Black Pride Special Edition – Unapologetic: Being Black+Queer in Podcasting

Today to kick off Black Pride Weekend here in Chicago I want to celebrate Black+Queer podcasters. It’s perfect because I usually drop a podcast recommendation every Friday and today I get to share four. Four that were featured on a broadcast I co-produced with ShePodcasts called Unapologetic: Being Black+Queer in Podcasting. You will hear from Goddess KoCo of The Sex KiKi, JayRay of Queue Points, Aeon of The Girl Down Podcast & Selly of AfroQueer. All of these podcasters are brilliant and bring all of themselves into the work. It is so vitally important that we uplift these creatives.

00:00 Welcome & Intro

00:57 Anna intro’s the panel

02:33 Intro Music by Aina Bre’Yon

03:13 BG Update (#WEAREBG)

03:50 LGBTQ Women’s Survey

05:20 Unapologetic: Being Black+Queer in Podcasting

05:21 Goddess KoCo

13:01 Jay Ray

21:40 Aeon

31:43 Selly Thiam

42:02 Q&A

58:40 Closeout & Thnx, family

Things for you to check out 

Aeon – Girl Down Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/girl-down-podcast-with-aeon/id1593768897 

Goddess KoCo – Sex KiKi Pod

https://soundcloud.com/sexkikipod

Selly Thiam – AfroQueer

https://afroqueerpodcast.com/

Jay Ray – Queue Points
https://queuepoints.com

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https://www.change.org/p/secure-brittney-griner-s-swift-and-safe-return-to-the-u-s

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Family, its your favorite queer radio personality Anna DeShawn with our queer news for today. Now, I want to make you a promise. We will continue to bring you the latest in queer news, culture and politics: 7 minutes a day, 5 days a week. So, if you are digging our intersectional take on the daily, consider joining the QCrew.

The QCrew is our monthly membership program we started to help us grow the podcast. With your help we can bring you more stories celebrating our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. You’ve shown us your support by tuning into this episode. You can show your curiosity by clicking the link in the show notes to learn more about the QCrew.

BG has been wrongfully detained for 134 days. Our efforts to raise awareness have been working. But to guarantee BG’s safe return, President Biden and the state department need to negotiate her release from Russia. In the meantime, we need everyone to sign the petition to secure BG’s return. Every signature matters, so don’t forget to add yours today. As always, the link is in the show notes. We are BG.

Today to kick off Black Pride Weekend here in Chicago I want to celebrate Black+Queer podcasters. It’s perfect because I usually drop a podcast recommendation every Friday and today I get to share four. Four that were featured on a broadcast I co-produced with ShePodcasts called Unapologetic: Being Black+Queer in Podcasting. You will hear from Goddess KoCo of The Sex KiKi, JayRay of Queue Points, Aeon of The Girl Down Podcast & Selly of AfroQueer. All of these podcasters are brilliant and bring all of themselves into the work. It is so vitally important that we uplift these creatives. That will give them the platform they deserve. Podcast discovery really sucks and we’re looking to change that with The Qube. This is the first way we’ve done it but there is definitely more to come. Now  If you’d like to watch the video broadcast we’ve included a link in the show notes. Talk to y’all next week.