ILoveGay Today

04/19/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Kings N Things Birmingham: Christian Gay and Victor Velvet

#ILoveGay Today, along with John Godbold of Tales of the Second City, meet up with Beth & Cameron, aka Christian Gay and Victor Velvet. They head up Kings 'N' Things Birmingham, where they host a monthly avant garde drag king cabaret on Sunday nights at The FOX on Kent St in Birmingham. Join us as they tell us about who they are, how they got started and where they're headed as they bring the world of drag king performance out of London and into Birmingham and other parts of the UK.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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04/16/2022

#ILoveGay Today: Voices of India - Pallavi Pareek

Join #ILoveGay Today's special series, #VoicesOfIndia, where we interview some of India's LGBTQ+ leaders in business, activism, pride and so much more. Today we meet up with Pallavi Pareek of Bangalore, where we chat about her work ensuring Diversity and Inclusivity through Legal Compliance at Ungender. One of her mottos is "Great things happen in safe workplaces". Using data, technology & law, her company seeks to solve the culture gaps in a company's workplace.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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04/15/2022

#ILoveGay Today meets up with the team at NOW Polish, Jeff Parshley of NO H8 Campaign & OK Johnny Boy. We chat about their UNISEX nail polish line and eyeliner, including how they got started. We also chat about OK Johnny Boy's success on TikTok, where he has become an LGBTQ+ style & fashion influencer in his own right.
ILoveGay.LGBT Pink Media Matt Skallerud

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04/15/2022

#ILoveGay Today - NOW Polish: Jeff Parshley & OK Johnny Boy

#ILoveGay Today meets up with the team at NOW Polish, Jeff Parshley & OK Johnny Boy. We chat about their UNISEX nail polish line and eyeliner, including how they got started. We also chat about OK Johnny Boy's success on TikTok, where he has become an LGBTQ+ style & fashion influencer in his own right.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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04/14/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Mark Bessenger: Gayliens - Here TV 6-episode anthology series

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Mark Bessenger, creator, writer and director of Gayliens, a new 6-episode anthology series premiering on Here TV. We chat with Mark about not only his love of filmmaking, but his love of cult horror. Gayliens is a film that is part sci-fi, part comedy, but some of his other works range from rom-coms to pure horror.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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04/14/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Sev7en Taylor: New Single " 777This"

#ILoveGay Today joins Seven Taylor, where we chat about his new single "777This" and his upcoming new EP being released later this summer. Sev7en tells us more about what inspired him for 777This, as he tapped back into his roots and original creativity to bring us this new release. He's also quite excited and proud to be interviewed on Jack'd, which like other LGBTQ+ mobile apps, is expanding more into content as well.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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04/13/2022

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jeff Parshley & Adam Bouska, founders of the amazing NO H8 Campaign, now in its 14th year! We chat about how they got started back in 2008 as a silent protest of Proposition 8 in California. Starting out as a profile photo project on MySpace, #NOH8Campaign has evolved into a global phenomenon and social media powerhouse, developing campaigns over the years with AT&T, KSwiss and more. Listen in as we chat about some of their upcoming projects and photo shoots, including an upcoming series of photo shoot events in Burbank, Palmdale and San Luis Obispo, California. #noh8worldwide

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04/13/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Jeff Parshley & Adam Bouska: NOH8 Campaign

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jeff Parshley / Jeff Parshley & Adam Bouska / Adam Bouska, founders of the amazing NO H8 Campaign, now in its 14th year! We chat about how they got started back in 2008 as a silent protest of Proposition 8 in California. Starting out as a profile photo project on MySpace, #NOH8Campaign has evolved into a global phenomenon and social media powerhouse, developing campaigns over the years with AT&T, KSwiss and more. Listen in as we chat about some of their upcoming projects and photo shoots, including an upcoming series of photo shoot events in Burbank, Palmdale and San Luis Obispo, California. #NOH8Worldwide
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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04/04/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Travis Shumake

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Travis Shumake of Shumake Racing, an unsponsored NHRA Drag Racer & non-profit fundraiser. Born and raised in Phoenix, he now lives in NYC, where he pursues his passion of drag racing he inherited from his father, Tripp Shumake, the late Funny Car Champion. We chat about life in drag racing, as well as teaming up with Racing Pride out of the UK, where they are creating a North American "chapter" of this UK team's out and proud racing organization.

In the non-profit world, Travis has been a part of one-n-ten based out of Phoenix, and the Clinton Foundation in New York.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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04/01/2022

#ILoveGay Today - David Toussaint: writer, critic, playwright, author

We connect with David Toussaint from his apartment in New York, where we chat about his work over the years writing for a wide variety of magazines and online publications, including Queerty, Queer Forty, Instinct Magazine, Huffington Post and more. His topics often revolve around gay male sexuality and age, where he explores what it's like to be a sexual gay man while getting older.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/31/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Diane Anderson-Minshall: CEO of Pride Media

Join #ILoveGay Today as we meet up with Diane Anderson-Minshall, CEO of Pride Media, the publisher of The Advocate, Out Magazine, Out Traveler and more. We chat about Diane's history in the LGBTQ+ media world, starting with Curve and Girlfriends Magazine, and then her time at Pride Media, where she is now CEO. We chat about some of the successes and challenges she's seen over the past 2-3 years, and we explore Pride Media's strength as a true “multimedia” company, where they treat social media as a true extension of their company’s media platforms, as opposed to simply looking at it as a traffic driver to their websites.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/27/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Steven Barber

#ILoveGay Today - Steven Barber of Vanilla Fire Productions in Santa Monica, CA. We chat about his latest creation, the Sally Ride Sculpture Monument, making its debut June 17th at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island, New York. Sally Ride is an important LGBTQ+ historical icon, as she's the first American woman to fly in space as part of the Challenger space shuttle program. She kept her personal life private throughout her years, coming out officially only after her death in 2012.

Steven has an amazing history, both as a filmmaker and documentarian, and a visionary for bronze sculptures that have commemorated the Apollo 11, 13 and 14 space missions.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/26/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Matthew Conrado: PepsiCo

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Matthew Conrado, Associate Marketing Manager of PepsiCo by day, TikTok content creator by night! At PepsiCo, Matthew has been part of the New York City brand marketing & partnership team, with a focus on their new product, Bubly, which he is now focused on as part of their strategy & innovation group.

During the pandemic, Matthew spent some time in Texas and New Orleans, where he began creating TikTok videos that have since gone "mini-viral." Coming back to NYC, he's continued to create some amazing content that has allowed him to develop a keen eye for how to be successful in this new "video entertainment" environment.
ILoveGay.LGBT Pink Media Matt Skallerud

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03/17/2022

#ILoveGay Today: Voices of India - Sridhar Rangayan

Join #ILoveGay Today's special series, "Voices of India", where we interview some of India's LGBTQ+ leaders in business, activism, pride and so much more. Today we meet up with Sridhar Rangayan of Mumbai, where we chat about his role as an LGBTQ+ filmmaker for the past 25+ years with his company Solaris Pictures. Some of his films have even been picked up for global distribution by Netflix. We also chat about his role as founder and festival director of the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s and India’s biggest LGBTQ+ film festival. Their next major event is to be held in Mumbai June 1-5, 2022. #KASHISH2022
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/16/2022

We're excited to expand the reach of #ILoveGay Today into the world of podcasts... we've recently launched our new podcast channel, as part of our new special #VoicesOfIndia series we've created, bringing to the forefront some of the amazing LGBTQ+ voices from India in the world of business, pride, activism, diversity & inclusion, film and more.

https://ilovegay-today.simplecast.com/

03/16/2022

#ILoveGay Today: Voices of India - Kanishka Chaudhry

Join #ILoveGay Today's special series, "Voices of India", where we interview some of India's LGBTQ+ leaders in business, activism, pride and so much more. Today we meet up with Kanishka Chaudhry of the Samavesh Chamber of Commerce, where we chat about Kanishka's work over the past 15 years in corporate diversity, inclusion and supplier diversity initiatives in India and around the world. This experience has allowed him to develop the Samavesh Chamber of Commerce, developed to create an inclusive and safe business ecosystem in India for the LGBTQ+ community. Kanishka tells us about how this all got started, and how he's partnered with other LGBTQ+ business leaders throughout India to carry this initiative forward.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/11/2022

#ILoveGay Today: Voices of India - Delshad Master

Join #ILoveGay Today's special series, "Voices of India", where we interview some of India's LGBTQ+ leaders in business, activism, pride and so much more. Today we meet up with Delshad Master of Bangaluru, an Indian Air Force veteran squadron leader. We chat about her path from the Air Force to her world of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, with a strong focus on helping parents and queer youth navigate the challenges of being LGBTQ+ within family life in India. Her unofficial title is amazing... Queer Sensitisation Catalyst. We explore how she came up with that moniker, as well as some of her work in public speaking and being an incredible LGBTQ+ Ally
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/10/2022

#ILoveGay Today: Voices of India - Suresh Ramdas

Join #ILoveGay Today's special series, "Voices of India", where we interview some of India's LGBTQ+ leaders in business, activism, pride and so much more. Today we meet up with Suresh Ramdas, Learning & Talent Development Manager at Publicis Sapient in Bengaluru, India, where we chat about his years of corporate experience in the world of diversity & inclusion, including his prior role at HP. In addition, Suresh is a graduate of the LGBTQ Executive Leadership Program at Stanford, is part of the OUTstanding 100 LGBT+ Future Leaders, and has honed his speaking skills as part of Rainbow Toastmasters based in India. In addition, he has earned the title of Mr Gay India 2019 / Suresh, MrGayIndia2019
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/09/2022

#ILoveGay Today: Voices of India - Praful Baweja

Join #ILoveGay Today's special series, "Voices of India", where we interview some of India's LGBTQ+ leaders in business, activism, pride and so much more. Today we meet up with Praful Baweja of 6 Degrees Growth Network in Mumbai, where we chat about his leadership role in moving diversity & inclusion forward in India. He's put together employment job fairs and LGBTQ+ networking groups (30 so far). We also chat about the power of social media in India.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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03/07/2022

#ILoveGay Today: Voices of India - Ankit Bhuptani

Join #ILoveGay Today's special series, "Voices of India", where we interview some of India's LGBTQ+ leaders in business, activism, pride and so much more. Today we meet up with Ankit Bhuptani of Mumbai, where we chat about some of his 10+ years in spearheading diversity & inclusion in India. We also chat about some of his work with the UN Human Rights Council, as well as his public speaking at various events, where one of his topics is the recent repeal of #Section377. Most importantly, we explore his leadership work with the Queer Hindu Alliance, a project that is near and dear to his heart.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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02/18/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Guy Duncan: Brand Equality

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Guy Duncan of Brand Equality, an LGBTQ+ marketing company. Having just received his Masters in Queer History from Goldsmiths, we had a great time chatting about how he's able to bring together his love of history with some of his LGBTQ+ marketing client work he does today. His background includes both ad agency work, and corporate, heading up global, integrated marketing communications for Coca-Cola in Atlanta.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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02/15/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Billy Mick Music: Album Release "Leveling Up"

#ILoveGay Today meets up withBilly Mick, where we chat about his upcoming new album, "Leveling Up". Leveling Up picks up where his debut album left off! At the end of his first album, "Just B.", he ends with "Flesh and Bone", which came from his amazing trip to Manchester Pride, where he was surrounded with love, togetherness and acceptance. This album opens with "The Tourist", which is everything he experienced after leaving Manchester; surrounded by growing bigotry and injustice.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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02/08/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Patrick T Cooper

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Patrick T Cooper, Chief Encouragement Officer, now in Fort Lauderdale. Originally from Atlanta, Patrick is a man of many talents, where he's built a career as a boutique marketing firm, as well as having created a name for himself in the worlds of travel and style. He straddles the two worlds of old media and new media quite successfully, and has incorporated a strong use of video in many of his projects today.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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01/26/2022

#ILoveGay Today - Andres Palencia: LATV

#ILoveGay Today meets up with Andres Palencia / Andres Palencia, co-director of LATV based in Los Angeles. With a strong focus on both Hispanic and multicultural programming, he and his team have woven in LGBTQ+ storylines throughout their various shows. They also have some amazing, dedicated LGBTQ+ programs including The Q Agenda and My Health Agenda, where they can be viewed via cable TV, online and via RevryTV.
ILoveGay.LGBT, Pink Media, Matt Skallerud

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