Queering The Air!

It's been 15 weeks of interviews, so we thought it was time for a lil SPICE. This week we're joined by one of our best college Judy's, Instagram food blogger and Oatmeal Queen, Zoe Gregorace (@whatzoeeeats). We decided to play a game of Truth or Drink (which is basically just Zoe facilitating a drama-spill session while we drink white claw and cackle). Hear a peek into our lives - from one of the worst date horror stories ever, to Dumbledore asking Matt for a hole pic

Zoe: http://www.instagram.com/whatzoeeeats

OnlyFans, Peppa Pig, and Self-hate - Oh My! Ian and Sydney are back for part two of the Milton Academy high school reunion and things get deep. We talk about projecting feelings of self hate, code switching, minimizing minority identities in personal and professional life, and more. Plus, take a peek into what it's like being a professional black female musician and having Serena Williams stand up for you at the famous annual Met Gala.

Ian: http://www.instagram.com/iangmalone & http://www.vogue.com/contributor/ian-malone

Sydney: http://www.instgram.com/s_adedamola

Milton Academy is something out of a telenovela Netflix show (think Elite) - it's also where Matt went to high school. Today we're joined by the incredible Ian Malone and Sydney Adedamola, who also attended Milton before going to Tufts and USC, respectively. What begins as a trip down memory lane turns into a discussion about being part of a minority group at a traditional, elite, institution of learning. While the line between fact and fiction can be blurry, the conversations are wildly powerful and relate to the shared, traumatic experience that is high school. 

Part Two coming next week.

Ian: http://www.instagram.com/iangmalone 

Sydney: http://www.instagram.com/s_adedamola

Madison Werner (@Madisonnwerner) joins us this week and fills us in on her lifetime of queer activism. Mentored and inspired by her older gay cousin Adam (@adameli), Madison has grown to be a powerful and important voice of love, acceptance, and pride. We hear about what it’s like to be a trans woman with gay fathers, the importance of curation, community, and social media, and how Madison is going to change the world.

Madison : http://www.instagram.com/madisonnwerner

Voices 4: https://www.instagram.com/voices4_

Gays Against Guns: https://www.gaysagainstguns.net/about

Meet Adam (@adamame1021), a gay man living in Atlanta, GA and working in public health. While chatting, we quickly found ourselves in awe of Adam’s eloquence, intelligence, and confidence. We talked about everything: from learning new languages, to being Black in Japan, to Adam’s relationship with Christ, to what makes dating so damn hard these days. As always, let us know your thoughts on the episode on Instagram at @queeringtheairpod, @aaronidelson, and @mattyrohrer.

For more information and link to donate, please go to https://malala.org. Love you!

A gay Twitter comic with lesbian moms, a gay sperm donor father, and a massive knowledge of queer media? Please welcome to the stage.... Nico Correia (@notn1co)! In this week’s episode we discuss the importance of queer media (and how to improve it both on and off the screen), how gay all the the Disney villains are (and the dangers of queer-coding), why we all resonate with the Babadook and other horror films, the revolution of reality television in queer media representation (we love you, RuPaul’s Drag Race), and plenty more.  You can find Nico at: http://www.twitter.com/notn1co Make sure to check out COLAGE at https://www.colage.org/ and on Instagram at @colagenational.

This week we're joined by Gray (@_kwier_), a queer masc person with the highest emotional intelligence.... ever? Gray breaks down what it means to go by she and they, her experience with polyamory, and more. We also take a deep dive into some of the complexities of monogamy and discuss some differences between queer and heterosexual relationships. At the end of the day, human decency is the key!

To learn more about White People 4 Black Lives, check them out at http://www.instagram.com/wp4bl 

Sometimes you grow up in the Soviet Union and don't realize you're gay until later in life. Meet Elena - a brilliant engineer who grew up in the USSR (now Russia), and then later moved to the United States and learned things about herself that she didn't even know were possible. In this episode we discuss religion (and a lack thereof), how different forms of pressure materialize in various socio-political climates, and more. Not only do we get to listen to Elena's story from her perspective, but we also get to hear from one of her daughters, Tasia, as well.

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In this week’s episode we're joined by the wonderful Ari (@Ariortz), a queer Tejana from El Paso, Texas. Ari talks us through her history with radical feminism, her personal journey with her sexuality and gender, her previous relationships, and how a majority of her formative years were spent at.... the gayest Mexican-American, all-girls, Catholic school ever? Ari's incredibly articulate insight into outdated social constructs, current day politics, and how she believes we may actually be able to enable change are sure to get you thinking.

Check out the Mujeristas Collective: http://www.linktr.ee/mujeristasco

Check out the 19th Amendment Art Show: http://www.haightart.org/xix