HeyJaredOur Black Gay Diaspora Podcast™
Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast is a biweekly platform where Creator, Host, and Producer Erick Taylor Woodby interviews Black LGBTQ+ professionals who share their experiences in their countries and professions.
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Reclaiming Us: Black Pride with Johanna Perez | Ep. 143 (opens the original)
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In this episode of Our Black Gay Diaspora , host Erick sits down for a conversation with Johanna Perez, founder of Reclaiming Us — an organization "born from a legacy of showing up for people, feeding families, caring for community, and helping people reclaim what life tried to take from them." Johanna shares their journey of self-advocacy and healing, and how they built confidence within Black LGBTQ+ communities by founding Vegas Black Pride and San Bernardino County Black Pride. They speak can
AfroBuenaventura: Brazilian-based Ronnell Perry | Ep. 142 (opens the original)
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AfroBuenaventura Transformative Travel : American founder Ronnell Perry joins Our Black Gay Diaspora host Erick to share his journey from the suburbs of Chicago to the Peace Corps in Paraguay and Costa Rica, to creating creative travel experiences that spotlight Black communities across Latin America. Ronnell is based in Salvador, Brazil, and highlights Afro-Brazilian culture in Brazil and what it means to show up as your truest, most authentic self — especially as a queer Black man living abroa
Music & Filmmaking: Black Queer Artist Marck Angel | Ep. 141 (opens the original)
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Filmmaker and singer-songwriter Marck Angel joins Our Black Gay Diaspora host Erick to discuss his journey as a Black queer multi-hyphenate artist. Marck shares how his talents and education shape his creative vision. He breaks down the making of the film SERAPHIM: The Motion Picture , a queer musical romance drama that tackles love and social justice for a Black same-gender-loving male couple. Marck opens up about navigating the music industry as an openly queer artist, his countertenor vocal r
Gaye Adegbalola: Blues, Identity & Liberation | Ep. 140 (opens the original)
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Our Black Gay Diaspora host Erick converses with Gaye Adegbalola — blues singer, guitarist, activist, educator, and co-founder of the legendary acoustic blues trio Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women. Gaye, a W.C. Handy Award winner and civil rights veteran, unpacks how blues music has always been a music of liberation — the “poor person’s psychiatrist.” This conversation weaves together race, class, gender, sexuality, and resilience. Gaye also reflects on her international touring career and her r
Black Arthouse Cinema & the Art of Intimacy: Lazarus X | Ep. 139 (opens the original)
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Our Black Gay Diaspora host Erick speaks with independent filmmaker, writer, director, and showrunner Lazarus X to explore the power of Black storytelling in arthouse cinema. With over two decades of experience, Lazarus X discusses his journey as an auteur, from his early days in the web series movement to creating internationally filmed productions like the erotic drama Guap , set in Naples, Italy, and Season Two of A Beautiful Cruel Thing . He unpacks how arthouse cinema can transform how Blac
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