LGBTQ&A

Darryl Stephens: Noah's Arc Returns! Celebrating 20 Years of the Groundbreaking Gay TV Show

In 2019, almost 15 years after the beloved TV show, Noah's Arc, cemented itself into queer history, its star, Darryl Stephens, was considering shifting his focus away from acting. His subsequent roles were often met with the same response, fans expressing variations of "You'll always be Noah to me" and questions of "When's Noah going to come back?" If he couldn't do anything but remind people of Noah's Arc, Darryl thought, maybe he would do something else. "It had its impact. That's not a terrible legacy."Imagining a career focused behind-the-scenes coincided with the beginning of a new chapter in his personal life: the decision to become a parent. "And then interestingly enough, when we decided to have the kid, work picked up." The groundbreaking show returns with Noah’s Arc: The Movie on June 20th, streaming on Paramount+. LGBTQ&A⁠ is an independent, listener-supported podcast. ⁠Click here⁠ to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. ⁠⁠@jeffmasters1⁠[This conversation with Darryl was originally recorded in 2021.⁠]

Edmund White: Remembering the Groundbreaking Gay Writer

“I'm at an age when writers are supposed to say finally what mattered most to them—for me, it would be thousands of sex partners." Edmund White died this week at the age of 85. Earlier this year, I got to speak with him at his home in N.Y.C. about his latest novel, "The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir", co-writing "The Joy of Gay Sex" with Dr. Charles Silverstein, and his evolving relationship to sex. ⁠LGBTQ&A⁠ is an independent, listener-supported podcast. ⁠Click here⁠ to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. ⁠⁠@jeffmasters1⁠

Susan Stryker: Trump's War on Transgender People, A Historian's View

Why is the world so threatened by the existence of trans people? Historian Susan Stryker joins us to break it all down. She talks about how she's thinking about the onslaught of attacks targeting the trans community, her time with the activist group Transgender Nation, and why she views transness as "a practice of freedom".  This is a part of our special series, The LGBTQ+ Elders Project. ⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠ to listen to our new interview with Edmund White. ⁠LGBTQ&A⁠ is an independent, listener-supported podcast. ⁠Click here⁠ to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. ⁠⁠@jeffmasters1⁠

Edmund White: The Loves of My Life (X-Rated)

Edmund White talks about his groundbreaking 1982 novel, A Boy's Own Story, co-writing The Joy of Gay Sex, his evolving relationship with sex now that he's in his 80s, and his new book, The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir. This is a part of our special series, The LGBTQ+ Elders Project. ⁠Click here⁠ to listen to our recent interview with Dr. Charles Silverstein, co-author of The Joy of Gay Sex. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. ⁠@jeffmasters1

Bob Mackie: 60+ Years of Iconic Costumes, From Cher to Miley

Throughout his decades-long career, Bob Mackie has designed costumes and gowns for some of the most legendary names in entertainment history: Cher, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Whitney Houston, Carol Burnett, and Elton John, among many others. He joins LGBTQ&A to talk about his longtime (and still ongoing) collaboration with Cher, the infamous Gone With The Wind curtain dress from The Carol Burnett Show, and gay life in Hollywood in the 1960s and 70s. His new documentary, Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion is now streaming on Prime Video.  This is a part of our special series, The LGBTQ+ Elders Project. ⁠Click here⁠ to listen to our recent interview with Martha Shelly, activist and co-founder of the Gay Liberation Front. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider joining our ⁠Substack⁠ to help support our work LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. ⁠@jeffmasters1