A Gay and A NonGay

Dan and James are joined from California by legendary punk rocker Fat Mike of NOFX. This is an explicit episode.It's quite the ride through BDSM, cross-dressing, sex dungeons, live-in sex slaves and being abandoned by your friends.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's two weeks since the final of RuPaul's Drag Race and James refuses to credit Dan with correctly predicting the winner (spoiler free)! Plus, is metal homophobic? Dan and James discuss the reaction to metal star Roddy Bottum's proudly gay 'Man On Man' album cover.Support our podcast and help us to create more meaningful conversations, visit www.gaynongay.com/donate to become our patreon.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Singer, icon and LGBTQ+ ally Louise Redknapp joins us on A Gay and a NonGay today. We talk about the importance of her LGBTQ+ fans, playing alongside Britney, and how her mum thinks her gay friends are why she’s single. She also offers her support for the transgender community on International Day of Transgender Visibility.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's 1000 days since the U.K government promised to ban conversion therapy but still hasn't. James and Dan reflect on their BBC Radio 1 documentary 'Tell It: From Gay to NonGay' and chat to the co-director of CURED, a BFI Flare Festival documentary about the activists who brought about a 1973 victory in the movement for LGBTQ equality: the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental illnesses. Bennett Singer's movie perfectly explains that to 'cure' LGBQ+ people, we only need to be accepted.So why do Church and religion play a huge role in perpetuating stigma, discrimination and physical harm towards people because of their sexuality?We witnessed this trauma when we interviewed former Christian singer Vicky Beeching during our series about gay conversion therapy, 'Tell It: From Gay to NonGay?' and thanks to BBC Sounds, you can hear an incredibly moving preview from our series in today's episode.It's not an overly triggering episode, but we will issue a low-key trigger warning here just to be safe.Email us about 'conversion therapy' at any time, we're here to help - us@gaynongay.comLINKS:Listen to our BBC Sounds series. Search 'Tell It: From Gay To NonGay' in BBC Sounds or your fave pod app. You can also visit bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p099dnbwFor more information and support on any of the issues discussed, visit some of our friends and organisations at gaynongay.com/resourcesCURED is available UK-wide as part of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival until 28 March at bfi.org.uk/flare and find out more about the documentary at cureddocumentary.comGet bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women are not safe. James and Dan chat about the toxic behaviour of some straight men towards women and James realises how our shame prevents us from speaking out. Plus Dan wants gays to stop calling everything 'iconic'.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're celebrating #InternationalWomensDay with esteemed author Juno Dawson.We ask Juno about the state of trans in the U.K. Are things better or worse for trans people, and how things currently are for trans youth following the landmark High Court ruling against puberty blockers for children.Her new book 'What’s The T' is an exploration of what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the 21st Century, a go-to handbook for the young trans and/or non-binary queer community and their allies.Find out more about Juno and buy her books - https://www.junodawson.com/Stonewall’s statement on the puberty blockers ruling - https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/stonewall-statement-high-court-puberty-blockers-rulingSupport trans youth! Head to https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ and https://www.thetrevorproject.org/Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Dan are joined by award-winning activist and writer George M. Johnson - their memoir 'All Boys Aren't Blue', a story of growing up black and queer in America, is People Magazine's Best Book of the Year and a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color.We talk to George about the micro-aggressions black people face everyday, the fetishisation of black queer people, why 'Blackness is inherently queer' and Dolly Parton.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'I prayed to God to make me a girl'. James and Dan are joined from New York by Abby Stein - the first woman and the first transgender woman to be ordained as a rabbi by an orthodox institution. She talks about her life growing up in a strict community, coming out - first as non-religious and again as transgender - and offers a ray of hope to LGBTQ+ people trapped by orthodox institutions. Abby is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Hasidic community, this is her story.For more information on leaving orthodox communities visit Footsteps.org (USA) and Mavar.org (UK).Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan finds James' new found love of Valentine's Day hilarious, do the admin returns for a bisexual special and only Dan could end up leaving the food bank with food. #Sourdough.Support A Gay and A NonGay visit www.gaynongay.com/donate/.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s LGBTQ+ History Month in the U.K. and we’re joined by historian, sexual health and LGBT rights campaigner Lisa Power - talking medieval gays, the early days of the AIDS crisis and her work on It’s A Sin.Lisa's given us A LOT of amazing admin hun, check out the following links and resources for more on Britain's gloriously rich LGBTQ+ history.For more information on LGBT+ History Month visithttps://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/Mark Ashton from Lesbians and Gays Support The Minershttps://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/library/mark-ashton-the-embodiment-of-pride/The Switchboard Log Books https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/01/log-books-podcast-uk-queer-history.htmlJeffrey Weekshttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/campaign/jeffrey-weeksDr. Daryl Leeworthyhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daryl_LeeworthyNoreena Shopland on Twitter @NorenaShoplandMuseum Wueerator Dan Vo on Twitter @DanNouveauDusty Springfield is gay!https://www.vice.com/en/article/j577kp/dusty-springfield-lgbtq-lesbian-biographyNancy Spainhttps://www.advocate.com/women/2017/3/18/women-who-paved-way-celebrity-journalist-nancy-spainGet bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices