#ILoveGay Today

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jorge Gallegos of ManChic. Gay and IAmManchic.com, our favorite Queer Latinx Content Creator, Digital Marketing Specialist, DJ and Travel Vlogger based out of Dallas. Join us as we chat about how he got started in all of this, including his more recent work with dot.gay, as well as a few pride festivals this year, including NYC and Portland, Oregon. We also chat about...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Kaelan Strouse of Ecstatic Self, based in Washington, DC. Join us as we chat about Kaelan's work as an author, spirituality coach, yoga instructor and more. His book, Journey to the Ecstatic Self, is a workbook for settling into your integral, spiritual truth. His website and business, Ecstatic Self, is a place where Kaelan explores sexuality, spirituality, sex, a...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Ben Stokes, founding partner of Chasing Rainbows, an LGBTQ+-led and focused VC firm. Join us as we chat about how Ben got started in the world of venture capital, and how he identified a strong need for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and small business professionals to have access to early stage, start-up capital.

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Matteo Ceurvels, both Principal Analyst, Latin America & Spain for eMarketer & a contributing journalist to eMarketer's Digital Trends. We chat about his work and how he got started in this industry, as well as his speaking opportunities at global events such as Advertising Week LATAM in Mexico City recently.

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Gus Penaranda, Executive Director of the NJ Pride Chamber of Commerce, and Brielle Winslow-Majette, Deputy Director of Garden State Equality, where we talk about their upcoming LGBTQ Summit at the League of Municipalities on Nov 14 in Atlantic City, NJ. We chat about the history of this summit, now in its 2nd year, and the outsized role both of these organizations hav...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Timur Tugberk, influencer-publicist-marketer and founder of Designing the District based in Miami. Join us we chat about his start in 2005 with events, interiors and media in Washington, DC, and how he has evolved over the years to where he's at today, a connector and a socialite! His true interests lie in interior design, art history and fashion, which forms a st...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Leo Cusimano, publisher of The Dallas Voice. Join us as we chat about the evolution of The Dallas Voice from its original print publication to the true multimedia company it is today. We discuss the various social media platforms they are active on, including their continued expansion into video. We also chat about their News Is Out collaboration and the upcoming Pres...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Joe Bilancio, director of programming for the OUTshine Film Festival, with their festival coming up Oct 19-29, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale. We chat with Joe about some of the upcoming films, including The Mattachine Family, All Of Us Strangers and Chasing Chasing Amy, just to name a few. We also chat about some of their community and "fest" events outside of the...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Victor Yates, a Lambda Literary winner, novelist, journalist, poet & social media manager. Join us as we chat about his successful YouTube channel dedicated to LGBTQ+ film, with an emphasis on elevating and amplifying queer filmmakers of color along the way.

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Dr. Matt R. Salmon, author of the upcoming book, Pride n Prejudice. Coming out next spring, Pride n Prejudice seeks to explore the intersection between religion, Republican politics and diversity, and how we should come together, find common ground, and celebrate our differences. As a queer, autistic kid growing up in a Republican, Mormon household, this book taps int...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with return guest Amazin LêThị, where we talk about her ongoing work in elevating LGBTQ+ representation in sports, including the lack of Asian representation with groups and organizations including FIFA and the recent World Cup. Amazin is part of the upcoming 2023 LGBTQ Institute Business Forum, with their theme of "Growing our Commitment to LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Cu...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with David Cruz, co-founder of FruitLoots.com based out of West Hollywood, CA. Join us as we learn about how FruitLoots was born out of the pandemic, and just a few virtual happy hours, to become an amazing small business sourcing its products primarily from LGBTQ+ vendors. They've created a variety of curated gift boxes, including gift boxes with homemade candles, tha...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with return guest Sev7en Taylor, where we chat about his new album, "THE QLIPHOTH", debuting Sept 27, 2023. This album details 3 years of experience... from heartbreak, self love, finding self through challenges and taking his music & art to another level. In the same vein of spreading spiritual knowledge about the "Tree Of Life", and its polar oppo...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Spencer Hoddeson, founder of Gay Water. We chat about what inspired Spencer to start Gay Water (vodka & soda for those who wonder), and how his experience in corporate branding, as well as building up a social media following during COVID, allowed him to expand his talents into the world of entrepreneurship with the recent launch of Gay Water, now available in mos...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Peter DeWitt, founder of GayWellness.com based out of Los Angeles. We chat about the growth of his website, along with its comprehensive database of listings. It's also nice to see Peter both partnering with other LGBTQ+ organizations that have a health & wellness angle to them, as well as attending some of the various LGBTQ+ health & wellness events happe...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Aaron Goldenberg, creator of "The Mean Gays" videos, the latest gay sensation taking the Internet by storm! Raised in Miami, but now based in Atlanta, Aaron tells us about how he and his frequent collaborator Jake Jonez connected, and how the idea for "The Mean Gays" came about. Now famous for shining a light and putting a mirror in front of the go...

#ILoveGay Today connects with Greg Baird of Gregger Speaks, based in Chicago. This is Greg's second time on the show, and in this episode, we chat more about what he's been up to lately, building out the Gregger Speaks video series, and expanding his platform onto TikTok while posting more and more video content on YouTube. Greg is currently focusing a lot of his energies towards the upcom...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Max Herman of Tampa Bay Tours. Join us as we chat about some of the various tours they offer, both in downtown Tampa and Ybor City. We chat about their history tours, their ghost tours and some of the LGBTQ+ history surrounding Ybor City.

#ILoveGay Today connects with Salah Bachir, author of the upcoming book "First to Leave the Party: My life with ordinary people... who happen to be famous", with an October 17, 2023 release date. Join us as we chat about how his life's work has allowed him to bring all of these stories to light, with characters ranging from Marlon Brando, Liberace, Andy Warhol, Princess Margaret and...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Cory Allen, author of Breaking Free, a saga of self-discovery by a gay secret service agent. Join us as we chat about anything and everything related to Cory's history with the US Secret Service, learning how he concurrently managed both his personal life and his professional life in what, at times, seemed to be a rather precarious balancing act. We learn about Co...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Diego Tomasino, business consultant, executive coach and author. Join us as we chat about his book, "Come Out!", and how his book brings together his work in helping companies and company leaders with their diversity & inclusion efforts. Focusing much of his efforts on the Spanish-speaking world, he has also risen to the level of "Linkedin Top Voice...

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Joan Cox, artist and business leader from Baltimore, Maryland. Join us as we chat about Joan's history with the Maryland LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, as well as her design business, Peacox Design, and her true passion, her art. Joan creates richly detailed visual narratives that portray queer relationships as complex, beautiful, and necessary. Bringing a unique per...

#ILoveGay Today's special Cinequest series connects us with Danielle Fountaine, producer of Egghead & Twinkie, a coming of age film about coming out of the closet. EGGHEAD & TWINKIE takes audiences on a delightful and unforgettable road trip adventure exploring sexuality, racial identity and friendship. Join us as we chat about the film, as well as its success in the LGBTQ+ film festiv...

#ILoveGay Today's special Cinequest series features filmmaker Drew de Pinto and their short film, "Last Call". Focusing on the caretakers of three historic queer bars in San Francisco as they close their establishments amidst the 2020 pandemic lockdown, we chat about this and other works they've done that have been a part of the SF Queer Film Festival and Outfest.

#ILoveGay Today meets up with singer and performer Keeana Kee, set to perform live at the Dinah Shore Pool Party on Sunday, Sept 24 in Palm Springs. London-raised, NYC-based songwriter & fashion model Keeana Kee has performed around the world, including NYC Pride & London Pride. With her songs "Coconut Rum and Coke" and "You're Real" celebrating lesbian love stories...