A Gay and A NonGay

JK Rowling. Donald Trump. Central Park Karen. There's a lot of hate attacking our community and friends right now. Should we try to understand it? Where does it come from and how can we safely engage with people that hate us?James and Dan catch up with Christian Picciolini, a former neo-Nazi skinhead who has dedicated his life to preventing extremism and helping people to disengage from hate movements and other violent ideologies. Trigger warning. This episode contains depictions of violent attacks. Christian talks about his time inside the white supremacy movement, how conversations with black and LGBTQ+ people helped him change direction, and why some minorities can end up embracing extremism.For more information on leaving behind hate and racism, please visit freeradicals.org.If you’ve been affected by hate and violent extremism and feel comfortable sharing that with us, as ever we’d love to hear from you, please do reach out and email us@gaynongay.com.Shop our merch. Get your very own Pronoun Tee now with 10% to Mermaids, - visit www.gaynongay.com/shop/ .Join our listener group, www.facebook.com/groups/gaynongay/ .Please support our podcast, your encouragement helps us to keep going and create meaningful audio that will hopefully one day lead to acceptance for many. 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

Why is Britney a gay icon? Plus Dan's getting a drilling and James tells us his feelings on Pride 2020 after attending the Black Trans Lives march in London.Shop our merch. Get your very own Pronoun Tee now with 10% to Mermaids, - visit www.gaynongay.com/shop/ .Join our listener group, www.facebook.com/groups/gaynongay/ .Please support our podcast, your encouragement helps us to keep going and create meaningful audio that will hopefully one day lead to acceptance for many. 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

A year after we travelled to Belfast for BBC Radio 1 documentary about so-called 'gay conversion therapy', the boys have an update on the state of gay in the U.K. Plus we chat to the queer star of Dating Amber, Lola Petticrew about growing up gay in Belfast. This is a beautiful story about overcoming shame and finding one's self.Listen to our series 'From Gay to NonGay' on BBC Sounds here, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07lym2f .Watch Dating Amber on Amazon Prime here, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dating-Amber-Fionn-OShea/dp/B0891QV4YF .Shop our merch. Get your very own Pronoun Tee now with 10% to Mermaids, - visit www.gaynongay.com/shop/ .Join our listener group, www.facebook.com/groups/gaynongay/ .Please support our podcast, your encouragement helps us to keep going and create meaningful audio that will hopefully lead to acceptance for many. 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

We discuss the long overdue US Supreme Court's landmark decision on LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace. Plus with transphobia and racism rife in the UK, does arguing with people on social media achieve anything?Join our listener group, www.facebook.com/groups/gaynongay/ .Support our podcast, visit www.gaynongay.com/donate/ .Shop our merch. Get your very own Pronoun Tee now with 10% to Mermaids, - visit www.gaynongay.com/shop/ .Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James is upset with JK Rowling’s transphobia, Dan is fed up with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic after his pro-Trump status and we welcome our listener Orren to discuss Black Lives Matter and the struggles of being both gay and black. Thanks for listening babes. Stay safe.Join our listener group, www.facebook.com/groups/gaynongay/ .Support our podcast, visit www.gaynongay.com/donate/ .Shop our merch. Get your very own Pronoun Tee now with 10% to Mermaids, - visit www.gaynongay.com/shop/ .Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A small audio note from us this week & some linksFor ways you can support Black Lives Matter visit:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/..Plus:Anti-racism resources for white people: bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCESWhy don't 'All Lives Matter'?: https://twitter.com/JlTEAGEGE/status/1265838993196740608?s=20/.UK Black Pride: https://twitter.com/ukblackpride/.Watch 13th streaming free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if your parents owned a gay porn empire? 🍆💦. James and Dan chat to artist and film-maker Rachel Mason about her new Netflix film Circus of Books, which tells the story of her parents’ bookstore and gay pornography shop in West Hollywood. Contains upsetting audio and multiple spoilers.For more information about PFLAG (USA) and FFLAG (UK) visit PFLAG.org. and FFLag.org.uk.Thanks for listening! Our pronoun tee has sold out but we're back in stock soon, be the first to get one - sign up to our mailing list at www.gaynongay.com. Love you babes xGet bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are back and after weeks of amazing guests, it's just family this week. James & Dan chat about our latest documentary 'A Cure For HIV?', will Dan be taking an HIV test? Plus, is wearing a Covid Mask de-masculating? and find out why Dan can't look at a tin of M&S biscuits again.Our new merch, The Pronoun Tee has sold out but it's all good :). We're getting ready for our new #pride collection, sign up to our mailing list at gaynongay.com and be the first to get YOURS.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I remember all the people who died with HIV, they’re always in my heart and I want to be their voice".This week we welcome Adam Castillejo, The London Patient - the second person in the world to be cured of HIV.This episode was recorded in accordance with government social distancing measures.In a truly inspiring, life-affirming interview, Adam opens up about his extraordinary journey and his mission to be a voice of hope for millions - from being diagnosed with HIV at 23 years old, to his fight against both HIV and cancer & his battle to overcome both illnesses, which stunned the world. Trigger warning: Contains upsetting audio.The London Patient: A Cure For HIV? is a two-part series - funded by the Wellcome Trust and the British Podcast Awards Fund. What does the London Patient’s story tell us about a cure for HIV? Plus amongst a backdrop of Covid19, can the story of HIV and AIDS offer the world any hope? The most recent estimate suggests that there are currently around 7,500 undiagnosed HIV+ people living in the U.K. If you are HIV+ and on effective treatment, you can’t pass it on. Undetectable = Untransmittable. Get tested for HIV now, stop the spread. In the U.K. visit https://www.testnowstophiv.com/.. for a free test at home kit..If you're touched by this episode and wish to donate to charity, Adam’s preferred charities are;Anthony Nolan Foundation - https://www.anthonynolan.org/..Imperlal Health Charity - https://www.imperialcharity.org.uk/..Hospitality Action - https://www.hospitalityaction.org.uk/..National AIDS Trust - https://www.nat.org.uk/..This episode is bought to you with thanks to;MTV Staying Alive Foundation - http://www.mtvstayingalive.org/..Terrence Higgins Trust - https://www.tht.org.uk/take-action..National AIDS Trust - https://www.nat.org.uk/..Visit our website for more information on some of the amazing charities currently supporting HIV+ people worldwide.Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've heard about 'expendable' populations before, but last time they meant gay people.32 million people have died of AIDS related illnesses since the 1980s and in 2018, 770,000 people died worldwide because of the virus. The London Patient: A Cure For HIV? is the first episode in a brand new two-part series - funded by the Wellcome Trust and the British Podcast Awards Fund.Both episodes were recorded in accordance with government social distancing measures.This week, we look at the start of the epidemic, chat to AIDS activist Sir Nick Partridge OBE and head to Oxford to meet Professor John Frater who explains the science behind HIV. Trigger warning: Contains upsetting audio.Incredible advances in medicine now mean that if you are HIV+ and on effective treatment, you can’t pass it on. Undetectable = Untransmittable. And in March 2019, it was revealed that a second person had been cured of HIV - The London Patient.What does the London Patient’s story tell us about a cure for HIV? Plus in the age of Covid19, can the story of HIV and AIDS offer the world any hope?This episode is bought to you with thanks to the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, the Terrence Higgins Trust and the National AIDS Trust.Visit our website for more information on some of the amazing charities currently supporting HIV+ people worldwide.Get tested for HIV now, stop the spread. In the U.K. visit https://www.testnowstophiv.com/.. for a free test at home kit. .Get bonus content on Patreon, with our super exclusive fan feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices