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There's no rules on how to be a baby gay. On this week's BabyGay™ Podcast, host PJ Brescia (they/them) sits down with Maiah Manser (she/her), a singer, songwriter and composer whose otherworldly voice you've heard in Immaculate and Mayfair Witches. Recorded live at The Black Cat in Silver Lake.

We talk about growing up queer in a small conservative town, Catholic guilt, coming out in your late 20s, discovering new parts of your identity years later, and why there's no expiration date on being a baby gay.

Plus: what actually happens when "With A Smile" goes viral overnight and every music label comes calling, self-sabotage, protecting your privacy in a world that demands access, and a live performance of her new sapphic single "Don't Wake Me Up."

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BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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On this week's BabyGay™ Podcast, host PJ Brescia (they/them) goes live from Point Foundation National Leadership Conference in Los Angeles with Amy Nam (she/her), Point Foundation Scholar heading to Columbia Law School.

We talk about coming out as bi, realizing it at twelve and hoping it would just go away, coming out to your parents by accident, finding queer media when you have no one to talk to, and moving to a new city and finally stepping into your authenticity.

Amy almost didn't apply. Point Foundation gave her a national network of queer scholars and alumni...and a new chosen family.

POINT FOUNDATION: For 25 years, Point Foundation has been investing in LGBTQ+ and ally students, helping build the next generation of leaders. If you're looking for scholarship opportunities, or if you'd like to make a gift to help make those opportunities possible, visit www.PointFoundation.org | Together, we can shape the future, one student at a time.

LINKS: 

• Learn more + support Point Foundation
• Follow Point Foundation
• Follow BabyGay

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BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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On this week's BabyGay™ Podcast, host PJ Brescia (they/them) goes live from Point Foundation National Leadership Conference in Los Angeles with Jahn Jaramillo (he/him), Point Foundation Alum and PhD candidate in prevention science and community health.

We talk about coming out in a religious immigrant family, being outed before you're ready, forgiving family members who couldn't accept us, finding chosen family in a new city, and learning that you are enough.

Point Foundation gave Jahn a community when he needed one most...a network of queer scholars across the country, and proof that someone believed in the work he set out to do.

POINT FOUNDATION: For 25 years, Point Foundation has been investing in LGBTQ+ and ally students, helping build the next generation of leaders. If you're looking for scholarship opportunities, or if you'd like to make a gift to help make those opportunities possible, visit www.PointFoundation.org | Together, we can shape the future, one student at a time.

LINKS: 

• Learn more + support Point Foundation: https://pointfoundation.org
• Follow @pointfoundation
• Follow @babygaytv

Coming out looks good on you! 

BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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On this week's BabyGay™ Podcast, host PJ Brescia (they/them) goes live from Point Foundation National Leadership Conference in Los Angeles with Ranen Miao (he/him), Point Foundation Scholar, co-founder of OutVote, and a JD/MPA candidate at Harvard and Princeton.

We talk about coming out online, the queer media that finds us before we find ourselves, why there are queer and trans people in every corner of this country, and his grandmother who dreamed he'd go to law school…fast forward to his Harvard Law acceptance, exactly one year after she passed.

Point Foundation was the first LGBTQ+ organization that ever invested in Ranen...it made college affordable, gave him a community, and bought him the laptop he still uses six years later.

POINT FOUNDATION: For 25 years, Point Foundation has been investing in LGBTQ+ and ally students, helping build the next generation of leaders. If you're looking for scholarship opportunities, or if you'd like to make a gift to help make those opportunities possible, visit www.PointFoundation.org Together, we can shape the future, one student at a time.

LINKS:

•  Learn more + support Point Foundation: https://pointfoundation.org
• Follow @pointfoundation
• Follow @babygaytv

Coming out looks good on you! 

BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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On this week's BabyGay™ Podcast, host PJ Brescia (they/them) goes live from Point Foundation's National Leadership Conference in Los Angeles with three leaders from Point's Board and Educational Advisory Board: 

• Chris Go (he/him), Chief of Staff at equalpride, publisher of Out and The Advocate
• Dr. Christopher Nizer (he/him), a Bay Area chiropractor and six-year Point board member
• Alex Alvendia-Wienkers (he/him), Executive Director of College Counseling

Three very different coming out stories. Dr. Nizer came out to his family the week after one night at a gay bar in Atlanta changed everything. Chris Go grew up Christian conservative, called it his cross to bear, and found his liberation on the Fourth of July. Alex was a recruited D1 soccer player in a sport where being out didn't feel possible...fast forward, he went on to captain West Hollywood Soccer Club to gold at the 2018 Gay Games in Paris.

We talk about the divas who found us before we found ourselves, the Black Cat's place in queer history, building community 3,000 miles from home in Lima, Peru, and why so many young queer people still turn to media to see themselves first…plus why storytelling is crucial to our existence.

Through Point Foundation, these three incredible role models are helping LGBTQ+ and ally students access scholarships, mentorship, and a community that lasts long after graduation.

POINT FOUNDATION: For 25 years, Point Foundation has been investing in LGBTQ+ and ally students, helping build the next generation of leaders. If you're looking for scholarship opportunities, or if you'd like to make a gift to help make those opportunities possible, visit www.PointFoundation.org

Together, we can shape the future, one student at a time.

LINKS:

🌈 Learn more + support Point Foundation: pointfoundation.org

• Follow: @pointfoundation
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BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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DID TRIXIE MATTEL STOP BY OUR PRIDE BOOTH?? 🕵️ We investigate.

Welcome back to the BabyGay™ Podcast: Community Series 🌈 It's our second community episode...and our first ever from the brand new BabyGay HQ! (we did a whole Queer Eye-inspired reno)

In this episode, PJ and producer Tom answer your questions (ie should you invite an unsupportive parent to your wedding?), recap a chaotic Pride season, read your Welcome Wagon™ support cards, and spotlight Project Angel Food.

Now we want to hear from YOU 👀

PLEASE SEND US:

• coming out journeys 🌈
• messy dating stories 💌
• awkward/funny "My First Time" experiences ✨
• questions you want answered ❓

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WELCOME-WAGON:

💛 Want a Welcome Wagon™ for yourself or someone you love? Reach out! Support the mission: baby.gay/donate

PEOPLE, ORGS & RESOURCES MENTIONED: 💜

• Trixie Mattel
• Project Angel Food (angelfood.org)
• Richard Ayoub — check out his episode!
• Open Space Therapy Collective

Coming out looks good on you! 🌈

BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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Project Angel Food CEO Richard Ayoub joins The BabyGay™ Podcast to talk coming out, community, and how volunteering can change your life. On this week's episode, host PJ Brescia (they/them) sits down with Richard (he/him), Emmy Award-winning TV producer turned nonprofit leader, whose organization was born out of the 1989 AIDS crisis and now delivers over 1.5 million free, medically tailored meals a year to critically ill Angelenos.

Richard shares his coming out story, growing up half-Lebanese, half-Mexican, and Catholic in El Paso. His path wound through Tucson, Orlando, and finally Los Angeles, where at 30 years old he found himself at his first Pride parade and finally felt like he belonged.

We talk about how acts of selflessness for people you'll never meet can be transformative for both sides, rooting for the underdog, and how Richard turned a nonprofit that was $1M underwater into a $20M+ lifeline for the LGBTQ+ community and beyond.

Please donate to Project Angel Food, which is currently building a new campus, including a research institute and training kitchen, to help grow from 1.5 million to 4.5 million meals served per year.

Links:

• Learn more + volunteer: Project Angel Food
• Follow: @projectangelfood
• Follow: @richardayoub
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BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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For over a decade, Amber Whittington (she/her)...aka @AmbersCloset...has been the person lesbians turn to when they're figuring it all out. And today she's sitting down with PJ Brescia (they/them) on the BabyGay™ Podcast.

I sat down with Amber at The Black Cat in Silver Lake for a coming out conversation I honestly didn't want to end. Since 2012 she has built a massive community by doing one radical thing: showing up as her full, authentic self.

Amber took me all the way back...Catholic school, secret girlfriends, beards, and a college love story that put her right back in the closet. We talked about the job ultimatum that accidentally launched her content creator career, what it means to coin a term that changes how people see themselves (aka STEM), and why the community isn't always as inclusive as we like to think. 

Excited for y'all to watch this one.

Remember BabyGays...coming out looks good on you! 🏳️‍🌈

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BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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Jai Rodriguez is on the BabyGay™ Podcast this week...oh and we go places.

Jai is an Emmy Award-winning TV personality, original culture expert on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Broadway's Angel in Rent, and cast member of Bros — joining PJ Brescia at the historic Black Cat in Silver Lake for an honest conversation about what it really costs to come out in the spotlight.

Bts of Queer Eye. Coming out on Broadway. The shame spiral of figuring out who you are while the whole world is watching. And what happens when you finally give yourself permission to just live authentically.

Funny, candid, and deeply real. This is the BabyGay™ Podcast.

LINKS:

Follow Jai: @jairodriguez
Subscribe to Jai: patreon.com/JaiRodriguezWorld

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Follow PJ: @PJBrescia

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BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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Here's what happens when you stop shrinking yourself...and find the audacity to take up space…

On this week's BabyGay™ Podcast, host PJ Brescia (they/them) sits down with @kaleenazanders (she/they) — powerhouse vocalist, songwriter, DJ, and producer redefining what house music can be. And when we tell you she's one of the best live artists/DJs out there...we're not joking! #fangirls

Kaleena shares her journey from growing up a jock in San Jose to gracing the stages of Coachella, EDC, Electric Forest, and Outside Lands. After years of keeping her identity quiet, she made a promise to herself this year: no more masking, no more shrinking. Because right now, queer people need each other louder than ever.

We talk about courage, intuition, and what it means to have the same audacity as the people running the world...and use it for good.

Kaleena is currently touring with GRiZ and on her first-ever headline run, the Anything Goes Tour. Stream her debut album out now: "Anything Goes"

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Links: 

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www.KaleenaZanders.com

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BabyGay™ Podcast, a 2026 Webby Honoree for Best New Podcast, is released every Thursday and hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them)—a 2025 Out100 honoree—celebrating queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia. 

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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