#ILoveGay Today connects with Florian Klein, where we talk about his new musical debuting in NYC on October 24th, Shooting Star. Shooting Star is a semi-autobiographical performance about an award-winning gay porn star, Hans Berlin, set at the Black Rooster club. Set up as an intimate, immersive theater not unlike Cabaret, making the audience a part of the show. If you're in NYC this season, be sure to take a peek at the porn industry as seen through Florian's eyes, an industry that earns 75 millions clicks every day!
#AStarIsPorn #PartyLikeAPornStar
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#ILoveGay Today - Florian Klein: Shooting Star - the musical
#ILoveGay Today connects with Florian Klein, where we talk about his new musical debuting in NYC on October 24th, Shooting Star at 3 Dollar Bill. Shooting Star Musical is a semi-autobiographical performance about an award-winning gay porn star, Hans Berlin, set at the Black Rooster club. Set up as an intimate, immersive theater not unlike Cabaret, making the audience a part of the show. If you're in NYC this season, be sure to take a peek at the porn industry as seen through Florian's eyes, an industry that earns 75 millions clicks every day!
#AStarIsPorn #PartyLikeAPornStar
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#ILoveGay Today meets up with Robin Hopkins, where we chat about her new podcast debuting October 24th, "Well... Adjusting". Considering the previous work this author, actor and funny lady Robin Hopkins has created over the years, this new show should be a hit. It's kind of like a therapy session with a margarita in hand, Robin helps guests manage stress, set some boundaries, find a new apartment and save a dime or two along the way.
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#ILoveGay Today - Robin Hopkins: new podcast "Well... Adjusting"
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Robin Hopkins, where we chat about her new podcast debuting October 24th, "Well... Adjusting". Considering the previous work this author, actor and funny lady Robin Hopkins has created over the years, this new show should be a hit. It's kind of like a therapy session with a margarita in hand, Robin helps guests manage stress, set some boundaries, find a new apartment and save a dime or two along the way.
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#ILoveGay Today - Edwen
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Edwen, from Columbus, Ohio. We chat about how he got started in the performing arts in school, and has recently landed a role in a short film entitled "FOUR" (watch more on FOUR at end of this interview). We also chat about Edwen's music, including his recent mixtape release "Luvtape". Tay Tay
#ILoveGay Today - Preston Faye: Music Recording Artist
#ILoveGay Today connects with Preston Faye, vocalist and recording artist from the Phoenix, Arizona area. We chat about his debut single, "Fly", produced by the amazing Velvet Code of So Fierce Music. He's just released his 2nd single "EROS", now streaming on ALL PLATFORMS! When Preston isn't recording music, he's entering talent shows, attending open mic nights, and even taking on backup singer roles, all to keep his focus on the love of his art.
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#ILoveGay Today - Enrique Anarte Lazo: Openly
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Enrique Anarte Lazo, Tiktok journalist and International Correspondent, creating amazing content for the Thomson Reuters Foundation and their LGBTQ+ news brand Openly. We chat about how he got started creating this content, which is unique in that it combines some of the best of LGBTQ+ influencer content with creating an engaging and compelling news story, told in a short and "punchy" way that appeals to a younger Instagram, TikTok and even Twitter audience. He also creates content for Deutsche Welle's Culture Desk, called TikTok's "Berlin Fresh".
Enrique is originally from Southern Spain, and lived and worked in Madrid for a few years before moving to Berlin. It is from this that he brings a unique style and perspective to his content, blending some of the best of Latin culture, together with a dash of Northern European sensibilities, and all done in English.
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#ILoveGay Today meets up with Enrique Anarte Lazo, Tiktok journalist and International Correspondent, creating amazing content for the Thomson Reuters Foundation and their LGBTQ+ news brand Openly. We chat about how he got started creating this content, which is unique in that it combines some of the best of LGBTQ+ influencer content with creating an engaging and compelling news story, told in a short and "punchy" way that appeals to a younger Instagram, TikTok and even Twitter audience. He also creates content for Deutsche Welle's Culture Desk, called TikTok's "Berlin Fresh".
Enrique is originally from Southern Spain, and lived and worked in Madrid for a few years before moving to Berlin. It is from this that he brings a unique style and perspective to his content, blending some of the best of Latin culture, together with a dash of Northern European sensibilities, and all done in English.
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#ILoveGay Today - Smashby
#ILoveGay Today connects with London-based musical artist, Smashby, on National Coming Out Day. Join us as we chat about his new single release "Bad Influence", as well as his pride tour this past summer, including a video series he's created from that, entitled Pride Tour Diaries. We also chat about Smashby's amazing talent at both promoting his music online and distributing it via all of the various channels, including social media, video and music streaming platforms.
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#ILoveGay Today connects with London-based musical artist, Smashby, on National Coming Out Day. Join us as we chat about his new single release "Bad Influence", as well as his pride tour this past summer, including a video series he's created from that, entitled Pride Tour Diaries. We also chat about Smashby's amazing talent at both promoting his music online and distributing it via all of the various channels, including social media, video and music streaming platforms.
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National Coming Out Day 2022
Wishing you all an amazing #NationalComingOutDay #NCOD #NCOD22 | Pink Media, ILoveGay.LGBT, Matt Skallerud, Fabrice Burton-Tasendo
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Michael and Sebastian, the Two Dad Family. Join us as we chat about how they got started creating content, together as a family with their daughter Mia... first on YouTube and then on Instagram. Their content explores their personal stories including their first date and coming out. They also share with us their amazing wedding in Bora Bora, as well as their travel adventures and their journey navigating the world of surrogacy.
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#ILoveGay Today - Michael and Sebastian: Two Dad Family
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Michael and Sebastian, the Two Dad Family. Join us as we chat about how they got started creating content, together as a family with their daughter Mia... first on YouTube and then on Instagram. Their content explores their personal stories including their first date and coming out. They also share with us their amazing wedding in Bora Bora, as well as their travel adventures and their journey navigating the world of surrogacy.
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#ILoveGay Today meets up with MR Slade, LGBTQ+ music artist based in Toronto, Canada. He's just released his new single, "Call Me", breathing a new techno-beat into the longing plea made famous by the legendary Debbie Harry and Blondie. Join us as we chat about his music, and his work in breaking down barriers, both as a queer Asian man and a musician.
#ILoveGay Today - Dan Watt: Everybody Dance
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Dan Watt, producer of the new movie "Everybody Dance", released by Kandoo Films. It's a film about 5 kids with different disabilities, attending Ballet for All Kids. The film is Dan following them and their families for 10 months, where we get to learn their stories about the perseverance of the human spirit. The film releases today on most major streaming services, including Amazon, Google and Apple. It also has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes!
We also learn more about Dan, an openly gay man from Ohio who went from being a dancer to a choreographer to a musical producer, and as if that wasn't enough... to Bea Arthur’s Personal Assistant. He was her assistant and friend until she passed away. He also spent time with Columbia Picture, and worked with Simon Cowell before realizing he wanted to strike out and create works that meant something to him personally.
#EverybodyDanceDoc
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#ILoveGay Today meets up with Dan Watt, producer of the new movie "Everybody Dance". It's a film about 5 kids with different disabilities, attending Ballet for All Kids. The film is Dan following them and their families for 10 months, where we get to learn their stories about the perseverance of the human spirit. The film releases today on most major streaming services, including Amazon, Google and Apple. It also has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes!
We also learn more about Dan, an openly gay man from Ohio who went from being a dancer to a choreographer to a musical producer, and as if that wasn't enough... to Bea Arthur’s Personal Assistant. He was her assistant and friend until she passed away. He also spent time with Columbia Picture, and worked with Simon Cowell before realizing he wanted to strike out and create works that meant something to him personally.
#EverybodyDanceDoc
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Mark Olmsted, author of Ink From The Pen, A Prison Memoir. Writing this book, which started out as a series of daily letters written by Mark to his sister while he was incarcerated for dealing meth, his work brings us a unique perspective on prison life while bringing together the sensibilities of a gay, HIV+ man, along with a healthy dose of the TV series Breaking Bad and Oz.
Having what has been dubbed AIDS Survivor Syndrome, Mark lived life as if it had an end date, making short-term choices without worrying about long-term consequences. Looking back on his life, it's been a series of recalibrations to go from that perspective on life to where he's at today, living a goal-oriented, productive and life-affirming existence.
Be sure to read his book, which dives into the psyche of a series of seemingly outwardly detestable characters, while making you empathize with them along the way. To get a snapshot into the context of Mark's life prior to going to prison, be sure to read the GQ article linked below, entitled "Curious Cons of The Man Who Wouldn't Die." In this article, you learn more about his early years contracting HIV, where he lived while his brother succumbed to AIDS. You also learn about his relentless cons, faking death and coming to life while intermittently posing as his dead brother Luke along the way.
#booktok #prisontok
#ILoveGay Today - Mark Olmsted: Ink From The Pen - A Prison Memoir
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Mark Olmsted, Writer, author of Ink From The Pen, A Prison Memoir. Writing this book, which started out as a series of daily letters written by Mark to his sister while he was incarcerated for dealing meth, his work brings us a unique perspective on prison life while bringing together the sensibilities of a gay, HIV+ man, along with a healthy dose of the TV series Breaking Bad and Oz.
Having what has been dubbed AIDS Survivor Syndrome, Mark lived life as if it had an end date, making short-term choices without worrying about long-term consequences. Looking back on his life, it's been a series of recalibrations to go from that perspective on life to where he's at today, living a goal-oriented, productive and life-affirming existence.
Be sure to read his book, which dives into the psyche of a series of seemingly outwardly detestable characters, while making you empathize with them along the way. To get a snapshot into the context of Mark's life prior to going to prison, be sure to read the GQ article linked below, entitled "Curious Cons of The Man Who Wouldn't Die." In this article, you learn more about his early years contracting HIV, where he lived while his brother succumbed to AIDS. You also learn about his relentless cons, faking death and coming to life while intermittently posing as his dead brother Luke along the way.
#booktok #prisontok
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#ILoveGay Today meets up with music artist Armand Joubert in Johannesburg, South Africa. We chat about his work, including his new single inspired by Gwen Guthrie’s “Rent." We also chat about his live performances and how he leverages social media to promote his music and these events in such a masterful way.
#ILoveGay Today - Sev7en Taylor: The Subconscious Side of the Lilith Moon
#ILoveGay Today meets up with music artist Seven Taylor. We chat about his new single release "The Subconscious Side of the Lilith Moon", coming off of his August release of "House of Seven". We chat about his music and his spirituality, which brings both his music and his books together with a common thread of capturing his various "eras" in life into his music and his literature.
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#ILoveGay Today - The Coach Audio Comedy
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Eric McKeever, founder of The Coach Audio Comedy. Starring Eric as the narrator and certified life coach, Evan Nixon, his show brings together an eclectic mix of zany clients he is coaching, all while “life-coaching” his own journey. Think 30Rock meets Twin Peaks! Join us as we chat about how Eric got started on this 6-episode project, and where he sees it going in the months and years ahead.
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#ILoveGay Today - Armand Joubert "AJ"
#ILoveGay Today meets up with music artist Armand Joubert in Johannesburg, South Africa. We chat about his work, including his new single inspired by Gwen Guthrie’s “Rent." We also chat about his live performances and how he leverages social media to promote his music and these events in such a masterful way.
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#ILoveGay Today - David Perry
#ILoveGay Today reconnects with David Perry, publicist, author and world traveler, based out of San Francisco. We chat about one his clients, the iconic Castro Theatre in San Francisco, and some of the changes they've gone through over the past few years. We also chat about life in Palm Springs, as so many LGBTQ+ folks from Los Angeles, San Francisco and other regions have expedited their retirement plans and have moved to Palm Springs for good.
David also tells us about the sequel to his best-selling book, Upon This Rock... this time set in a small town in Spain and also based on a true story from the Spanish Civil War.
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#ILoveGay Today - MR Slade
#ILoveGay Today meets up with MR. SLADE, LGBTQ+ music artist based in Toronto, Canada. He's just released his new single, "Call Me", breathing a new techno-beat into the longing plea made famous by the legendary Debbie Harry and Blondie. Join us as we chat about his music, and his work in breaking down barriers, both as a queer Asian man and a musician.
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#ILoveGay Today - Greer Whillans & Chanel Lacasse: Bonheur
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Greer Whillans & Chanel Lacasse, dancers in the LGBTQ+ short, Bonheur, which won Best LGBTQ Short 2022 at the Sunday Shorts Vancouver Film Festival. Bonheur, written and directed by Maxime Beauchamp, brings dance choreography into the world of film and art. Both Greer and Chanel are professional dancers and choreographers in Vancouver, performing on stage and in film, as well as heading up Summertime Dance Intensive classes. They are also an amazing couple!
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#ILoveGay Today - Mariah Hanson: The Dinah in Palm Springs
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Mariah Hanson, an icon and pioneer in the LGBTQ+ community and founder of CLUB SKIRTS DINAH SHORE WEEKEND, one of the largest lesbian events worldwide returning to Palm Springs Sept 21-25, 2022. Celebrating its 31st year, we chat with Mariah about how she got started back in 1991 with her first event held at the Palm Springs Museum of Modern Art, and how The Dinah has evolved into what it is today. Having created a music festival combined with a lesbian pool party event, this year has Taylor Dayne, as well as a whole host of amazing queer performers.
We also chat about how her event was part of a recent documentary, Ahead of the Curve, by Frances "Franco" Stevens, Curve Magazine. We also chat about her inclusion of local organizations in Palm Springs, including the Coachella Valley LGBTQ+ Center, Gay Desert Guide, KGAY 106.5 Palm Springs and Visit Greater Palm Springs.
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#ILoveGay Today - Cinequest: Jaclyn Bethany - The Falling World
Join #ILoveGay Today as we interview a variety of filmmakers participating in the upcoming Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA in August. Today we are joined by Jaclyn Bethany, where we talk about her film The Falling World, a queer mystery thriller set in Upstate New York. The Falling World focuses on the relationship between two women, Lark and Hadley, and the disappearance of Jill Bennett, their former law school classmate. When Hadley and her law school friends (including new addition Lark), travel back to the place where Jill was last seen, suspicion abounds and questions about her fate begin to surface.
We also chat about Jaclyn's work, which often focuses on complex women, stories rooted in her Southern upbringing, complex female protagonists and LGBTQ+ stories from the female gaze.
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#ILoveGay Today - Cinequest: Michelle Ehlen - Maybe Someday
Join #ILoveGay Today as we interview a variety of filmmakers participating in the upcoming Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA in August. Today we are joined by Michelle Ehlen where we talk about her film Maybe Someday, an LGBTQ+ dramedy feature film about the cycles of love, loss & letting go. We chat about Michelle's success with previous films under her company, Ballet Diesel Films, including their distribution on online streaming services including Lesflicks. Her current film, drawing on her own divorce and cross-country move west, is making a great showing, having recently been part of Outfest and Frameline film festivals, and set to be a part of OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival and FilmOut San Diego in the coming months.
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#ILoveGay Today - Owen Edmunds
#ILoveGay Today joins Jon Godbold of Tales of the Second City, where we connect with Owen Edmunds and his mother, Helen... two amazing personalities in the LGBTQ+ world of Birmingham. Owen and his mom have traveled throughout the UK, attending Pride festivals close to home and across the country. Listen in as Owen talks about his coming out, and how he and his mother developed this kinship in their love of Pride, while connecting with unique and wonderful people along the way.
Owen is also a tour guide and part of Stratford Walks, a multi award-winning daily Town Walk in Shakespeare's England / Shakespeare's Stratford / Shakespeare's Stratford, which is near where they live.
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#ILoveGay Today - Pollo Del Mar
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Pollo Del Mar, the1st drag personality in National Wrestling Alliance history and the 1st to manage a transgender athlete and pro-wrestling star. We chat about his love of wrestling since he was a wee lad growing up in the South. We also chat about Thrillbilly Silas Mason, who together with Pollo Del Mar are considered the most controversial "couple" in wrestling today. In addition, we touch on Pollo Del Mar's starring role in the documentary, Out In The Ring - The LGBTQ wrestling documentary, as well as his history in media, writing for LGBTQ+ media about wrestling for many years, as well as being a regular columnist in Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
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