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A recent survey in over 27 countries reveals that 1 out of 5 young people identify as LGBTQ+. Another survey from last year found that almost half of all youth in the UK dont identify as exclusively heterosexual.Watch out Daffyd! There’s more than one gay in the village.The new movie musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” tells the true story of Jamie Campbell, a 16-year-old teenager who overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness and into the spotlight as a fabulous drag queen.The film is an adaptation of the award winning West End musical, which was based on the documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16.Today Max Harwood and Lauren Patel, stars of the movie musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie join us to look at the making of their first film, Max and his co-star Richard E. Grant first time in drag and meeting the real life Jamie Campbell.

Talk about your bombshells on bombsells! In her new memoir, Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, the Mistress Of The Dark herself, opens up about her 19-year-long relationship with a woman. The new book "Yours Cruelly, Elvira" is now available everywhere, or through our link here: https://amzn.to/2XEsUNOPlease enjoy this encore presentation of our interview with Cassandra Peterson, best known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. ---------------------------Elvira, the gal in the wig whose talents are big– is hard to kill. After 35 years, she’s still going strong with her sold out show, Elvira’s Danse Macabre at Knotts Scary Farm, and she has a new coffee table book, titled simply ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK: A Photographic Retrospective of theQueen of Halloween.Today, Cassandra Peterson, the ghoulish gal best known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark joins us to talk about the curse of her bouffant wig, her early years as a Las Vegas showgirl and her extraordinary circle of fabulous friends: Pee Wee Herman, RuP

The summer of 1969 was an extraordinary time- the Stonewall riots ignited the modern LGBTQ rights movement, astronauts landed on the moon, Woodstock shaped the anti-war movement and for Black folks in Harlem, it was the Summer of Soul.The Harlem Cultural Festival was a five week musical event featuring the top Black musicians of the time and was sponsored by the City of New York to quell social unrest surrounding the anniversary of the assasination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr..Although the Harlem Cultural Festival was jam packed: Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, The 5th Dimension, The Staple Singers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Blinky Williams, Sly and the Family Stone and the Chambers Brothers, (and so many other legends) it was mostly forgotten until footage of the event was discovered and released in the the new documentary directed by Questlove, Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).WATCH SUMMER OF SOUL: https://www.searchlightpictures.com/summerofsoul/ERTH

The new biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is coming out this week. Based on the documentary of the same name, the new film revisits the rise and fall of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker and her reinvention as a gay icon.At the time the scandals that surrounded Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker led to the collapse of their conservative million dollar tv media empire, so why were gay folks so eager to embrace her right off the bat?Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to look at the legacy of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker and her redemption in the eyes of LGBTQ people after her fall from grace with religious conservatives.MATT BROWN: https://www.msbrowncomedy.comPlus--➤ Lesbian rumors are back! Oprah and Gayle go on the road again in the new tv series “The OG Chronicles: Joy Ride.”➤ Three inexpensive ways to stop and reverse hair loss.➤ A Carol Channing story you haven’t heard!➤ Psychiatrists discover a mass social media induced illness from watching online videos.

One of the most brilliant comedians we’ve had the pleasure of working with in the past 16 years of doing Feast of Fun is Amanda Cohen. We met Amanda through a Craigslist Ad we placed for our live musical variety shows looking for a woman with a big personality and bosom to match.Often mistaken for someone else at her comedy shows, Amanda was known to our audience as Amanda Steinstein, a character developed for the live shows which combined a pinch of Fran Drescher, a smidgen of Grace Slick and a whole lotta Dr. Who, or in her case, Dr. What!?So when we heard she got cast on To Tell the Truth in a double whammy as a Bug Baker and Aquanaut, we knew it was going to be good.Today comedian Amanda Cohen, best known to long time listeners as Amanda Steinstein, joins us to look back at all the people she’s been mistaken for: someone’s mom, a truck driving lesbian, a bug baker and an aquanaut.AMANDA COHEN: http://www.amandacomedy.comPlus-➤ A look back on our 16 years and 3000 shows➤ Fi-Dom, or using financial dominati

After 40 years, ABBA, the Swedish pop group that dominated the charts in the 70s is back with a new album “Voyage” that’s already broken pre-sale records in the UK. The group also announced a tour featuring digital avatars of the band members that kicks off next year.The first two preview tracks from the album feel like a strange clone of ABBA, and the avatars of the disco supergroup are completely unsettling. And after all these years why can’t they pronounce the word “you?”Today comedian Rachel Hall helps us to reflect on ABBA’s strange 40 year comeback and how that Super Trouper beam is gonna find you feeling like a number one.Plus-➤ The country of El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as an official form of currency, with McDonald’s Starbucks and Pizza Hut there accepting cryptocurrency as well.➤ Fried beer at Texas State fairs.➤ Animals at the zoo are getting covid vaccines.➤ Why LBGTQ+ youth reject LGBTQ comedy shows like Q-Force and AJ and the Queen.➤ Why Beyonce is so hard to imitate

Comedian Martha Chaves once thought she’d become a nun so she could be around women and not have to deal with a family that expected her to like men.But when she became a refugee in Canada, after her native Nicaragua had a revolution, she was able to live her full lesbian fantasy in the nightclubs of Montreal.Ooh la la labia!Today comedian Martha Chaves joins us to take a look at all the things Latinx people share in common, wild queer parties in Nicaragua and how to fool your parents into thinking your straight.MARTHA CHAVES: https://www.instagram.com/comedianmarthachavesPlus,➤ Why hasn’t Vosotros caught on as a gender neutral pronoun the way they/them has in English?➤ Is Despacito a secret gay love song

That didn’t take too long! After announcing last week that Only Fans.com would delete all the adult content on their site in order to comply with pressure from Mastercard and investors, the crowdsourcing platform reversed course and announced they will be allowing adult content after all and please don't go to other websites like y’all did with Tumblr, ok?Today we’re taking a look at the world’s second oldest profession, how the digital world is helping millions of folks survive the pandemic, and how Internet companies are still struggling with puritanical ideals of what people want.Plus--➤ Spencer Elden, the Gerber baby of Grunge who grew up to loathe being photographed naked for Nirvana’s seminal album “Nevermind” is suing 30 years later for approximately $1.2 million.➤ James Corden inspired road rage and bafflement in Los Angeles when he got celebrities to do a flash mob to promote his upcoming Amazon musical Cinderella.➤ How much would you sell your dirty underwear for?➤ Love it or hate it, pumpkin spice

For the first time in modern history we have huge numbers of out and proud folks who are looking forward to getting the most out of life.As the old saying goes, you’re not getting any younger. And that my friends is a marvelous thing.Today family therapist and PrEP enthusiast Damon L Jacobs joins us to celebrate as Feast of Fun approaches its 3000th episode and talk about what it's like to get older. Like a fine wine or a stinky cheese, this podcast is ripe for your enjoyment.Join us as we look back on 16 years of podcasting, LGBTQ+ aging and how to resist the temptation for media and online folks to turn to scandal, conflict and fear mongering for a little publicity.DAMON L JACOBS: http://www.damonljacobs.comFEAST OF FUN 3000: https://gofundme.com/feastoffun3000Plus--➤ Two new studies say LGBTQ folks are up to 90% vaccinated against Covid.➤ OnlyFans says they are going to delete all the adult content from their site, in other words everything. Why?➤ Leave Britney Alone creator comes out as trans with their n

As we celebrate 16 years and 3,000 episodes of Feast of Fun, we’ve asked one of our all time favorite drag queen guests, Miss Understood, to join us to look back at the early years of drag on TV and film.In the 90s, Miss Understood was a regular on the daytime TV talk show circuit. When Sally Jesse Rafael or Geraldo Rivera wanted to showcase eccentric kooks from the New York City nightlife scene, Miss Understood was there in her psychedelic pink and green looks to wow the audience.Miss Understood was cast as one of the contestants in the pageant scene in the first major Hollywood film to focus on drag queens “To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Love Julie Newmar.”This bright colored wigged gal has been in a lot: Miss Understood was featured in the documentary Wigstock and the premier episode of Sex and the City. She was also the first drag queen we had on this podcast to talk about drag queen make up long before all the makeup tutorials made it onto the internet.MISS UNDERSTOOD: http://www.screamingqueens.comM

We’re just crazy about Tommy Walton, who Chef Gordon Ramsay said was one of the most memorable people on his reality TV cooking competition MasterChef.But besides being a fierce queen in the kitchen, chef Tommy Walton also cuts it up in the sewing room as a teacher to the future Alexander McQueens of the world in the Fashion Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Today we chat with Chef Tommy Walton about his stint on reality TV, his wild fashion sensibility and how he managed to convince one of the contestants that he was a vampire!Plus-–➤ Caviar Club, Tommy’s upcoming performance art dining extravaganza.➤ Being personal chef to Richard Pryor.➤ How to handle things when your everyday life is the movie Mahogany.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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With more and more young people identify as non binary and LGBTQ+, Hollywood is trying to tap into that youth market by going queer all of a sudden.The Muppets long relied on switching wigs and elements of drag, but now they are diving into the deep end of the pool with Gonzo comes out as non binary while wearing a dress, and Miss Piggy being a judge on Drag Race. Even Kermit is cross dressing as Miss Piggy looking fierce as a pig in a wig!Surprisingly, non-binary comedian Jake Noll, who thought they knew it all, is getting schooled by teenagers on social media on how gender identity is changing, and that not all non binary folks like they/them pronouns.Today the brilliant and hilarious Jake Noll joins us to look at the neverending story of gender and sexual identity as it comes to the Muppets, comic book characters, Tik Tok and celebrities.JAKE NOLL: https://www.instagram.com/jakersnoll/HELP FEAST OF FUN START A LIVE STREAMING SHOW: https://www.gofundme.com/feastoffun3000Plus–➤ An app that can tell if your g

Comedian Robin Williams was so impressed with Marga Gomez that he called her the lesbian Lenny Bruce. It wasn’t long after that Hollywood cast her alongside Queen Latifah as a pair of scientists who dive deep - into the ocean to discover a buried alien spaceship in the film Sphere.The movie was released a year after comedian Ellen DeGeneres came out as gay and at the time it seemed Hollywood was ready to cast strong women in comfortable shoes into action film roles.Today comedian, performance artist, lesbian icon and sci fi action movie star Marga Gomez joins us to look at her Sphere co-star Queen Latifah finally coming out 23 years after.MARGA GOMEZ: http://www.margagomez.comListen as we take a look at how on stage performance and online media are morphing together into an unrecognizable blob, and how Marga Gomez is turning to her online streaming events to reconnect with the world and fight the Covid blues.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSA

It’s been a while since people crowded into a music festival, so you can imagine how folks in Chicago felt when they held their breath hoping Lollapalooza wouldn’t turn into Covid-palooza. Now Lolla couldn’t can’t cancel daCovid but it did cancel DaBaby for controversial comments he made about gay men and AIDS.Now he’s apologized and even come out with a music video, which is leaving cynics wondering if it all was just a little homophic shade for just a little publicity. Today we kick off our 3,000th show countdown with comedian Matt Brown who has been blocked from the dating apps so his only hope of love is getting DaBaby’s to be his baby daddy.MATT BROWN: https://www.msbrowncomedy.comPlus--Disney Muppet Babies presents Gonzo as a non-binary Princess and right winger’s heads are exploding. New laws allow NCAA athletes to accept endorsement deals so expect lots of college studs to show a little skin on social media.

Scientists can get a little freaky when the lab coats come off and the real hard work of gathering empirical evidence regarding sex and sexuality begins.Who knew science could be so sexy?Today Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at some of the most memorable, wildest and hilarious scientific studies that we’ve reported on our show.Listen as we take a look at why guys care about their teammate’s dong size, the average size of men all over the world and which country has the biggest dongs at the World Cup?{Best of Feast of Fun, FOF #2683 - Wild Sexy Science - 12.06.18}Plus--➤ The most effective way to keep coffee from spilling when running.➤ How to use your dog’s pooping habit as a compass.➤ Why do stock photos of scientists show them blankly staring at colored liquids in beakers?

At the height of the AIDS crisis of the late 80s, LGBTQ folks turned to creating art, performance and music to act-up, fight back and fight AIDS.One of the most powerful voices during the AIDS crisis was David Wojnarowicz, an artist and activist who combined punk music, graffiti, performance, painting and photography into a body of work that celebrated the outsider while speaking out against a hateful government that allowed thousands of Americans to die from AIDS.Today we’re talking to filmmaker Chris McKim about his new film Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker. The film takes us on a thrilling journey through the AIDS epidemic as David Wojnarowicz weaponized his work to wage war on the establishment's greed and indifference until his death from AIDS in 1992 at the age of 37.➤ CHRIS MCKIM: https://www.instagram.com/burnspookybunny/➤ WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY: https://www.kinolorber.com/product/wojnarowicz-dvdThe film makes David’s art come to life once again by combining his extensive audio and video recordings

It’s hard to talk about the lives of LGBTQ+ people without talking about the nightlife scene where so many folks find their home. But for all the attention focused on Stonewall, Fire Island or PTown, most of queer experience, especially for trans and people of color, exists in spaces that most don’t even know about.In the new book Queer Nightlife, writer Kareem Khubchandani and a collection of academics lift the veil on these special spaces where creativity flourishes as an alternative to the alternative spaces we know and love.But what's happening to them now that digital media and over policing is changing the nightlife landscape?Today Kareem Khubchandani, author of Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife joins us to look at queer nightlife and spaces all around the world. KAREEM KHUBCHANDANI:(aka LaWhore Vagistan)https://www.instagram.com/lawhorevagistan/WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO: "SARI"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op-aSfh6sxQListen as Kareem (also known as LaWhore Vagistan joins us to look at gays on overs

Britney Spears, you’re in trouble girlfriend.Since the very beginning of her pop music career, Britney Spears’ life seems to have been in turmoil. And much like pop star Micheal Jackson’s experience growing up with a controlling father, Britney is railing against her own dad’s attempt to manage her finances and personal life.After the “Free Britney Movement” got new life with her heartbreaking plea to a judge about ending the conservatorship placed over her, we’re all left wondering why Britney wasn’t set free immediately? Why did her own lawyer quit? What’s next for Britney?Believe it or not, this legal case may impact all of us.Today writer Aron Solomon joins us to took at Britney Spears’ legal woes and the #freeBritney movement after her shocking testimony where she asked the judge to send her father and his team to jail for forcing her into what she describes as shocking and abusive conservatorship.READ MORE ABOUT BRITNEY SPEARSARTICLES BY ARON SOLOMON: https://www.todaysesquire.com/aron-solomon/What the

As the fog of the Covid Pandemic starts to clear, we’re left with even more questions about what happened.For example, why are folks still not wanting to get a covid vaccine? Some of these people who won't get vaccinated because they say “you just don't know what’s in it” are also the folks who will happily swallow a fistful of Oxycodone or take some Ecstasy they found on the floor of a nightclub.Now if a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, maybe we can reach the holdouts by offering free drugs with every vaccination?Today comedian Carma Nibarger joins us to talk about her experience working as a nurse during the Covid Pandemic at a Chicago hospital where almost 100% of all patients were being treated for Covid infections.Listen to Tales of survivors guilt, designer covid, the horrors of seeing people die and relationships that ended as a result of this horrible pandemic.

The headline read: “Simon Cowell Fears The Worst If This Mother/Daughter Danger Act Goes Wrong.” Now we knew they wouldn’t show on America’s Got Talent our friend Gigi Deluxe shooting an arrow straight through her daughter’s head, but Gigi’s friends still held their breath as she shot arrows through balloons, inches away from her daughter's face.Way back in 2005, the gorgeous Gigi Deluxe was one of the first guests on Feast of Fun, and at that time Gigi was one of Chicago’s most celebrated nightlife personalities. Since then, Gigi Deluxe has moved to New Orleans where she’s cultivated her circus act in archery, impalement and sword swallowing.Today Gigi Deluxe, the Danger Duo momma from America’s Got Talent joins us to look at shooting arrows at her daughter on national TV, how she knows her aim is straight and what she thought of Howie Mandel who didn’t like her act.Plus-➤ Why is John Waters in their family portrait?➤ Living through the Michael Alig Party Monster Scene while being Amanda LePore’s next door n