Jonah and Renessa discuss THE MOST important piece of queer news this week: The L Word Generation Q premiere. Sunday night's viewing event in Boston was a smashing queer success with the Lez Hang Out ladies and the Wicked Queer Film Festival!

Our guest this week is Antwaun Sargent, art critic, curator and writer, who has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vice, Interview, and more, as well as essays for multiple museum publications. His first book, “The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion” (published by Aperture) tracks the emerging global movement of young artists reclaiming the black image, beauty, and identity. We discuss the problem and the movement his book examines, his career trajectory to becoming a writer and critic, and  looking to history to find examples of people who are like you.

INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:15:33

Show Links:

Buy The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion: https://aperture.org/shop/the-new-black-vanguard/

Antwaun Sargent: https://www.antwaunsargent.com

Antwaun's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirsargent/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sirsargent?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

And watch the video of this interview and others on YouTube! Check us out at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZs3TD6cnvryqPtNMzrZaUw?view_as=subscriber

First we do a brief PSA reminder to get pap smears, and then look at some of the latest in queer culture including the VMAs, SNL, and Dolly. We also chat about that time the Swedes called in gay to work in 1979.

Our guest this week is Ava Glasscott, the first trans model signed to Maggie Inc., a makeup artist and hairstylist, and a nightlife and cosplay performer. She represented the State of Massachusetts in the Miss Trans USA Pageant in 2018 and 2019, and was a 2019 Boston Pride marshall (hey Charlie Baker, holler at ya girl!), and is currently working with Massachusetts Trans Women Leadership. Ava’s journey has been featured by NBC Boston and the WCVB-TV show Chronicle, and she was in Amy Schumer’s film I Feel Pretty (2018). She represented the State of Massachusetts in the Miss Trans USA Pageant 2018 and 2019, and her modeling work has appeared in the magazine Boston Spirit, Logo TV’sGo Out Loud, MAXIM'S FINEST and a Commonwealth of Massachusetts public health campaign. She also appeared in the documentary film All Stars: The Changing Face of Drag (2016), which she promoted at RuPaul’s DragCon in Los Angeles. We had a super fun kiki in the studio with Ava talking about all of the above, being her authentic self, and finding a tribe.

*****INTERVIEW STARTS AT 23:25*****

Show links:

Intro:

• Look out for our next guest, Antwaun Sargent, and his book The New Black Vanguard: https://aperture.org/shop/the-new-black-vanguard/
• Holiday ad campaigns increasingly including queer references: https://www.queerty.com/big-brand-ad-campaigns-increasingly-include-matter-fact-queer-references-20191123 
• re—inc: https://re-website.com
• The time the Swedes called into work https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63529/time-swedes-called-gay-work 
• Jason Mraz comes out as bi: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/11/22/jason-mraz-opens-up-more-about-his-bisexuality/ and https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7712269/Jason-Mraz-admits-struggled-bisexual-years.html 

Interview:

• Song before interview: "Do Me" by Kim Petras
• Ava Glasscott’s website: www.avaglasscott.com 
• Follow Ava on Instagram: @AvaGlassCott 
• Twitter: @AvaGlassCott
• Facebook fan page: @AvaGlassCott  
• YouTube: @avaglasscott 
• Ava’s hair and makeup work: @avaglasscott_hair_makeup
• Noxie‘s Instagram: @noxeema_jackson 
• Massachusetts Trans Women on Facebook: @masstranswomenleadership / Instagram: @masstwl 
• Gay Mafia Boston at Legacy every Saturday: Website: gaymafiaBOSTON.com / IG: @gaymafiaboston / @jovancardiniv 
• Nanducket on Facebook: @NanducketStyle / Instagram: @nanducket / Website: www.nanducket.com

Renessa and Jonah catch up about work and the NYC Marathon a couple of weeks ago (which means we can finally stop talking about it until next year). We kept this week’s Queer News & Culture brief, and talked a little bit about 45’s deplorable efforts to let faith-based groups exclude LGBTQ parents, and the promising upsurge in queer characters on network TV shows.

We then dive right into our interview with the smart, inquisitive, and handsome Hugh Ryan! Hugh is a writer, curator, and speaker in New York City. His work is about queer politics, culture, and history, and his new book, When Brooklyn Was Queer which is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBTQ history of Brooklyn, from the early days of Walt Whitman in the 1850s up through the women who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and beyond. We learn about how the inquiry into this research was inspired and carried out to write this book, some of the groups and specific people who were featured in it, and applying for grants. Hugh also shares a bit about his background and his other areas of work, which include teaching and working with the Urban Justice Center in NY (and maybe being a voice actor in the future?!) 

INTERVIEW STARTS AT 24:09

Intro links:

• A new Trump administration rule could hurt LGBTQ youth in foster care
• Study shows LGBTQ characters are at a record high on network TV
• LGBTQ Representation On TV Is Up Again, A GLAAD Report Says
• Atypical Star opens up about being queer

Interview links:

• Hugh Ryan’s Website
• When Brooklyn Was Queer - Order the book!!!
• Follow Hugh on Twitter
• Hugh’s Patreon
• Lesbian Herstory Archives
• Weeksville Heritage Center
• Song: “Freestyle” by Young M.A. (from “M.A. The Mixtape”)

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TQC took a week off, but we're back with some personal and podcast updates! This week we're also joined by new friend of the pod Clayton for our very first "Millennial Moment" segment, where we discuss queer topics with someone younger (and smarter) than Jonah and Renessa (because let's face it, they're barely getting by). The topic this week is the term Latinx—Where did it come from and how/where is it used? Clayton shares his Latin roots and helps break it down. 

Our creative guest interview is Daniel Djuro-Goiricelaya. Daniel is not only a deep friend of the pod, he's also a Venezuelan-born, NYC-based interdisciplinary artist, and co-founder of El Patio De Mi Casa, an artist project and pop-up exhibition space for emerging artists. We talk art, design, materials, color (and reclaiming colors), culture, the importance of community, activism, meditation, and balancing work/life and a relationship. Jonah and Daniel also bond over preparing to run the NYC Marathon this weekend for the first time!

INTERVIEW STARTS AT 46:07

Show notes and links:

• Follow Daniel on Instagram: @ddjuro
• Follow Daniel’s available works: @bodegacolor
• El Patio de Mi Casa: @lptdmcs
• Daniel’s website: www.ddgart.com
• Trevor Project LGBTQ+ History Quiz
• Follow Clayton on Instagram: @amerikanichezigeune
• Latinx comic by Terry Blas
• When Brooklyn Was Queer
• Tinderbox: The Rise of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
• Pansy Boy
• Julie Goldman and Kamala Harris on CNN LGBTQ Town Hall Debate
• “Pimpin” track by Megan Thee Stallion
• “Saunter” track by Acra (a queer Venezuelan electronic music artist)

Jonah and Renessa's updates this week include Madonna's latest NYC performance, Drag Race UK, the onePULSE Foundation's National Pulse Memorial & Museum design contest finalists, Jonah's laundry list of goals in therapy, and making fun of each other's feet and thumbs. They then sit down with London-based artist Paul Harfleet to discuss The Pansy Project, which was catalyzed by a personal experience for him. Paul plants pansies at the site of homophobic abuse, and the flower is then photographed in its location, entitled after the abuse, and posted on the pansyproject.org. His photographs have been exhibited internationally. The Pansy Project has brought Paul around the world to memorialize homophobic hate crimes and was the focus of the documentary film Les Pensées De Paul. Paul also wrote and illustrated the book Pansy Boy and does workshops at schools across the UK, US, and Canada.

Interview starts at 35:14

Show links:

• Paul Harfleet and The Pansy Project: http://www.thepansyproject.com
• Instagram & Twitter: @thepansyproject
• onePULSE Foundation Memorial & Museum Design Competition

TQC is back for a second season! Jonah and Renessa catch up about recent travels and news, introduce (and poke fun at) the pod’s new Producer, JC Cortez, and attempt to create their first YouTube video version of the episode (it's kind of sloppy guys, but also kind of fun). Big shoutout to Jason Rivera who created season 2's original music, thank you Jason, we love you! They are then joined by the most handsome and the most pretty fellow podcasters there are, Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard from Dumb, Gay Politics! Julie and Brandy share their thoughts/rage/emotions about the political climate, some tales of the Hollywood hustle, and what it takes to get a podcast off the ground and make some money at it. 

A very special thank you to Jason Rivera who created original music for Season 2, thanks Jay we love you!

Interview starts at 35:20

Links:

• Dumb, Gay Politics Podcast - www.julieandbrandy.com, @dumbgaypolitics, @mrjuliegoldman, @peeweethepeoplescouch
• Music - Jason Rivera @jayriv81 twitter & insta
• Producer - JC Cortez - @a11amerjc
• Stacey Abrams / Fair Fight - www.fairfight.com
• Photography - Ella Farrell Photography - @ellafarrellphotography, @ellafarrellweddings, www.ellafarrellphotography.com
• Makeup - Najeema - @_najeema, www.najeema.com
• Market Floral Studio - @market_floral_studio, www.marketfloralstudio.com
• “An Open Letter to Carribbean Men, From Caribbean Women”