I'm Coming Out explores what it's like to grow up gay in a straight world. Every week a member of the LGBTQI+ community chats with Jonny Harvey about discovering and coming to terms with their sexuality, and the steps they took to move out of the shadows and lead a more authentic life.
#20 Gabi & Shanna from 27 Travels on why gay representation is so important & experiencing homophobia in NYC
Gabi and Shanna are two travel bloggers from New York City. I’ve been following them for some time now on Instagram and living vicariously through them as they traverse the globe on their far-flung travels. I interviewed them remotely of course a few weeks back and we chatted about;
Shana’s Catholic upbringing,
experiencing homophobia at home in New York City,
their plans to open a cafe and to have a beach-house in the Caribbean one day,
our shared admiration of Hilary Duff
and lots of other things.
This is the first podcast I recorded over Zoom and I wish I had done more trial runs on the app first. I would’ve preferred if the audio was better. It’s not perfect but it’s pretty decent.
You can contact me by emailing me at jonny@imcomingoutpod.com (mailto:jonny@imcomingoutpod.com) and follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook @imcomingoutpod
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11 Feb 2021
#19 Dan on being gay & a fundamentalist Christian & Nick on being outed to his parents by his boyfriend
Dan & Nick from the 802 podcast met a few years back at a house party and instantly became firm friends. Dan is from Norfolk but now lives in London & Nick grew up in the warmer climes of Trinidad but now lives in Manchester. Their 802 podcast was born out of their friendship and the fun they have together but now has grown to include guests. It’s so important that there is much more representation for people of colour in the gay media so I’m especially happy to have them both on my podcast.
The interview was recorded remotely of course, I’m still working from my very small makeshift studio in my wardrobe at home. I chatted with Dan about;
why race was more of an issue for him than his sexuality growing up in Norfolk,
why homophobic abuse went over his head,
how he became a fundamentalist Christian in his early teens (yep that is what I just said),
why his church’s lack of acceptance ultimately forced him to leave and lots of other things.
And I chatted with Nick about;
what it was like growing up in Trinidad where homosexuality was illegal until recently,
going to secret underground gay parties there when he was a teenager,
what happened when his Dad discovered he had rented a gay movie from Blockbuster,
the traumatic experience of his first boyfriend outing him to his parents as a teenager,
his crush on Dua Lipa’s Dad and lots of other things.
You can contact me by emailing me at jonny@imcomingoutpod.com (mailto:jonny@imcomingoutpod.com) and follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook @imcomingoutpod. If you enjoyed this episode (which I really hope you did) please leave a rating and review as it really helps me. Thanks :)
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4 Feb 2021
#18 Brock Yurich on dancing at Pulse nightclub & why it's so important gay roles are played by gay actors
Brock Yurich is an American actor who has starred in Succession, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt & Tyler Perry’s the Have and the Have Nots. He was born and raised in Ohio and completed a degree in musical theatre in Orlando Florida before making his way to the bright lights of the Big Apple to become a professional actor.
He is currently in the midst of pre-production for his first feature film TEST which he has written the screenplay for. He is also producing the movie and will take the lead role in it.
We did the podcast remotely of course and we chatted about; why his parents thought he might be gay from a young age, hanging out & working at Pulse nightclub whilst he was at college in Florida, what it’s like to be an openly gay actor in New York and lots of other things. And I do a whole lot of gay ‘gasping’ as per usual throughout!!!! 😂
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