83 episodes

Created, hosted, and produced by Erick Taylor Woodby, Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast is a global biweekly podcast where Black LGBTQ professionals share about their countries and professions. Guests include Executive Director at PEOPLE Magazine Jeremy Helligar, Palmira Koukkari Mbenga, Swedish journalist, actor, and script editor for Netflix’s Young Royals, and Gamal ‘G’ Turawa, the protagonist in the 2022 BAFTA-winning British docudrama The Black Cop.
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Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast‪™‬ Erick Taylor Woodby

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 10 Ratings

Created, hosted, and produced by Erick Taylor Woodby, Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast is a global biweekly podcast where Black LGBTQ professionals share about their countries and professions. Guests include Executive Director at PEOPLE Magazine Jeremy Helligar, Palmira Koukkari Mbenga, Swedish journalist, actor, and script editor for Netflix’s Young Royals, and Gamal ‘G’ Turawa, the protagonist in the 2022 BAFTA-winning British docudrama The Black Cop.
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    Episode 82 - Charles Reese, American Actor, Writer, Producer, and Public Speaker

    Episode 82 - Charles Reese, American Actor, Writer, Producer, and Public Speaker

    Charles Reese is an American actor, writer, producer, public speaker, and the founder of Teeth and Eyes Communications, LLC. Thank you to Frederick Johnson for connecting us. One of Charles’ most critically acclaimed roles is as American writer, playwright, and activist James Baldwin in the Off-Broadway production of James Baldwin: A Soul on Fire.Through his advocacy and promotion of James Baldwin and his works, Charles earned the 2021 Medal of Honour Recipient from In The Meantime, a Los Angeles-based organisation that enriches, empowers, and extends the lives of intergenerational Black men.
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    • 45 min
    Episode 81 - Season 4 Premieres with the "On The Panel" Bimonthly Series

    Episode 81 - Season 4 Premieres with the "On The Panel" Bimonthly Series

    Season 4 debuts with Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast's first episode of the new bimonthly On The Panel series. Where guests return to join me and sometimes others to share their insights and experiences on various topics. For this discussion, I’m joined by Episode 63’s Byron Adu from Australia, Episode 12’s Lennox Benson from the UK, and Ep. 57’s George Kachimanga from Malawi.
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    • 49 min
    EPISODE REPLAY - Pride in Being a Black Gay American Writer and Digital Nomad with Erick Taylor Woodby

    EPISODE REPLAY - Pride in Being a Black Gay American Writer and Digital Nomad with Erick Taylor Woodby

    (Original Air Date: 21 June 2023) Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast's creator, host, and producer Erick Taylor Woodby is interviewed by Gamal 'G' Turawa, an ED&I facilitator, transformational storyteller, and the protagonist in the 2022 BAFTA-wining documentary, The Black Cop. Erick shares his pride in being a Black gay American writer and digital nomad.
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    • 50 min
    Episode 79 - Andrew Michél Thomas, German-Based Canadian Researcher and Scholar

    Episode 79 - Andrew Michél Thomas, German-Based Canadian Researcher and Scholar

    Andrew Michél Thomas is a German-based Afro-Jamaican-Haitian-Canadian researcher and English-language teacher and intercultural trainer. His work centers on queer men and persons in Afro-diaspora communities in Germany and Europe, with a focus on the city of Berlin. This includes how “…mutuality of place, identity, and self shape belonging, inclusion, place bond, or attachment to a place…”
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    • 35 min
    Episode 78 - Phineas Newborn III, American Actor, Dancer, Choreographer, and Producer

    Episode 78 - Phineas Newborn III, American Actor, Dancer, Choreographer, and Producer

    Phineas Newborn III is an actor, dancer, choreographer, and producer whose career highlights include the 1984 breakdancing-themed film Breakin’ and the Broadway musicals Cats, Ragtime, and Aida. He's also been featured in films Girls Just Want to Have Fun and the television series Fame. As a dance instructor, he's taught in Germany, France, England, Sweden, Japan, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. Phineas has choreographed and performed with Gladys Knight, James Brown, Prince, Jasmine Guy, Paula Abdul, Seal, and Lenny Kravitz, to name a few. Thank you to Gamal ‘G’ Turawa for connecting us.
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    • 50 min
    Episode 77 - Dr. Julius J. Johnson-Weaver, Founder and Chief Physician of Resolve MD and RMD Proud

    Episode 77 - Dr. Julius J. Johnson-Weaver, Founder and Chief Physician of Resolve MD and RMD Proud

    Dr. Julius J. Johnson-Weaver is the founder and chief physician of Resolve MD, a primary care medical practice. Led by Dr. Johnson-Weaver, a transgender, non-binary physician, RMD Proud is Resolve MD's gender-affirming care program that provides gender-affirming hormonal treatment for transgender and gender-expansive individuals. Dr. Johnson-Weaver is a medical professional and community member outspoken against racism, sexism, homophobia, and negativity against transgender and gender-diverse people.
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    • 46 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
10 Ratings

10 Ratings

DenMarc ,

A Great Idea Executed Beautifully

I didn’t know I was missing this podcast until I listened to the first episode. Erick’s thought-provoking subjects and insightful conversations with guests are so resonant.

jman987654 ,

There is a need for this visibility in the LGBTQ+ Community

Erick has presented an amazing and diverse group of world citizens with wide-ranging experiences, it is fascinating to hear these stories of how these People Of Color move in the circles of their lives, embracing their Blackness as well as their place within the LGBTQ+ community. It is so important to share this visibility so everyone can come to understand the full length and breadth of POC/LGBTQ+, the work they are doing, and how they are shaping the world. This podcast is not just for POC, it's accessible to everyone and benefits people of all ethnicities with the stories being shared. I applaud Erick for realizing this gap existed and I think he is doing an amazing job of filling in the blank spaces. Kudos to you! :)

R L ,

Awesome man!

My first episode was with Roux!! I was not ready for the depth of this conversation! Love it! Get it Erick!

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