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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Pollo Del Mar
August 2022
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Pollo Del Mar, the1st drag personality in National Wrestling Association's (NWA) history and the 1st to manage a transgender athlete and pro-wrestling star. We chat about his love of wrestling since he was a wee lad growing up in the South. We also chat about Thrillbilly Silas Mason, who together with Pollo Del Mar are considered the most controversial "couple" in wr...
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Out in the Ring
July 2022
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Ry Levey, director and producer of Out in the Ring, along with the amazing Pollo Del Mar of San Francisco drag fame. We chat about this film they created together, Out in the Ring, which explores the history of LGBTQIA+ wrestlers and queer representation in professional wrestling. With their recent premiere at InsideOUT Toronto this past June, this film continues on t...
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Peter Gamez, CEO of Visit Oakland
March 2022
We chat about Peter's history in the travel & hospitality industry, including when we first met when he was an executive at Joie de Vivre hotels, an LGBTQ-friendly hotel chain based in San Francisco. We chat about his new role as CEO of Visit Oakland, a region just east of San Francisco that is amazingly LGBTQ-friendly, with a variety of nightclubs and bars in the Uptown neighborhood and now sprea...
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Jenni Olson
July 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jenni Olson, Queer Filmmaker, Archivist, Writer, and Online Pioneer. Jenni has been part of the LGBTQ+ film world for over 30 years, starting with Frameline [LGBTQ+ San Francisco film festival) and then being one of the early pioneers in LGBTQ+ tech, creating PopcornQ as part of the PlanetOut team. She also created the Outfest Queer Brunch @ Sundance, where she contin...
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Frances Stevens: Curve Magazine
June 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Frances "Franco" Stevens, founder of Curve Magazine. We chat about her history in pioneering one of the first lesbian magazines in the 90s, and how she worked overtime to bring the message to her magazine's ever-growing lesbian fan base, as well as potential advertisers, about the opportunities awaiting them with Curve.
Franco sold Curve ten years ago, and had rec...
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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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Jodi Schwartz: LYRIC Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth
May 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jodi Schwartz, CEO of San Francisco's LYRIC Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth [Queer & Questioning). Jodi tells us more about the Lyric House, locally known as the Purple House, and the work they've been doing over the years serving youth in need in the San Francisco Bay area. We also chat about LYRIC Flourishing, their fundraising effort for an amazing renovation they've begu...
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Scott Gatz: Q.Digital - #SaveOurSpaces
March 2021
As part of our series on bars & clubs adapting to the pandemic and shutdowns over the past year, #ILoveGay Today meets up with Scott Gatz, founder & CEO of Q.Digital. We chat at length about their campaign #SaveOurSpaces, an initiative in partnership with GoFundMe and Grindr to help bring much needed funds to some of the LGBTQ+ bars across the US and around the world in need of help. Their goal - ...
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Breanna Sinclairé
February 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Breanna Sinclairé, one of the foremost operatic sopranos in the world who just happens to also be transgender. Hear her story as she tells us about her growing up in Baltimore, and how she moved to San Francisco, received her Masters from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, performed the national anthem for the Oakland A's, and so much more. She was also among th...
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Gay Club TV: Marcelo Acevedo
February 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Marcelo Acevedo of Gay Club TV. Marcelo has been a cornerstone in the San Francisco LGBTQ+ community, with his passion and focus on videos of LGBTQ+ life in the city, ranging from Pride festivals to various club events. He's distributed these videos first in various San Francisco clubs themselves, as well as online, which during the pandemic, has grown into opportunit...
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Tom Roth & David Paisley, Community Marketing & Insights
October 2020
#ILoveGay Today is joined by Tom Roth & David Paisley of Community Marketing & Insights, where we talk about their history in LGBTQ+ market research over the past few decades, including their latest work with a Black LGBTQ+ survey being conducted with the Center for Black Equity, and their current COVID LGBTQ+ travel survey. Results of these surveys, along with a mix of presentations by leaders in...
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David Perry
October 2020
#ILoveGay Today connects with David Perry from San Francisco, a specialist in the world of PR, with a variety of clients in both San Francisco and his 2nd home in Palm Springs. We chat about his specialty in writing and content creation, as well as his work, his LGBTQ+ clients, and his mainstream clients looking for LGBTQ+ outreach. We also chat about his latest mystery thriller he's recently rele...
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Rainbow Toastmasters of San Francisco
May 2020
Today we met up with Jay Davidson and Shruti Shetty of the Rainbow Toastmasters, an LGBTQ group in San Francisco dedicated to honing the art of public speaking. | [LINK]
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TheMindfulnessLab.com - Gabriel Cooper
April 2020
Today we're here with Gabriel Cooper of TheMindfulnessLab.com. He's taken his sessions and mindfulness training online, with virtual sessions now available for all of us. He also works with LGBTQ organizations including the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, StartOut, Venture Out and more. | [LINK]
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