Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast™

Dakarai Larriett is an Alabama U.S. Senate candidate and the founder of Gerrard Larriett Aromatherapy Pet. With over 20 years of experience in team management across diverse industries, Larriett is the son of a U.S. Army veteran, a successful entrepreneur, and a longtime community volunteer. He is the author of DON’T FLUSH!: From a False Arrest to a Political Awakening: My Journey to Making a Difference (2025). It recounts the night in April 2024, when he was wrongfully arrested in Michigan for suspected DUI.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bennu Byrd is an American hip-hop artist and songwriter whose signature Millennial Soul sound innovates hip-hop by fusing it with electronic dance music and Go-Go style instrumentation. Known for its high-energy, percussion-heavy sound and call-and-response elements, Go-Go is a funk-based music genre that originated in Washington, D.C. Byrd's song Fearless was the 2023 official anthem for the Washington Mystics basketball team. 2025's All In was the anthem for the Las Vegas Aces basketball team.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Roussève is an American choreographer, writer, director, and filmmaker. His most recent work is titled Becoming Daddy AF, his first solo project in over 20 years. With a career spanning over four decades, Roussève has written, directed, and choreographed 14 full evening works for David Roussève/REALITY. These include three commissions for the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Halfway to Dawn. Halfway to Dawn explores the life and music of Black gay jazz composer Billy Strayhorn. Roussève's commissions for other companies include Ballet Hispanico, Dancing Wheels, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater, and the Atlanta Ballet.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eric Gyamfi is a Ghanaian photographer whose exhibitions have been shown in Ghana, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, the United States, and other locations. Gyamfi’s work has been featured in A Diagnosis of Time: Unlearn What You Have Learned, a collaborative effort of Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (Ghana), ARoS Art Museum (Denmark), and in Ecologies and Politics of the Living in Vienna, Austria.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benjamin Coy is an American digital creator and media personality. I met Benjamin during a 2025 family visit to Maryland. And I can attest that their on-camera vivaciousness goes beyond the screen. Benjamin is also the co-host of the Cocktails & Culture Podcast. They are a Black queer creative who uses their talents, personality, and interests to celebrate and uplift the community.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lloyd Young is an independent sexual violence advocate and the founder of BlackExperienceUK, a British organisation that is “a community of Black gay, trans men, bisexual men or questioning, creating safe spaces and networking opportunities for members.”Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keith Jarrett is a British poet, author, performer, and educator. He is the author of the poetry collection Selah, the play Safest Spot in Town, and the poetry pamphlet I Speak Home. Keith is a UK Poetry Slam Champion and FLUPP International Poetry Slam Winner. His work explores themes of identity, race, religion, and sexuality. Keith was also one of those featured in the Topher Campbell documentary, Moments That Shaped Queer Black Britain.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 122's Dr. Martin Patrick, a British author, playwright, and educator, returns with 20 questions to interview Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast's Erick Taylor Woodby. Among those listed as the National Black Justice Collective’s “2025 Cohort of 100 Black LGBTQ+/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch,” Woodby is a Los Angeles-based American writer and podcast producer committed to building bridges across borders.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emil Wilbekin is an award-winning American journalist, media executive, curator, and professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. He's also the founder of NATIVE SON, “a movement, community, and platform of Black gay/queer men who inspire, empower, and celebrate each other.” Emil is the former editor-in-chief of Vibe and Giant and editor-at-large at Essence. While at Vibe, he helped to elevate the careers of music artists like Mary J. Blige, Maxwell, and Aaliyah.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diana Bamimeke is an Ireland-based Nigerian independent curator, art writer, and transdisciplinary artist based in Dublin. Their socially engaged practice spans text, exhibition-making, performance, pedagogy and other artistic interventions. Guided by critical and political frameworks—including Black feminist & queer thought, anti-colonialism, and anti-imperialism—Diana strives to understand themselves and their world. Their writing has been published by VISUAL Carlow, Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Paper Visual Art, and Frieze.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Martin Patrick is a British author, playwright, and educator. He began his professional career writing for the theatre, but found his true calling writing crime and romance novels. Dr. Patrick's literary works include JJ’s Isolation, Love Both Ways, Son of a Dish, The Labyrinth of Families, and his most recent, The Torment of Desire. With 30 years of experience in teaching creative writing in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, and Sweden, he was an international professor in drama, film and cultural studies.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anastacia-Reneé is an American writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, playwright, former radio host, and TEDx speaker. She is the author of Forget It, Sidenotes from the Archivist, and Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere. Side Notes From The Archivist was selected as one of “NYPL Best Books of 2023” and the American Library Association's (RUSA) “Notable Books of 2024.” Anastacia-Reneé is a recipient of the James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award and was selected by NBC News as part of the list of "Queer Artist of Color Dominate 2021's Must-See LGBTQ Art Shows," for “(Don’t Be Absurd) Alice in Parts”, an installation at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jay Penn is an American writer, producer, and singer. His 2024 album, Sky High Sunsets, features the songs “Euphoria (Say Yes)” and “Money”. In 2020, he released the EP, Before Then. His 2018 EP is titled Pennding. Jay is also the creator, writer, and lead in the SLAYTV web series, Love & Us. It centers around the lives of three 30-something Black gay men who navigate dating and friendship in Los Angeles.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This special episode features Dr. Harvey Kennedy-Pitt, a British Trustee for Portfolio for Global Health & Development for ReportOUT, a UK-based global human rights organisation for sexual and gender minorities. Dr. Kennedy-Pitt is a “globally oriented health strategist and public health practitioner committed to advancing health equity on an international scale.” He’s worked with other organisations like the NHS, World Health Organisation, and Unstukk.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chiamaka Okike is a Nigerian multidisciplinary writer who has edited for women’s issues in Isele Magazine and spoken at various workshops and panels. Her writings have appeared in The Kalahari Review, Narratively, Wilson Quarterly, Edinburgh’s Literary Salon, Brittle Paper, and ActiveMuse. Chiamake's works include Perihelion, Chewed Glass, Return of the Sun. She's also the author of the novella, Seeri.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Morris is a British LGBTQ+ Travel Curator for Outbound Adventures, an agency where he curates travel adventures for LGBTQ+ couples and small groups. Steve’s ten years of world travel as a flight attendant gave him a front-row seat to how one can relieve the stress and experience the magic of international travel. With Outbound Adventures, he offers “travel with heart and structure”.Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rodrigo Tadeu is a Brazilian international advocate, storyteller, and human rights & public policy strategist. With a background in international law and public affairs, he is a “passionate advocate for justice, equity, and transformative leadership.” Rodrigo is also a Global Campaigns Officer for ReportOUT, an organisation founded by Drew Dalton, that is “protecting the human rights of sexual and gender minorities in the United Kingdom and globally.”Rate, comment, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. For more information, go to ourblackgaydiasporapodcast.com. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.