoypodcast/ Follow Black Boy Joy Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkboyjoypod Please send any que...

This week, Ainsley and Kieran are very pleased to be joined by Joshua Royal, Sri-Lankan born ballet dancer and creator of 'The Naked Truth'- an online event passionately helping to remove the stigma of HIV. On the 1st of December, The Naked Truth will support World AIDs day with a premiere showcase of dance, music and poetry to raise awareness and funds for The Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK’s lea...