These Unprecedented Gays

Send us Fan Mail The boys wanted to bring you another "Spit or Swallow" episode.  This week, we try to celebrate Fall with "Spit or Swallow - Pumpkin Spice Edition".  Inspired by the huge fanbase that Starbucks has built for its Pumpkin Spice Latte, it seems that many brands are jumping on the proverbial bandwagon to release Pumpkin Spice flavored offerings.  The boys sample an...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys talk about touch.  Are you touchy-feely?  Do you prefer to keep your distance?  Everyone is different.  Some crave physical touch of a person or animal . . . others are uncomfortable with that intimacy.  Whatever your level of comfort is, this episode will touch you in places you never thought possible!   @tugayspod tugayspod@yahoo.com  #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about sleep.  Quality, quantity, habits, hangups . . . we spend a lot of our life sleeping and don't talk about it enough.  It won't be a snooze!  But these are the things that dreams are made of!   @tugayspod tugayspod@yahoo.com  #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #sandiego #gaysandiego #gaycommedy #sleep Gay San Diego comedy LGBT LGBTQ LGBTQIA+ @tugayspod   tuga...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we were going to talk about sleep.  But instead, we get engrossed chatting about travel, and more specifically about a very "Uncanny Experience" @theuncannyexp Some of our boys traveled to an immersive, interactive X-Men fan experience held at a private club in Minneapolis.  You all know that Paul is a huge comic nerd and X-Men is one of his favorites.  Come g...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys talk about representation. Whether in film, music, art, popular culture,television . . . seeing people you relate to is so important.  This is especially true for minorities, people who are part of queer community, physically challenged and neurodivergent people -- really anyone who doesn't fit the modern-day consensus ideal. Representation lets us see our...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we catch up with Joe and hear all about his European holiday. This week is all about adventure, beauty, discovery, and fun.  But keeping it real . . . we end with a little side dish of loss and sadness. Just like any friendship, we share our joys and our sorrows with you. @tugayspod tugayspod@yahoo.com #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #sandiego #gaysandiego #gaycommedy #gayeurope...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we are going to do something completely different!  Joe is in Europe on holiday.  So we thought it would be fun to give Nick and Andy a chance to provide a "behind the scenes" perspective on producing the podcast in a Producer Story Hour.  Nick, Andy, Paul and our guest fact checker, Steve, will provide a fun dive into how the podcast is created each week.   @...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys catch up on what is going on with all of us.  Then we try to make each other laugh by telling the best and worst Dad Jokes!  See if you can resist laughing out loud!!   @tugayspod tugayspod@yahoo.com #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #sandiego #gaysandiego #gaycommedy #jokes #dadjokes Gay San Diego comedy LGBT LGBTQ LGBTQIA+ @tugayspod   tugayspod@yahoo.com #lgbt #lgbtq #...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys welcome a special guest, Christopher Frick (a/k/a Pup Mephisto), who is a military veteran, musician (we met Chris through the SD Gay Men's Chorus), content creator, an avid reader and an incredibly warm and kind person.  Among other things, Chris has explored his sexuality within the leather and puppy play communities. This is the first time the boys have...

Send us Fan Mail It's Season 4 Tuggers, Tuggettes and Tuggums!  We hope you all had a fun and relaxing summer.  We certainly had a lot going on.  This week the boys catch up on all the fun of the last 2 months. We will also talk about some of the fun episodes coming up.  We are thrilled to be back and can't wait to share what we have been up to! @tugayspod tugayspod@yahoo.com #lgbt #lgbt...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have our special annual Pride episode.  For those who don't know, San Diego celebrates Pride in July.  As a special treat, the boys welcome back one of our favorite guests,Doctor Carlton Thomas.  Doctor Carlton is a Mayo Clinic trained gastroenterologist who continues to advocate and represent queer health issues across the US and around the world. He recently wa...

Send us Fan Mail We wanted to end Season Three with something special.  So this week the boys sit down with the OG fan of the podcast, Val Clark! Val is a master baker, a crafter extraordinaire, a world traveler, and someone who just happens to be Joe’s best friend and cousin. If you ever wanted an inside look into Joe’s dirty secrets, stay tuned because Val’s also kinda clumsy and she’s about to...

Send us Fan Mail TUGaysPod - Road trip addition!  This week the boys record our return trip from Los Angeles back to San Diego.  We were up in LA so that Joe and Paul could attend RuPaul's DragCon LA.  Hear about the convention, the queens and our other fun times in the City of Angels. @tugayspod  #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #dragcon #dragrace #sandiego #gaysandiego #gaycommedy  Gay San Diego come...

Send us Fan Mail Navigating one relationship can be difficult sometimes. Imagine how much more challenging it must be to manage multiple loving relationships at the same time!  This week Joe and Paul welcome Stephanie Sellars, the writer, co-director, producer and star of the award-winning independent film, "Lust Life Love," that explores the topic of polyamory in an honest, visceral and...

Send us Fan Mail This week Joe and Paul welcome Jonathan and Thomas West, aka Daddy & Papa, to talk about their upcoming book, "A Kid's Book About Gay Parents," (part of the "A Kid's Book About" series).  We discuss their personal quest to grow their family in the gay old-fashioned way — adoption. They share the joy, heartbreak, wisdom and blessings that come with...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Joe and Paul talk about concerts, and cruises, and about Disney and DeSantis.  It's drama, drama, drama!  It is always fun to watch a politician take on one of the most loved companies on the planet -- and that politician's state's second largest employer.  It's all lighthearted fun so grab your popcorn and get ready to share some tea! @tugayspod  #l...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Joe and Paul talk about surprises.  Good ones, bad ones, surprises that make you laugh or cry - even surprises that aren't really a surprise!?!  You will laugh with us and you may even be surprised by how much you enjoy this episode! @tugayspod  #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #sandiego #gaysandiego #gaycommedy #surprises Gay San Diego comedy LGBT LGBTQ LGBTQIA+ @tugayspod...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Joe and Paul catch-up from a week of travels to Washington DC (Joe & Nick) and Orlando (Paul & Andy).  Travel exposes us to new people, environments and experiences.  It is something we all missed during much of COVID.  So in many respects, we appreciate, even more, the opportunity to get away.  Paul's trip was for a business reason - working at WSWA Access...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys talk about plastic surgery and other elective body modification procedures.  There are many reasons why someone would have themselves cut, injected, frozen or lasered.  We try to explore some of the more extreme and noteworthy examples of these types of procedures that did not go as planned.  We live in a world obsessed with youth and image.  We also have acces...

Send us Fan Mail The world right now feels topsy turvy, dark, and bleak. But there are still lights in the dark and Michael Galyean (a/k/a Dancing Blue Shirt Guy) is one of those lights. The multi-hyphenate viral sensation is back to talk about what he’s been up to, how he feels about living in Tennessee with everything happening with the drag ban, and what he’s been trying to do to help. We get d...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys talk about what's going on in the world.  So much is happening and it is hard to keep up.  Don't despair!  listen in and be ready to sound "in the know" at your next virtual water cooler discussion.  Do businesses have real water coolers anymore?   @tugayspod  #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #sandiego #gaysandiego #gaycommedy  Gay San Diego comedy LG...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys explore the wonderful world of self-love,spanking the monkey, beating your meat, shucking your own corn. . . .  That's right! This is the masturbation episode.  Get ready for some frank talk about something everyone does but not enough people talk about. We hope that after this week, we add a new dimension to calling our loyal fans tuggers, tuggettes, and...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys welcome back one of our favorite guests, Andrew Davis for this third visit to the studio/living room!  We thought that Andrew's visit provided the perfect opportunity to talk about love and relationships.  All of us are fortunate to be in loving committed relationships and wanted to explore how we each navigate those waters.  It was a chance to get even cl...

Send us Fan Mail This week the boys share life hacks.  We all have tips and tricks to make day-to-day life a little easier.  Some hacks we got from  social media, some we learned from friends and family, and some we thought of on our own.  Everyone avoids tedium and loves a shortcut. We hope that the things that have worked for us give you the space for more love and joy in your life.    @tugayspo...

Send us Fan Mail One thing you can always count on is change. Whether it is COVID, generational perspectives, changes in technology, or just the natural evolution of our culture, the rules of day-to-day life continue to shift.  This week, the boys take inspiration from an article published by New York Magazine titled, " Do You Know How to Behave? Are You Sure? How to text, tip, ghost, host, a...