Rob Smith: The Phluid Project
February 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Rob Smith from NYC and founder of The Phluid Project. Join us as we chat about his start with his first store in Noho in 2018, and how his business has grown and evolved into The Phluid Project clothing line being available in over 8,000 stores nationwide, including Nordstrom, Target, Macy's and Kohls. We also chat about the Phluid Foundation and GET Phluid, an organi...
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Saskhia Menendez
November 2023
As part of International Transgender Awareness Week, #ILoveGay Today meets up with Saskhia Menendez from London. Saskhia is an Award Winning Equality & Diversity Ambassador, Researcher, Public Speaker, Artist, Mentor, & Social Change Activist. We chat about Saskhia's work in bringing more public awareness to transgender issues in the UK, leveraging her 10+ years of work in the music industry to he...
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NiK Kacy: Queer Prom
May 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with NiK Kacy, founder and producer of Queer Prom - Behind the Velvet Rope, a Studio54-themed fundraiser party for Equality Fashion Week at Sunset at Edition in West Hollywood, as part of the #WehoPride programming for June 2023.
NiK Kacy, a self-described queer activist, designer, entrepreneur, and event producer, has been actively involved with events and fundraising...
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Yvo Manuel Van Dias: TransAmsterdam
February 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Yvo Manuel Van Dias, founder and chair of TransAmsterdam. We chat about his recent "Star" award by the Dutch Queen Awards organization. We also chat about the history of the organization Yvo started, Amsterdam TransPride, and how in 2019, the organization became TransAmsterdam, a “Trans Art School” that offers various artistic workshops, networking and professional gr...
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Alejandra Palma Trujillo
January 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Alejandra Palma Trujillo in the new year, where we chat about her new podcast focusing on bringing to light some of the issues she has faced in her transition this past year. Alejandra has done an amazing job putting together this podcast series, and she's set to continue bringing new content and new stories to light in 2023. | [LINK]
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Admiral Rachel Levine, MD
January 2022
Join #ILoveGay Today, as we interview Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS). We chat about her being the first openly transgender person to win confirmation in the US Senate, as well as the first openly transgender four-star officer in the uniformed services. She has served as a board member of Equality Pennsylvania, an...
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Billie Simmons: Daylight
October 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Billie Simmons, co-founder of Daylight, the first and only digital banking platform in the US specifically designed for and by the LGBTQ+ community. We chat about what sets Daylight apart, including how it aims to turn the lights on in the world of banking, in what has often seemed a rather opaque and non-transparent business. What sets Daylight apart from an LGBTQ+ a...
| [LINK] http://www.joindaylight.com
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Fallon Fox
September 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Fallon Fox, retired MMA [mixed martial arts fighter) and first openly transgender athlete in the sport’s history. We chat about her coming out several years ago in a Sports Illustrated interview she did with Outsports' Cyd Zeigler and some of her journey in being a visible role model in the world of #TransRights in sports along the way. Recently, she's been at the for...
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Dr Scout: National LGBT Cancer Network
July 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Dr Scout, executive director of the National LGBT Cancer Network. We chat about their recent announcement "Ending the Invisibility: 180 Organizations Call For Routine LGBTQI+ Health Data Collection," which they announced in partnership with the Whitman-Walker Institute and a host of key partners including Centerlink, Howard Brown Health, Fenway Institute, the Bradburr...
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Micah the Poet
April 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Micah the Poet... a writer, orator, poet, DJ, and community activist. We chat about his voice as a poet, his music and his activism, which helps bring focus and definition to his artistic endeavors. We also chat about his latest book release, "Things No One Else Wants to Say."
He has DJ'd events for the DC Public Library, various community organizations, DC Pride e...
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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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Director/Writer Gabe Gabriel & Actor Earl Gregory: "No Hiding Here"
March 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with director and writer Gabe Gabriel, along with Earl Gregory, lead actor in Gabe Gabriel's latest movie rom-com release "No Hiding Here", now streaming on ShowMax in South Africa. We chat about both the film, as well as Gabe's filmmaking career, both in Los Angeles and Cape Town. We also chat a bit about how connected and collaborative our world is today, and how the ple...
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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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Trans Can Work: Drian Juarez
December 2020
#ILoveGay Today connects with Drian Juarez of Trans Can Work, an organization dedicated to advancing workplace inclusion for the transgender community through innovative training strategies and workforce development.
In an effort to build a more inclusive environment towards gender diverse populations, the City of West Hollywood, the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and Trans Can Work, the na...
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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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