Queer LBC

The latest in Queer stories past present and future!

For this weeks Quick T Christophe is out cleaning up the oil spill so we spill the tea on worlds safest countries for Queers while he’s gone. We discuss the election pre-election! Tom Steyer takes a stance for Trans rights. Also Nino Ninerson Runs for office.

We bring on Gio founder of The Queer Room! The Queer Room is a Long Beach based platform that provides safe spaces for LGBTQ+ individuals centering queer women and their stories.  The Queer Room is building community here in our home town y'all. Let's here what she has to say!

"Gay Gasp" Gasping in Gay.  Gagged.. Gooped... gargled...

Hey y'all, this podcast contains potentially disturbing content. Our show includes graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, explicit language, and sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. This show is for mature audiences only. Hosts discuss Palm Beach County's initial denial and reversal of funding for an LGBTQ community center under Florida’s...

Long Beach Pride president Tonya Martin joins the Queer LBC Podcast to discuss Long Beach Pride 2026: "Fearless and Free," headline performers, new stages (EDM and Hip Hop), family and teen programming, volunteer and sponsor initiatives, and safety measures. We sat down with Tonya — known to the community as LezPrez — the President of Long Beach Pride, to talk about everything from her personal jo...

Welcome back to another episode of the QueerLBC podcast! This week we unpack some unsettling news and culture clippings affecting the LGBTQ+ community: a viral incident of a gay couple punching a homophobic interviewer, controversies around Coachella and AI drag-queen chatbots, Israel’s Pride amid accusations of pinkwashing, rising anti-trans legislation, and invasive surveillance targeting trans...

Hey y'all, this podcast contains potentially disturbing content. Our show includes graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, explicit language, and sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. This show is for mature audiences only. This episode covers a trans woman suing a homeless shelter for alleged harassment, a new report on how affirming adults...

Hey y'all, this podcast contains potentially disturbing content. Our show includes graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, explicit language, and sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. This show is for mature audiences only. In this episode Long Beach local JT, 70 and recently widowed after a 50-year partnership, recounts coming out at 17, th...

Hey y'all, this podcast contains potentially disturbing content. Our show includes graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, explicit language, and sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. This show is for mature audiences only. Hosts Nino, Christophe and Dr. Mikey break down the Supreme Court ruling on Colorado's conversion therapy ban, Jaden Iv...

Hosts Nino, Christoph, and Dr. Mikey unpack a packed episode of Queer LBC: a DreamWorks editor's anti-trans harassment lawsuit, Kansas' forced ID revocations and trans exodus, the UN clash over gender definitions, and international developments from Poland, Greece, and Zambia. They also discuss national polling on LGBTQ rights and the political questions around transgender protections. The convers...

On this episode of the Queer LBC Podcast, hosts Nino, Christoph, and Dr. Mikey talk with Art — a Long Beach bartender and educator — about leaving a relationship, discovering and embracing trans identity, and becoming a local queer personality at the Silver Fox. The conversation covers gender‑affirming care and facial feminization surgery, dealing with transphobia at work, experiences with dating...

Welcome back to the QueerLBC podcast! In today’s Quick T we discuss, the $2M civil award in the Ed Buck case, new legal fights over transgender care and Kansas ID laws. We also get into what we’ve been doing to stay sane amidst the 24hr doom cycle! You won’t wanna miss!

Hosts Nino, Dr. Mikey, Chelo Azul and Gio welcome guest Benito to explore otaku and furry culture — how anime shaped queer discovery, the creation and purpose of fursonas, pup play and BDSM overlaps, therians, and the dynamics of community and stigma.  

Hosts Nino and Dr. Mikey welcome new Queer LBC en Español hosts Chelo Azul and Gio and dive into a round-up of urgent LGBTQ+ stories. Topics include the Netherlands’ first openly gay prime minister, homophobic vandalism at a new stadium, a federal judge blocking Texas’ ban on LGBTQ+ student clubs, the Pope’s stance on church doctrine, and the worrying trend of U.S. gay bars closing — all discussed...

In this episode the Queer LBC hosts sit down with some REAL TRADE! Jax, a lesbian operating engineer with experience working in plumbing, HVAC and electrical trades. Jax shares her path into the trades, the mental and emotional toll of navigating rigid masculinity on job sites, experiences of micro-aggressions and harassment, and how union protections and community helped her cope while recovering...

Hey yall! Today in homophobia, transphobia, and political chaos — we’ve got a stacked one.   A special election security advisor to Donald Trump blames the Devil for churches displaying Pride flags. A Tennessee congressman calls a halftime performance by Bad Bunny “gay porn.” And students in Visalia face consequences after posing for a photo with a homophobic slur. Today in trans news: multiple bl...

Join us as we talk with Queer Singh (TJ), a queer Punjab Sikh psychiatrist and yogi, joins the Queer LBC Podcast to discuss healing with psychedelics, gender and spirituality. They share personal stories about coming out, yoga and tantra as tools for embodiment, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. We also discuss practical breathwork tips, psychedelic integration, and building queer community in...

Hosts Nino, Christoph, and Dr. Mikey run through a fast-paced news roundup covering a Department of Education investigation into a transgender student on a co-ed cheer squad, a violent homophobic assault on a New York subway rider, and a federal court restoring funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The conversation moves between analysis and personal reflection on transphobia, homophobia,...

Hey y'all, this podcast contains potentially disturbing content. Our show includes graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, explicit language, and sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. This show is for mature audiences only. Hosts Nino, Christophe, and Dr. Mikey react to headlines including Budapest's mayor facing charges for allowing a pride...

Hey y'all, this podcast contains potentially disturbing content. Our show includes graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, explicit language, and sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. This show is for mature audiences only. Hosts Nino, Chelo Azul, and Dr. Mikey share candid New Year’s memories — from wild queer house parties, first New Year’...

Hey yall we’re back with the Tea and today we discuss — Nicki Minaj’s anti-trans pivot, Grindr’s AI-first plans and safety failures, Trump moves to restrict trans youth care and chest binders, battles over Pride and library books, viral assaults targeting gay men. A lot of drama you won’t wanna miss!

  Ho ho ho yall it’s time for the holidays—awkward gift exchanges (white elephant, Elfster), family traditions, cultural foods like tamales and coquito, Kwanzaa, Christmas movies, charitable toy drives, queer holiday events, and the commercialization of the season is what we’ll be getting into today!

Hey y'all, this week we discuss Miss Rachel and Admiral Rachel Levine controversies, Long Beach's high Municipal Equality Index score, a San Diego Uber hate incident, Trump DOJ policy rollbacks affecting LGBTQ+ inmates, a confirmed stem-cell HIV cure case, and community fundraisers and events and more!

Hey y'all, this podcast contains potentially disturbing content. Our show includes graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, explicit language, and sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. This show is for mature audiences only. Hosts Nino, Christoph and Dr. Mikey interview Ray Weber, a queer non-binary licensed midwife, about LGBTQ+ pregnancy an...