The Gay Lane Podcast

Cheers queers! Last week, we attended Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, and this week we’re recapping all the gayest things we did during the annual cocktail event, from slurping spaghetti at a gay-owned Italian joint, to watching a campy shark movie while floating in a queer pool. And while we’re talking about New Orleans, we sure to check out our new Gay Lane Travel Guide to New Orleans ! Wh...

Howdy! We’re in a Texas mood this week. Next, we’re pulling on our figurative cowboy boots and heading to the small town of Graham. As tiny as it is, Graham has a quintessentially huge Texas personality, complete with the largest Main Street town square in America (go off!), a slew of vintage stores, a bunch of churches and cows, an old-school movie theater that pre-dates most movies, superb resta...

National Parks have always been near and dear to us, and especially Matt, who has written about them extensively and hosted podcasts about them. Everglades National Park, in particular, is a park of near-mythical proportions — of Jurassic Park -worthy wildlife, brutal weather, and vast swaths of remote waterways, tangled together in the mangroves. For this week’s episode, we touch on Matt’s articl...

We're sending off Pride Month with a recap of the various Pride festivals and parades we attended, from WorldPride in D.C. to Eureka Springs, Ark. We discuss the importance of small-town Prides, the vitality of joy, and the spirit of community that endures year-round — far after Pride Month's end. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

Hello and welcome to a Gay Lane first: a quasi-film review! Disney and Pixar movies have always been special to us (ahem especially Matt), and a new release is often an opening-weekend pastime. This week, that meant seeing Elio , an outta-this-world adventure about a lonely boy grappling with grief and isolation — who literally manifests an alien abduction to fit in. On this episode, we retrace th...

For only its second time in the U.S., WorldPride took place in D.C. May 17-June 8, complete with a dizzying lineup of performances, parties, parades, and partner Prides. We attended for the final weekend of WorldPride, when we marched in the parade, saw Cynthia Erivo headline, ate rainbow pimento cheese tea sandwiches (!), and so much more. The Gay Lane is reader-supported. To receive new posts an...

It’s officially Pride Month, and we wanted to kick it off with a conversation about our own histories with Pride, the importance of Pride (especially this year), our epic Pride Guide , and what we’ve got planned for the season. Oh, and Thunder Up, OKC! The Gay Lane is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading, fo...

Welcome to The Gay Lane…the podcast! Like our articles , this is a space for us to share earnest and honest stories — rooted in personal experience — about queer culture in unexpected places. Unfussy and honest (with occasional background noise from a surly dachshund and/or screeching peacocks), this channel is where we’ll discuss everything from places we’re visiting to movies, and queer news to...