Zachary Zane / Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
May 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Brooklyn-based columnist, author, and sex expert Zachary Zane, author of the just-released Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto. Join us as we chat about Zachary's work, which focuses on sexuality, lifestyle, and culture, being published in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Cosmo, GQ, OUT, and many others. He's brought his central theme of removing th...
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Marissa Alma Nick: Rebel in Venus
May 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Marissa Alma Nick, author of Rebel in Venus, her first novel. This semi-autobiographical story takes place over one 'girl's night in' spent between best friends. As the evening progresses, her memory is jolted and a repressed past is revealed. It's a book about empowerment, self-realization, self-acceptance and self-love. A coming-of-age story about a woman who is rea...
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Wyatt O'Brian Evans: Shattered
April 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Wyatt O'Brian Evans, a return guest and friend, where we talk about his high-octane, sexually-charged, and compelling new novel being released this month, “Nothing Can Tear Us Apart—SHATTERED!" We chat about his book series, as well as his work in educating the world about IPV/A. These themes are in sync with this new book, which reveals provocative insight into Gay/S...
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Burak Yilmaz: If My Mother Never Left
April 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Burak Yilmaz, author of "If My Mother Never Left". We chat with Burak about his life growing up in Turkey, where he wrote "The Ordinary Story of a Homosexual" in 2002, a book that would change his life completely. Outing some of the wrong people in this book landed Burak in jail and worse, but he was able to successfully leave Turkey for New York City, where he start...
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Bruce Bishop
March 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Bruce Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, author of the Families' Storytelling Trilogy - Unconventional Daughters, Uncommon Sons, Undeniable Relations. Join us as we chat about his 20th century period drama book series, how he got started, and how he has included either major or secondary LGBT characters in the casts, not as tokens, but as believable and ordinary (albeit...
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David Perry
September 2022
#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 retireme...
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Loren Olson: Author - No More Neckties & Finally Out
October 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Loren Olson, psychiatrist and author of No More Neckties [due out in early 2022] & Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight. We chat about the success of his first book, Finally Out, and how he has become both a voice and inspiration for those who've come out late in life. Being from the Midwest, he understands the issues facing older LGBTQ+ folks who had made the d...
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#ILoveGay Today - Antonio Liranzo
August 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Antonio Liranzo, a theatre performer and writer from New York City, with a special place in his heart for poetry. We chat about his work, including his three books he wrote during the pandemic...Antonio's Return, Falling Angel & Romance in a Modern World. We also chat about how his work, including his poetry writing, are also part of a healthy mental wellness regimen,...
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Doug Probst: "Shawn Mayotte - The Musings of a Narcissist - A Survivor's Story"
May 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Doug Probst, author of his autobiography "Shawn Mayotte: The Musings of a Narcissist - A Survivor's Story". We dive into what makes his story unique... it's not just a story about a gay boy from the '80s who dove head first into porn, escorting and drugs. Rather, it's a story of a young man thrust into a bad situation early on in life, and how he adapted and survived ...
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Andreena Leeanne: Poetry LGBT
April 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Andreena Leeanne, founder of Poetry LGBT and Inspirational Speaker, Poet & Compére. Andreena began this group 6 years ago as an open mic event in the "real world". Over the past year, she's adapted it to Zoom, where poets and artists such as Lee Campbell [interviewed here last month) have had an opportunity to connect with a whole new audience all around the world. | [LINK]
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Stephanie Battaglino: Follow Your Heart
April 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Stephanie Battaglino, an internationally recognized author, speaker, workshop presenter, trainer, and workplace diversity & inclusion consultant. We chat about her years of working as a leader in corporate America, but as a white male in the business world. Once she transitioned, she was able to more clearly see some of the unique differences and challenges women and ...
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Ben Brenkert: A Catechism of the Heart
March 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Ben Brenkert, author of A Catechism of the Heart... we chat about both the recent events, with the Pope coming out yesterday to proclaim same sex marriage a sin, and how that ties into his own journey along his path to becoming a Jesuit priest.
Brenkert faced his own personal choice of conscious when the Church, under the acquiescence of Pope Francis, began termina...
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Robert Hamilton: Our Story
November 2020
#ILoveGay Today interviews Robert Hamilton, author of Our Story: Coming Out in the Time of HIV and AIDS. Set in the mid-80s in Vancouver, BC, this is a wonderful story about friendship and the forgotten AIDS crisis. The book is funny, sad and filled with emotions of lives that passed too soon. It’s a reminder of where we come from and not to forget these difficult times. | [LINK]
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Ashley T Brundage: Empowering Differences
November 2020
#ILoveGay Today connects Ashley T Brundage from Tampa, Florida, where we chat about her work as a transgender diversity and inclusion specialist, working with organizations including GLAAD, NGLCC, Out & Equal and more. Her organization, Empowering Differences, puts this message of diversity front and center, and she has just released a book by the same name.
Empowering Differences is the intent...
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