Not Gay as in Happy

About Not Gay as in Happy

We’re Minerva (they/them) and Rhyvir (they/them), and this is our podcast where we discuss different ways of navigating relationships - from the platonic to the romantic and everything in between and outside of this binary. As a way of directly combatting capitalism, we actively question the societal norms and expectations of how we’re supposed to participate in our relationships with others and ourselves. We see and experience queerness as transcending both sexuality and gender, offering an alternative framework through which to view our existence. With that said, we’re not gay as in “happy,” but queer as in “fuck you.”

Publisher

minerva esperanza & rhyvir moonheart

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Apr 2024

Latest episode

1 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Feb 2025

   If Making Out with My Friends Is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right

   In this episode, we reflect on the discourse surrounding the Wicked press tour - specifically concerning how we perceive romance and friendships.

2. 

   19 Nov 2024

   What’s Anarchism Got to Do With Polyamory?

   In this third episode - which we are referring to as our polyamory primer - we discuss the origins of our polyamorous journey as well as our beliefs and advice to those seeking information on how to live in relationships differently than how society dictates we ought to.

3. 

   19 Jul 2024

   We're Just a Bunch of Biased Thems

   In this second episode, we discuss the deep-seated confines and failings of gender and also dive further into our individual gender journeys. Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/notgayasinhappypodcast (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/notgayasinhappypodcast) Instagram: @notgayasinhappypocast Email: notgayasinhappypodcast@gmail.com

4. 

   9 Apr 2024

   We Are Cringe, but We Are Free

   In our introductory episode, we share some insight about and stories from our longtime platonic relationship over a game of We're Not Really Strangers (friendship edition). Please note that we recorded this in September 2023, prior to the events of October 7 and the long-standing and ongoing genocide of Palestinians, which prompted a boycott of Starbucks. We wholly support the boycott and wanted to clarify that our example regarding people liking Starbucks was stated before the additional context of and call for the boycott.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 7 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

2

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32