Hey Gay Boy

Hey Gay Boy

James Wallis

5.0from 8 ratings

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16
Episodes
8
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Weekly
Cadence
2026
First episode

About Hey Gay Boy

Hey gay boy. This is a podcast about the things nobody warned us about. The quiet shame, the overthinking, the patterns we carried into adulthood without ever being given a name for them. Each episode explores gay identity, mental health, and the psychology of growing up gay. Short, honest, and stripped back. Because some things are better said out loud. Part story, part reflection on what it really means to come out, grow up, and figure yourself out in a world that didn't always make space for you. This podcast is for the gay man who has done the coming out bit but still feels like he's carrying something he can't quite name. The one who looks fine on the outside but knows there's a version of himself he never really got to meet. The one who grew up performing, pleasing, shrinking and is only now starting to unpick why. If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. And you're exactly who this is for. Hey Gay Boy started as a series of short form videos. Honest, spoken word reflections on the nuances of growing up gay. The response was something I wasn't prepared for. Thousands of people telling me they'd never had a name for what they were feeling. That someone had finally said it out loud. The Substack followed. Then came the realisation that some of these conversations needed more than a caption or an article. They needed audio. They needed to feel like a voice note from someone who gets it. So here we are. Each episode draws on psychology, personal experience, and the kind of quiet observations that don't make it into mainstream conversations about LGBT life. We talk about minority stress, shame, self worth, attachment, the inner child, and all the invisible ways growing up gay shapes who we become, long after we've come out. No guests (yet). No panel discussions. Just honest, considered reflections designed to be listened to on a commute, a walk, or one of those evenings when you just need to feel a little less alone in it. Thank you so much for being here, James x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher
James Wallis
Category
health & fitness · society & culture · society & culture
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
18 Mar 2026
Latest episode
24 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    it was never about the six-pack

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    understanding the validation loop

  3. 10 Jun 2026

    the drama triangle: the best thing I learnt in therapy?

  4. 3 Jun 2026

    how much did you sacrifice to survive?

  5. 27 May 2026

    the velvet rage: the gay bible

  6. 20 May 2026

    7 things therapy taught me

  7. 13 May 2026

    why rejection breaks us

  8. 6 May 2026

    why is the gay community sometimes a bit sh*t?

  9. 29 Apr 2026

    14 signs you're already healing

  10. 22 Apr 2026

    11 small acts to start healing gay shame...this week

  11. 15 Apr 2026

    why happiness feels so hard for gay men

  12. 8 Apr 2026

    gay grown and still hurting

  13. 1 Apr 2026

    lets talk about gay shame

  14. 1 Apr 2026

    the dark side of growing up gay

  15. 1 Apr 2026

    hey gay boy

  16. 18 Mar 2026

    welcome to hey gay boy

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