Our guest this week is friend-of-the-pod Jamal Miller, who is a host on the Drag Race recap podcast “Thanks For Coming!” and a lifestyle blogger/vlogger at “Gays in the Life”. We hear about growing up in Alaska, moving to Indiana for music, his recent vlogs regarding race, Drag Race, Lil Nas X, and eating Keto!

This will be our last episode this season! We're taking a break to do some podcast housekeeping, strategy, and outreach, so that we can come back with more great queer content for you soon! We love and appreciate this community SO MUCH.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbY5mGdeBzI

• Thanks for Coming! Podcast: https://thanksforcomingpodcast.com
• Jamal’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaysinthelife/
• Jamal’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaysinthelife
• Gays in the Life: https://gaysinthelife.com

This week we dive right into our interview with the fabulous Shareef Hadid Jenkins, founder of BoiPKG, a fashion brand that is not limited by gender constructs. BoiPKG makes harnesses, underwear, jumpsuits, boxers, kaftans, swimwear—you name it! We chat with Shareef about everything from being kicked out of the house at a young age, to coming up in the club scene, starting his own successful queer fashion company, being an activist, and giving back to the community.

Show Links:

BoiPKG website: https://boipkg.com
BoiPKG on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boipkg/
Shareef on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omarshareefj/
The Attic Youth Center in Philadelphia: https://www.atticyouthcenter.org
Black Travel Trans Fund: https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com
American Indian House in NYC: https://www.aich.org

On this episode, Jonah shares the (oddly and darkly funny) story of how we found out his father recently passed. And our fabulous guest this week is Alexandra Owensby, an Irish dancer, Creative Director for the Brooklyn Irish Dance Company, and a queer costume, accessories and upcycled clothing designer. Alexandra also happens to be an engineer, with a Master's degree in Energy Systems Engineering. (interview recorded in March 2021)

SHOW LINKS:
Forgive Everyone: https://www.forgiveeveryone.com
The Queer Creative merch: https://the-queer-creative-podcast.creator-spring.com
Follow Alexandra: @owensbeeeee
Art & sunglasses: @madebyao
Dance: @brooklynirishdanceco
Pizza (her drag king name): @petezapartytime

Our guest this week is Kelsie McNair, a stained glass designer, photographer, musician, small business owner, and digital content creator. We absolutely love her beautiful work and her personality! We talk about her many interests and talents, being a small business owner and being innovative during the pandemic with her “Stoop Sessions”, mental health during the pandemic, and using Instagram to promote her business and engage her community.

Kelsie McNair: https://www.kelsiemcnair.com

Soft Shapes: https://www.softshapes.me

Soft Shapes on Instagram: https://instagram.com/soft_shapes

Kelsie’s Lifestyle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelsie.mcnair/

We're back again after an unintentional, illness-induced break! Our guest this week is Kiet Thai, who has 20 years of experience in the motion design industry working with clients like Bravo, Disney Channel, ESPN, Discovery Channel, WE tv, Food Network, AMC, Oxygen, Fearnet, GSN, NBC, and OWN. He's won a Cable Faxie as well as a PromaxBDA award for his work. As a photographer, Kiet has toured with Marc Anthony, shoots commercial work for various entertainment clients, and is a contributor to iStock and Getty Images. He's lived in Costa Rica and Madrid, teaching English and learning Spanish, and has a YouTube channel for his travel vlogs. He returned back to the US in 2020 and currently works in both motion graphics and photography.

We talk with Kiet about meditation, growing up and coming out in a small town in North Carolina, working in LA and New York, touring with Marc Anthony, traveling and teaching English as a second language, and making videos.

Show links:
Kiet Thai's portfolio: http://www.studiokiet.com
Follow Kiet in Instagram: http://www.studiokiet.com
Kiet's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/studiokiet

Show music by Jason Rivera and vocals by Renessa Ciampa
Follow us on Instagram @thequeercreativepodcast and on Twitter @creativequeer

HAPPY PRIDE SEASON, QUEER CREATIVES! On this week's episode, Renessa goes on a bisexual rant! And our guest this week is the beautiful Sherry Vine—a drag legend with 30 years under her sequined belt! She’s toured the world with her all-live singing and comedy shows, is the star and writer of She’s Living For This (which you can watch on Hulu), numerous movies, shows, and awards. Her NEW show, the Sherry Vine Variety Show is out on OUT TV and features Alaska Thunderfuck, Bob the Drag Queen, Jackie Beat, Bianca del Rio, Alec Mapa, and more. We hear all about the new show, living in working own LA during the pandemic, creating her own path with her craft, starting a theatre company in NYC in the 90s, her inspirations, doing drag for as long as she has, collaborating with other artists and newer drag queens, and adapting and evolving as a creative professional.

Show links:

Email your bisexual and pansexual questions to Renessa at renessa@thequeercreative.com!

Bisexual Resources:
https://biresource.org
https://bi.org/en

Sherry Vine: http://sherryvine.com

The Shery Vine Variety Show:
Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-sherry-vine-variety-show/umc.cmc.33pvnry6de77wdysfgc0xh2tm
OUT TV: https://outtv.ca/sherry-vine/

Follow Sherry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misssherryvine/

Follow Sherry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissSherryVine

Follow Sherry on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100050224820534

Quite possibly our most ADORABLE guest to date, we talk with Tony Talks (Antonio Baldwin) about becoming a full-time comedy content creator/actor and YouTuber, being yourself and making content for people not numbers, knowing when to say no, his creative and production process, building a team, inspirations, and wig shopping!

FREE PALESTINE.

Show Links:

• Safe/Haven: Gay Life in 1950s Cherry Grove: https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/safehaven-gay-life-1950s-cherry-grove
• Tony’s Website: https://www.iamtonytalks.com
• Follow Tony on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtonytalks/
• Subscribe to Tony Talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1QzoSnbWF7itzFZeeX-oQ
• Tony on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@officiallytonytoks?

Music by Jason Rivera and vocals by Renessa Ciampa

Follow us on Instagram @thequeercreativepodcast and on Twitter @creativequeer
http://www.thequeercreative.com

We're baaaaaaaack for a fourth season! Jonah and Renessa catch up after a hiatus from the pod and discuss getting hairier as we age, becoming plant parents and home owners, and continued momentum in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Our guests this week are Rafael Albarrán and Kerry Michelle O’Brien, both from the new film Lupe (HBO Max), which is about a Cuban immigrant who struggles with their transgender identity while searching for their missing sister in New York City’s underground sex industry. Rafael is a Puerto Rican actor and writer trained at The New School for Drama MFA Acting program, who plays the lead in the film, and Kerry Michelle was the Executive Producer, who has been an active member of the film industry for over 30 years across Europe and North America.

We hear all about the process and experience of being involved in this film and how it impacted each of them personally in their own journeys, Rafael's acting career and poetry, the topic of cis actors playing trans roles, and Kerry Michelle's history from film school in the 80s to editing music videos and being a producer and activist.

Show links:

Boston-based Boston Black Lives Matter and anti-police violence or abolitionist groups on Instagram:
@ffcof2020
@ftpboston
@bostonpsl
@maapb617
@surjboston
@blmboston
@blackatbps

Watch Lupe: https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GX_TRaARFgsM6gQEAAABc

Follow Lupe on Instagram: @lupe.film

Follow Kerry Michelle:
Instagram: @kerry.michelle.o
Linkedin: KM O’Brien
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11101939/

Follow Rafael:
Instagram:
@Rafael.albarran_
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3555611/

Music by Jason Rivera and vocals by Renessa Ciampa

Follow us on Instagram @thequeercreativepodcast and on Twitter @creativequeer