SEGREgayTION

I'm so grateful that Tiffany Mitchell from episode four reached out and brought some friends along with her for a panel discussion on this very specialsode where Tiffany, Madison King, and Alexis Smith discuss the intricacies and the beauty of being Black and trans in the South. This is a longer episode, but I promise that every drop is worth your time. Thanks for listening! And no: I still don't know when Season 2 is coming out.

I am stunned (and still in shock) that I was able to have a conversation with the Darnell-Jamal Lisby, fashion historian and curator, back in September! (You're probably stunned that I'm just now releasing it...) On this special episode Darnell and I discuss the careers and lives of Patrick Kelly, Willi Smith, and Stephen Burrows, and the ways that their identities as Black LGBTQ+ men informed their designs and careers in the fashion industry. Fashion/fashion history lovers: this is my love letter to you! A big thank you to Darnell-Jamal Libsy, and to my friend Faith Cooper, also a fashion historian and curator, who connected me with Darnell. Check out this episode's syllabus via my Medium account, @claybmorris, for more on the designers discussed and for a few lines from me on the premise of this episode! (Also check out Darnell's podcast, "Fashion Victims", with Luke Meagher AKA Haute Le Mode! It's a delicious mix of fashion gossip and fashion news.)

I've got Damion Williams, UNC '23, with me to discuss the opinions of straight elders in the Black community on the LGBTQ+ community. We tell some personal stories, talk about the social and cultural significance of elder Black opinions, and probably laugh more than talk. The question of how the younger straight Black community can be a bridge between LGBTQ+ Black people and straight elders also comes up as well as how stigma from the community has impacted the AIDS epidemic. I know, I know that there's been a hiatus between the last episode and this one—but in the words of Miss USA 1993 Kenya Moore: "Life twirls on." Check out my medium account, @claybmorris, for this episode's syllabus.

Tracy Ridley, UNC '23, stops by this week for the first episode of colorism/preferences of a mini-series this show will develop as it progresses. Our discussion hits the roots of colorism, and touches on the surface of how colorism and preferences have eaten away at the unity of the LGBTQ+ community, and what this means for LGBTQ+ men of color. Of course, we can't have this discussion without also mentioning how sexual and romantic racism feed into the problem of preferences and colorism. Per usual check my Medium account, @claybmorris, for this episode's syllabus.

This week Tiffany Mitchell, a key leader within the Transgender Education and Advocacy Program of the ACLU of MS, joins me to discuss Black transness in America and the responsibility that we all have to confront and combat transphobia. Check out my medium account @claybmorris for this episode's syllabus which contains Black trans charities and collectives to donate to. Also check the syllabus for Tiffany's cash app!

This week Anwar Boutayba (UNC '23) and I discuss how the rainbowashing of Pride by corporations has removed it from its anti-establishment roots. We also unpack how most advertising that's aimed towards LGBT+ people is typically whitewashed and feeds into the assimilationist attitudes that impact the larger LGBT+ community. Check my medium account @claybmorris for this week's "syllabus." NOTE: On this episode we discuss gay liberation activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera and Anwar mistakenly said Sylvia "Herrera." Her Sylvia is RIVERA, and should have been pronounced as such.

This week, Anthony Howard UNC '23, joins me to discuss the representation of LGBT+ men of color in television in film. We focus on POSE, Love, Simon, Moonlight, Hollywood, and Sex Education. I hope that this episode introduces you to what I intend the format and dialogue to be like. I will say...the sound on this episode...is interesting. Next week, the sound will be better..I hope (this is one-man production please bear with me). Per usual, please check my medium account @claybmorris for the "syllabus" for this week's episode.

Welcome to SegreGAYtion. On this episode you'll get to know about why I wanted to create this podcast, and about my personal relationship with my sexuality and my Blackness. This is probably a big fat mess, but! It's a mess I'm proud of. Every episode there will be a "syllabus" uploaded to my medium account, @claybmorris, where I will try and provide media and commentary that is relevant to the episode in an attempt to provide more context to what's been discussed. Check for one on this episode titled "Introducing SegreGAYtion."