Have a Blessed Gay

Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. In this week’s episode, Tyler talks with the tantra expert and teacher, Jason Tantra. Jason, who’s from the UK, has been teaching tantric practices for 16 years. He shares his gifts around the world, specifically with the queer male community with his app and network called tantra4gaymen. However, you do not have to be a gay man to gain some amazing takeaways from this conversation. They get into the history of tantra, and how we can use its practices, including tantric sex, to connect with spirit.

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Guest: Jason Tantra

IG: @jasontantra

App (available on Apple, Android, and online): Trantra4gaymen

USA Website: www.tantra4gaymen.com

UK Website: www.tantra4gaymen.co.uk

Your Host: Tyler Martin

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. In this week’s episode, Tyler is releasing his inner religion and history nerd and diving into the history of Christianity. Who the hell started the religion?

Was it Jesus? Was it Paul? Was it Peter or James? Tyler examines the Bible, looking through scripture, and historical evidence to determine who exactly began the religion. Knowing the history surrounding Christianity can help us deconstruct, fight against privilege, and understand the difference between religion as an institution and spirituality as a personal journey.

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. In this week’s episode, Tyler chats with Crystal Cheatham all about deconstruction, reconstruction, and listening to our inner intuition!

Crystal is an LGBTQ+ rights activist with a focus on religious liberty. Since 2011 Crystal has worked simultaneously as a ghostwriter and queer rights activist with groups such as Soulforce and the Attic Youth Center. As an outspoken activist she has written for The Huffington Post on the intersections of faith and sexual identity, a faith and spirituality column for the Philadelphia Gay Newspaper, and sat on the steering committee of the Human Rights Campaign as the Faith & Spirituality chair. As an entrepreneur Crystal is the founder of two projects: Our Bible App and The IDentity Kit, both of which have provided resources for marginalized communities of faith. Her newest project stems from Our Bible App -- the app is branching into the realm of trade publishing with a new imprint, and their first book will be an anthology of 60+ devotions all centered around deconstruction called, The Deconstructionists Playbook. They have a Kickstarter happening right now through the end of the month, please go support them and help kick off this amazing imprint...and if that’s not a good enough reason to, your boy, me, is a contributing author. I will have a devotional in the book, and I cannot wait for you to read it. 

*This episode also features a reading from the latest B Word article, Fictional Religions and Belief Systems in Audio Drama by the author themselves Tau Zaman.

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Kickstarter for The Deconstructionist Playbook:

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Guest: Crystal Cheatham

Twitter: @crystalcheatham

IG: @thecheath

Website: https://www.crystalcheatham.com/

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The B Word (Have a Blessed Gay’s verticle with articles and essays from spiritual badasses)

Fictional Religions and Belief Systems in Audio Drama By Tau Zaman

www.haveablessedgay.com/thebword

Twitter/IG: @tauzaman

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. In this week’s episode, Tyler chats with Astrologer Sonja Marie. Over the past 20 years, millions have appreciated Sonja Marie’s poetic prowess as one of three writers featured on the multi-platinum soundtrack, Waiting To Exhale. She has two solo poetry CD’s, five poetry anthologies, and a poetry eBook, Thoughts And Wishes After The Storm. But her work as an astrologist is equally as impressive. She has a weekly astrological blog, called WordLife Astrology, where she uses Western Astrology’s mathematical yet metaphysical teachings to guide people.

She is the monthly horoscope columnist for ESSENCE Magazine -- her horoscopes being read by millions. Sonja’s national television appearances include The Steve Harvey Show and The Doctors. In November 2020, Sonja Marie released her first book The Signs - An Astrological Memoir. The memoir affords readers deeper knowledge of the Signs themselves and how their energy is an integral part of us, which can open the door for more life expansion in our personal and professional lives.

Sonja is down-to-earth, hilarious, and genuine. In this conversation, she breaks down what astrology is, how people can use it as a tool, and what we should be on the lookout for in the coming future.

*This episode also features a reading from the latest B Word article, Oh, to be Young, Queer, and Muslim, by the author themselves Summeiya Yehya Khamissa.*

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Guest: Sonja Marie

IG/Twitter: @wordlifesonjamarie

Facebook: @wordlifesonjamarie

YouTube: https://www.facebook.com/WordlifeAstrology/

Website: https://www.wordlifeastrology.com/

Sonja’s Book: https://store.bookbaby.com/bookshop/book/index.aspx?bookURL=The-Signs

The B Word (Have a Blessed Gay’s verticle with articles and essays from spiritual badasses)

Oh, to be Young, Queer, and Muslim by Summeiya Yehya Khamissa

IG: @queermuslimnetwork / @summeiyakhamissa

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. This is the very first live podcast episode! Recorded at the Q Christian Conference 2021, Tyler, accompanied by Brandan Robertson, discusses Christian privilege. Although one of the more controversial episodes of this podcast, it is a very important and crucial topic. America is seeped in Christian privilege, so even people who are not Christian encounter Christian privilege on a daily basis, whether they realize it or not. Listen as Tyler and Brandan dive head first into this controversial subject. Get hyped, y’all!

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Guest: Brandan Robertson

IG: @brandanrobertson

Twitter: @BrandanJR

TikTok: @Revbrandanrobertson

www.brandanrobertson.com

Brandan Robertson is a podcast alum. He is an author, activist, and theologian, working at the intersections of spirituality and social renewal. He is the author or contributing author to, count’em, twelve books on spirituality, justice, and theology. Named by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the top faith-leaders leading the fight for human rights, he has worked with political and social leaders around the world to end conversion therapy and promote LGBT+ rights.

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. In this episode, Tyler examines gender and sexual fluidity, showing how we can use that same concept of fluidity toward our spirituality. What would fluid spirituality be like? Spirituality that is in motion, that is ever changing, ever growing, and expanding. Spirituality that embraces different paths, different teachers, different walks of faith. A spiritual person that does not simply blindly do as they are told, but a person that actively seeks a spiritual connection. Remember, spirituality is a relationship, and relationships are naturally fluid, always evolving, they are never stagnant.

At the beginning of this year, it is a good time to look at what new practices we might want to try and explore. What are ways we can enhance and evolve our spirituality in 2021?

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. In this episode, Tyler talks with Kodo Nishimura! Kodo is a global makeup artist and a certified Buddhist monk. He grew up in Tokyo, in a Buddhist temple. As a child, he practiced Japanese flower arrangement for eight years. And at the age of 18, he moved to the US, graduated from Parsons The New School for Design in NY, then in 2015, he switched gears, and decided to complete his two-year Buddhist monk training in Tokyo. After becoming a monk, in 2017, he sought to further his makeup training by enrolling at Makeup Designory in LA.

His story as a makeup artist and a monk has been featured globally including BBC Radio, Vogue, The New York Style Magazine, Buzzfeed, and so on. As a celebrity makeup artist, his makeup work has appeared in national shows such as Miss Universe, Miss USA, The View, and major magazines like Esquire, US Weekly, and the cover of Life & Style. He recently gave a TEDx Talk which I highly recommend you watch (see link below). But where I originally saw him was on "QUEER EYE: We’re in Japan” on NETFLIX in 2019. He was brought on the show to give encouragement and words of wisdom, which he is full of. His mission is to empower all people of all gender using makeup skills with a hint of Buddhism. Kodo breaks down what Buddhism is, comparing it to Disney, he then tells his journey of becoming a monk, and how he uses makeup and Buddhist teachings to encourage people to live openly and proudly. Also, his voice is so soothing, so for all you ASMR fans, this is gonna be a favorite episode. Get ready for some tingles and an amazing discussion!

Guest: Kodo Nishimura

IG: @kodomakeup

Website: https://www.kodonishimura.com/

Tedx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWQ4lzXesmE

10% Off Q Christian Fellowship Conference:

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. Christmas is a holiday celebrated by people, Christian and not, around the world. But Jesus’ birthday hasn’t always been the big bash it is today. This week, Tyler dives into why there are so many holidays from different cultures, traditions, and religions during the same time of the year. After all, what is so special about December? Well, welcome to the stage, the incomparable, the legendary, the timeless Winter Solstice. Yaaasss! Winter Solstice came to slay and turn the party. And it has been serving it since the beginning of humanity. Tyler takes a deep look at Winter Solstice festivities, Zoroastrianism (the first and oldest monotheistic religion), and history to find out who really stole Christmas. So, come on, you ho, ho, hoes, and let’s get to the whole whole whole story!

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. This week, Tyler chats Rabbi Denise L. Eger, an incredible activist, author, proud lesbian, and inspiring Rabbi. Throughout her rabbinical career, she has worked extensively to include and uplift the LGBTQ+ community, she has worked tirelessly with and for people with AIDS, she was the first openly LGBTQ+ President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis which is the largest organization of Rabbis in the world, she’s also the past President of the Southern California Board of Rabbis (being the first woman and openly gay person to do that), and a past President of the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis. But get this, she officiated the very first US same-sex marriage in L.A. County in 2008. What they primarily discussed was her groundbreaking new book: Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells: A Celebration of LGBTQ Jewish Life and Ritual. It is an absolutely gorgeous book filled with prayers, rituals, history, and traditions that actually include the LGBTQ+ community. There is no other religious denomination that has published a book of queer prayers as part of its primary liturgy. Along with her book, they also talk about inclusivity, tolerance vs. acceptance, seeking activism as a faith leader, and how to make our holidays more inclusive, right now, but also year round. Enjoy this inspiring discussion!

Guest: Rabbi Denise L. Eger

Twitter: @deniseeger

Instagram: @rabbideniseeger

Facebook: www.facebook.com/rabbideniseeger

Website/Blog: https://rabbieger.com/

Congregation: https://www.kol-ami.org/

Where Pride Dwells (Book): www.amazon.com/Mishkan-Gaavah-Where-Pride-Dwells/dp/0881233587/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=where+pride+dwells&qid=1606206058&sr=8-1

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Welcome to Have a Blessed Gay, your weekly spiritual-comedy podcast! Join holy host, Tyler Martin, as he critically discusses social norms, current events, mental health, religion, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. This week, Tyler chats with Rachel Mann, a priest, poet, writer and broadcaster based in Manchester, UK. Author of 11 books, her writing has been shortlisted in the international Michael Ramsey Prize for theology, and highly commended in the Forward Poetry Prizes. Her bestselling memoir of growing up trans, ‘Dazzling Darkness’ has just come out in a second edition, and her newest book, The Gospel of Eve, is published in hardback, kindle and audiobook and available wherever books are sold. So, definitely check it out! It was such a blast talking with Rachel and we got into a ton of topics, including the idea of rebelling within religion, what a “calling” is, and the actual real-life Gospel of Eve. Yes, there was an actual Gospel called the Gospel of Eve that was considered for the New Testament when it was being constructed...and you shall find out in this conversation why it was most likely not included.

Guest: Rachel Mann

rachelmann.co.uk/

The Gospel of Eve (Novel): www.amazon.com/Gospel-Eve-Rachel-Mann-ebook/dp/B08L3JYP3S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1604984747&sr=8-1

Social Media: @revrachelmann

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