JustMarried Project: Jim Obergefell & Jaymes Black
March 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jim Obergefell and Jaymes Black, where we talk about the JustMarried Project, an 8-part documentary series, book and podcast by Frankie Frankeny that weaves together the love stories of 18 couples, spanning 7 decades, whose voices changed the compassion and consciousness of a nation and brought about marriage equality in the US.
Join us as Jim, with one of the firs...
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Robert Kesten: Stonewall Museum
March 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Robert Kesten, Executive Director of the Stonewall Museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Join us as we chat about how the Stonewall Museum has grown over the past few years as a leading LGBTQIA+ archive in America, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and presenting queer culture for future generations. We chat about some of their more recent events, including the 2024 ...
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Stephen Bourne
January 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Stephen Bourne from London, a writer, film and social historian specializing in black heritage and gay culture. Join us as we chat about some of his work including "Black Poppies", "Fighting Proud - The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars" and "Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV". We also explore "Deep Are The Roots", which includes chapt...
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Max Herman: Tampa Bay Tours
September 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Max Herman of Tampa Bay Tours. Join us as we chat about some of the various tours they offer, both in downtown Tampa and Ybor City. We chat about their history tours, their ghost tours and some of the LGBTQ+ history surrounding Ybor City. | [LINK] https://tampabay-tours.com/
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Michael Venturiello: Christopher Street Tours
July 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Michael Venturiello, founder of Christopher Street Tours in NYC. We chat about how and when Michael got started back in 2018, coinciding with the IGLTA Convention and World Pride both descending upon NYC that same year. With the tag line "Sharing our History with Pride - LGBTQ+ History Walking Tours & Experiences", we learn about their Village Pride tour, which includ...
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Andrew Rimby: Ivory Tower Boiler Room
January 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Andrew Rimby, founder of the podcast "Ivory Tower Boiler Room". We chat about how and when Andrew started the public humanities podcast mid-2020, with a focus on literary and artistic interviews. It has since expanded into true crime in academia, live podcasts and a recent interview Playboy vs Playgirl with his friend and colleague, Taylor Ferber. Lastly, we touch on ...
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Steven Barber - Sally Ride Sculpture Monument
March 2022
#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 ...
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Rob Berger: Rainbow History Project
July 2021
We had the pleasure to chat with Rob Berger, Board Chair of the Rainbow History Project. Their mission is to to collect, preserve, and promote an active knowledge of the history, arts, and culture of metropolitan Washington DC’s diverse LGBTQ+ communities. That can be accomplished only if our collection, volunteer corps, and programming reflect and represent the full diversity of those communitie...
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Terry Beswick: GLBT Historical Society
June 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Terry Beswick, executive director of San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society and Archives. Last week they held a Pride Month historic event, unveiling a fragment of one of the two original Rainbow Flags raised on June 25, 1978 in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade, recently discovered. It measures 10 feet by 28 feet. It wi...
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Stonewall Inn
March 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Stacy Lenz and Kurt Kelly, two of the owners of the historic Stonewall Inn in NYC. We chat about their iconic history, as well as designation as a National Monument, while touching on how they've adapted and survived the pandemic and shutdown, including working with the folks at the Gill Foundation and GoFundMe to carry them through some of the rougher patches over th...
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Nick Collinson: The Urban Rambler
August 2020
#ILoveGay Today connects with Nick Collinson of "The Urban Rambler", a heritage interpretation professional and London tour guide. His niche is in his knowledge of the historical queer scene and queer individuals in London, particularly in the areas of Soho and Bloomsbury. He has also set up the English Heritage LGBTQ working group to uncover queer histories at English Heritage sites, and is curr...
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Andrew Lear: Oscar Wilde Tours
June 2020
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Andrew Lear from Oscar Wilde Tours, as he escapes NYC for the moment and joins us from sunny Provincetown! We chat about his "Gay Secrets of the Met" tours and how they've successfully gone virtual over the past few months. He's also talking all things LGBTQ+ art & history on a variety of online shows as well, and is launching a new podcast and enhanced YouTube channe...
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Dan Vo #MuseumFromHome
April 2020
Today we had the pleasure of speaking with Dan Vo, self-described museum "queerator" and heritage freelancer in London. Dan chats with us about some of the work he and his team are doing during this pandemic with the #MuseumFromHome Twitter Live series they're bringing to the world each week with different museum personalities from all throughout the UK. | [LINK]
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