PRIDE

In 2015, Carol, directed by Todd Haynes, was released. In 2015, the life of Allison Tate was forever changed. The only thing left to do? Create a Carol Support Group. Be sure to follow Allison on IG!Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

High school dress codes are notoriously problematic because the students who are targeted most often are girls, LGBTQ+ youth, and students of color. Stories make it to the news semi regularly. A girl sent home for not wearing a bra, a boy sent home for dreadlocks, or a boy wearing nailpolish. When Trevor Wilkinson was sent to the office for coming to school with his nails done, it wasn’t his first...

When people say mean or ignorant things to you or about you, you probably respond like most people. You get angry. It’s the natural reaction. But Rain Dove doesn’t and it’s glorious. Rain is a model who models both men’s and women’s products. And since building their platform, they’ve become a sort of unofficial queer Dear Abby, opening up their inbox to everyone from young queer folks to angry no...

With Thanksgiving behind us and December finally here, almost everyone I know is full on ready for Christmas, even the grinchiest of them all. To be honest, it seemed like everyone was ready to go a while ago. Maybe it’s because Christmas represents the end of the year, and we’re all ready for 2021. Maybe it’s because Christmas is comforting. Whatever the reason, let’s do it too. With our very own...

To an outsider, mainstream surf culture looks very homogenous. Men with sun-bleached hair, long lean muscles, tan-- but not too dark-- skin. They hang out with hot girls in bikinis. They shred. They’re easy going, but aggressive. But like every seemingly heteronormative subsection of culture, there’s a queer side fighting against the currents of homophobia with all its might. Be sure to follow Ben...

Boss Baby Brody is five and with the support of his mom, Danielle, is high kicking the gender binary right out of his way. Be sure to follow Brody on IG!Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. From Straw Hut Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when two groups of men who are often stereotyped in opposite ways intersect? When we think about stereotypes for men in gangs, we might think of hypermasculine, heterosexual, maybe violent. When we think about the stereotypes assigned to gay men, we go the opposite direction. Be sure to follow Vanessa on Twitter! Read her article, "What it’s like to be gay and in a gang", and check ou...

Ryan Russell came out as bisexual last year in between contracts with the NFL. He hasn’t been signed yet, but his advocacy work is creating a path for young LGBTQ+ athletes to change the game. Be sure to follow Ryan Russell on IG and checkout his YouTube channel! Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliat...

Charlie Carver is one of the nine openly gay cast members in the new Netflix movie The Boys in the Band. Be sure to follow Charlie on IG and watch The Boys in the Band, streaming now on Netflix! Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. From Straw Hut Media Learn more about your ad ch...

Right now, it’s hard to talk about almost anything besides the election. Even though election day is still technically a couple weeks away, already, more than 10 million people have cast their votes. And even as November 3rd comes and goes, we’ll probably still be counting votes for weeks after. Voting is always important, but this year, everything feels more concentrated, more intense, more urgen...

Nikki Blonsky is not unlike Tracy Turnblad, whom she played in the 2007 remake of Hairspray. And maybe Tracy was pansexual too! Be sure to follow Nikki on IG and check out her podcast, Nikki Nights! Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

People have been quick to compare the coronavirus to the 1918 Spanish Flu, but for Laurie Marhoefer, she was focused on 1981 when the HIV-AIDS crisis began. Be sure to follow Laurie on Twitter and read her article here. Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your a...

This year has been so bad it’s unreal. Amir Moini decided to use this time to write a self-improvement book that you can read in a day. Be sure to follow Amir on IG!Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hidden identities and double lives. Charlie Bird spent his college years at BYU with two big secrets. He was the university’s beloved mascot Cosmo. Also, he’s gay. Be sure to follow Charlie on IG!Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Brandi Glanville is good TV and she’s also crooked AF. Let’s talk about Housewives, The Apprentice, friends, family and give a little history lesson on American gay rights. Be sure to follow Brandi on IG and check out her podcasts, Brandi Glanville Unfiltered & Black and White Conversations! Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride....

Privilege intersects in all aspects of our lives. Our gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, race, nationality, weight, body abilities, income level. The list goes on and on. Today, we talk to writer and community organizer Adam Eli about his book "The New Queer Conscience", intersectionality, and how his Jewish and queer identities work together to fuel his activism. Info on Chechnya:http...

How do pirates know they’re pirates? They think … therefore they ARRR. Sorry for that terrible joke. But I want us all to get into the space of pirates. The open sea, violence, stealing, run-ins with the law, and above all, freedom — from the social burdens of the Early Modern Era and — freedom to love who they loved. The pirates we’ll meet today were way more exciting than eye patches and wooden...

You never really know what you’re capable of. We limit ourselves based on the things we think we know about the world. And we’re wrong a lot. When Thomas Beattie was playing football, being gay and being a professional athlete felt mutually exclusive. But just a couple months ago, ESPN published Thomas’s coming out story. Go follow Thomas on IG, Twitter, and Facebook! Your host is Levi Chambers, c...

We’re talking to writer, producer and actor Ryan O’Connell about his Netflix Original series 'Special', the mostly autobiographical story of a gay disabled man trying to carve out a career as a writer and trying to accomplish the seemingly impossible feat of being "special" and "normal" at the same time. Go follow Ryan on IG and on Twitter! Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow...

There are lies people tell us to keep us in line. You’ve heard them. Some are relatively harmless. Be good or Santa won’t bring you any presents. Don’t eat sweets before bed or you’ll have nightmares. Others carry with them damage that can last a lifetime. Lies like being queer or trans excludes you from love or motherhood or fatherhood. Lies like gender is binary and absolute. Today Jake and Hann...

One drop too many and you’re out like a light. Why a sleep aid became the drug of choice in the gay club scene. Be sure to follow Joseph on Twitter! Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The oldest documented same-sex couple lived around 2380 to 2320 BCE in Ancient Egypt. Dr. Neel Burton shares his research on gender and sexual fluidity in ancient civilizations. Be sure to visit Neel's website and follow him on Twitter! Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety. Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn...

Amy Adamczyk, sociologist and author of the 2017 book, Cross-National Public Opinion about Homosexuality, leads us through a deep dive of why some countries protect their LGBTQ+ citizens and others villainize them. "Why do some countries disapprove of homosexuality? Money, democracy and religion"https://theconversation.com/why-do-some-countries-disapprove-of-homosexuality-money-democracy-and-relig...

Lulu Miller found meaning in chaos, dismantled the boundaries around sexuality that held her back, made some amazing radio, and wrote it all down in her book, Why Fish Don’t Exist. Why Fish Don't Existhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Why-Fish-Dont-Exist/Lulu-Miller/9781501160271Zeigarnik Effecthttps://www.psychologistworld.com/memory/zeigarnik-effect-interruptions-memorySupreme Court Case: B...

Last week, I watched a new documentary on Netflix called Disclosure. It’s an in-depth look at the way trans people have been portrayed and represented on-screen, all the way from one of the first silent films up to the present day on series like Pose. Today on Pride, we talk to Sam Feder, the director of the documentary, and actress and writer Jen Richards, one of the people interviewed. It’s a re...