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Paulo Saka is a Swedish senior content programming manager at Spotify. He’s also a writer for Krull Magazine , “a creative digital platform and the preeminent lifestyle publication for black culture in Stockholm, Sweden.” Paulo is a dynamic and engaging individual who shares who he is as a Black queer Swedish professional. Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast , and YouT...

Byron Adu is an Australian senior policy and project officer for a governmental agency in Melbourne. Originally from Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, Byron and his sister were contestants on season two of Hunted Australia , a reality television series based on the British series of the same name. He’s also the founder of Every Minority , “a platform to share and showcase the diverse...

Antoine Craigwell is the President and CEO of DBGM, Inc. , an organization “dedicated to recognizing, articulating and highlighting LGBTQIA+ Black and people of color in the African Diaspora and their mental health needs.” This past June 2023, Mental Health America presented Antoine with the Clifford W. Beers Award, an honor presented annually to an individual who best exemplifies the examples set...

Russell Brooks is a Montréal-based Canadian crime novelist with familial roots in Barbados. And he has the distinction of being my first Canadian guest. Russell is the author of four suspense thrillers which include Pandora’s Succession , Unsavory Delicacies , Chill Run , and The Demeter Code . His most recent is titled Jam Run , Russell’s first Afro-Caribbean LGBTQ-themed crime novel. It's the se...

John-Paul Zaccarini is a British Professor of Performing Arts for Bodily and Vocal Practices at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Project Leader of FutureBrownSpace. John-Paul is a trained dancer and actor who has directed and choreographed circus and theater productions in the UK, Denmark, and Sweden, working with circuses and choreographed aerial dances for The Royal Variety Per...

Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast 's creator, host, and producer Erick Taylor Woodby is interviewed by Gamal 'G' Turawa , an ED&I facilitator, transformational storyteller, and the protagonist in the 2022 BAFTA-wining documentary, The Black Cop . Erick shares his pride in being a Black gay American writer and global digital nomad. Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast ,...

Ashanti Martinez serves as the first openly LGBTQ+ member of the General Assembly from Prince George’s County District 22 in the Maryland House of Delegates . A graduate of Howard University , a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., Ashanti, shares about this and more as a Black LGBT politician. Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast , and YouTube . For more inf...

George Kachimanga is a Malawian human rights advocate and programmer. I was connected to George by Victor Chikalogwe , Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast 's Episode 2 guest. George shares about his career, his advocacy with organizations like Nyasa Rainbow Alliance , and his love of travel. Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast , and YouTube . For more information, go to Our...

Sampson McCormick is an American stand-up comedian, writer, screenwriter, film producer, and activist. Through comedy, writing, directing, producing, and his YouTube channel that features the Profiles on Black Gay Love series, Sampson encourages conversations centred around Black gay male life and sexuality. As a gifted and insightful comedian, Sampson has shown throughout his over 20-year career...

Season 3 debuts with Kaecy, a South African singer-songwriter, performer, and recording artist. Performing since childhood, Kaecy has worked with such artists as Bongi & Collin , TheHasanGreen , and Letang Phumelela . Ditoro was the 1st single from Kaecy’s 2017 debut release titled So Beautiful . And he is a featured singer on the 2022 album We Too Are Called . Rate, comment, and subscribe on...

Jarrod D. King is a Philadelphia-based American author, national speaker, and co-host of the BoyFriends podcast. Jarrod and his co-hosts share their insights and experiences in relation to friendships and dating. With a focus on creating LGBT characters of color, Jarrod is the author of the 2016 sci-fi fantasy novel titled Pangaea: Unsettled Land , and the 2020 novel The Auctorati . Rate, comment,...

Rasheed Newson is an American executive producer of Peacock's Bel-Air , a television drama writer, and the author of the New York Times notable and New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice debut novel My Government Means to Kill Me . Rasheed’s other producing and writing credits include Netflix’s Narcos , and Showtime’s The Chi . Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast ,...

Rayceen Pendarvis is an American event host, community advocate, and lifelong Washingtonian. And is known as the High Priestess of Love , the Queen of the Shameless Plug , the Empress of Pride , and the Goddess of DC . Since the 1980s, Rayceen has received many honors, which include Capital Pride Hero in 2016, finalist in The Mayor’s Arts Awards for Excellence in the Humanities in 2017, and being...

Interviewing over 50 professionals in the entertainment, literary, and other industries, creator and host Erick Taylor Woodby shares what sparked the idea in February 2021 in Stockholm, Sweden, to create a platform showcasing a global population often overlooked by LGBTQ+ and Black media outlets. Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast , and YouTube . For more information,...

Delano Burrowes is an American writer, poet, artist, and curator who has written for publications like HuffPost . He's from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the same city as early 20th Century Black American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. Delano's also co-founder of The Blackyard Collective NYC . He shares what motivates him to embrace w...

Adé Adeniji is a Dutch-based British consultant, coach, trainer, investigator, and mediator. With an academic background in employment law, Adé has over 20 years of experience in Human Resources in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. He’s also the co-founder of The Quest Collective C.I.C , a group supporting gay, bisexual, and queer men. Additionally, Adé the founder and director of W...

Cyril Nri is a British BAFTA-nominated actor whose career spans over four decades, traversing stage, film, and television. Notable roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company include Lucius in Julius Caesar , Ariel in The Tempest, and Polonius in Hamlet . He earned his BAFTA nomination playing Lance Sullivan in Russell T. Davies’ 2015 Channel Four series Cucumber . Cyril joins Erick to share about hi...

Stefano Duc is an Italian writer for Il Grande Colibrì , a publication offering a "wide vision on the LGBTQIA world". Stefano digs beneath the surface of Italian society to write about the country’s diversity, highlighting the challenges faced by those who don’t fit one’s perception of who is Italian. With family origins in Mauritius, an island nation off the southeast coast of Africa, Stefano sha...

Interviewed by notables like Oprah Winfrey , Dr. Lulu® is an award-winning LGBT youth & parent advocate helping parents to accept, affirm, and support their LGBT+ children. Known as The Momatrician , Dr. Lulu® is a media consultant, event host, bestselling author, and 3x TEDx Speaker. Her literary works include the books How to Raise Well-Rounded Children , How to Teach Your Children About Rac...

Erick Taylor Woodby shares the journey so far, of finding his voice as the creator and host of Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast . Where he interviews guests who share who they are in their respective countries and professions. Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast , and YouTube . For more information, go to Our Black Gay Diaspora . Thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Uche Chukwu is the creator and host of the Let’s Talk About Us with Uche podcast and YouTube channel . Originally from Nigeria, he's an American independent podcaster, YouTuber, life coach, and public speaker. With a background in health professions, Uche is a United States Army veteran who’s traveled to over 40 countries. He's committed to elevating the depictions of Black citizens throughout the...

Hari Ziyad (he/they) is an American screenwriter, public speaker, and the bestselling author of Black Boy Out of Time , a memoir of race, gender, and coming-of-age in America. They are also the creator and editor-in-chief of RaceBaitr.com , “a platform created to explore the various ways race is expressed and defined.” Hari was a staff writer on The Neighborhood and a script consultant for Tarell...

Khane Kutzwell is the owner of Camera Ready Kutz Inc. , an LGBTQ-friendly barbershop in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Trinidad, Khane is a master barber, barber coach and instructor, entrepreneur, and public speaker. Responding to the misogyny and homophobia that can permeate male-dominated barbershops, Khane created Camera Ready Kutz as a safe and welcoming space for individuals to get a hairc...

Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast 's creator, host, and producer Erick Taylor Woodby shares his journey of discovery as a digital nomad in Europe. An adventure that began at the beginning of October 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Acast , and YouTube . For more information, go to Our Black Gay Diaspora . Thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

For National Coming Out Day, we have the return of Episode 23 's Gamal ‘G’ Turawa , a British facilitator, speaker, and coach. As founder and managing director of Purplefrog Connections , G travels the world working within the public and private sectors to create ways to bring moments alive through one-to-one or group coaching, workshops and presentations, and blogging. G is also the protagonist o...