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Ben Stokes: Chasing Rainbows November 2023 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Ben Stokes, founding partner of Chasing Rainbows, an LGBTQ+-led and focused VC firm. Join us as we chat about how Ben got started in the world of venture capital, and how he identified a strong need for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and small business professionals to have access to early stage, start-up capital. | [LINK] https://www.chasingrainbows.vc | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Finance VIDEOS | @ILoveGayFinance | 
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Cory Allen: Breaking Free September 2023 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Cory Allen, author of Breaking Free, a saga of self-discovery by a gay secret service agent. Join us as we chat about anything and everything related to Cory's history with the US Secret Service, learning how he concurrently managed both his personal life and his professional life in what, at times, seemed to be a rather precarious balancing act. We learn about Cor... | [LINK] https://www.coryallenbooks.com/ | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Books & Literature VIDEOS | @ILoveGayBooks | | Entertainment VIDEOS | @ILoveGayTV |
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Cinequest: Danielle Fountaine - Egghead & Twinkie August 2023 #ILoveGay Today's special Cinequest series connects us with Danielle Fountaine, producer of Egghead & Twinkie, a coming of age film about coming out of the closet. EGGHEAD & TWINKIE takes audiences on a delightful and unforgettable road trip adventure exploring sexuality, racial identity and friendship. Join us as we chat about the film, as well as its success in the LGBTQ+ film festival circuit t... | [LINK] https://eggheadandtwinkie.com/ | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Movies & Film VIDEOS | @ILoveGayMovies | | Entertainment VIDEOS | @ILoveGayTV |
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Cinequest: Drew de Pinto - Last Call August 2023 #ILoveGay Today's special Cinequest series features filmmaker Drew de Pinto and their short film, "Last Call". Focusing on the caretakers of three historic queer bars in San Francisco as they close their establishments amidst the 2020 pandemic lockdown, we chat about this and other works they've done that have been a part of the SF Queer Film Festival and Outfest. | [LINK] https://www.drewdepinto.com | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Bar Life VIDEOS | @ILoveGayBars | | Entertainment VIDEOS | @ILoveGayTV | | Lesbian |
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Curtis Sparrer: Bospar July 2023 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Curtis Sparrer, co-founder of Bospar, a PR & marketing firm based out of San Francisco. We chat about our early days running in the same circles, with Curtis at PlanetOut and us with GayWired.com. Since then, Curtis has honed his PR and journalism talents and brought these skills together in launching Bospar in 2015, with SF Business Times naming Bospar the 8th larges... | [LINK] https://www.bospar.com | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Marketing VIDEOS | | Business VIDEOS | @ILoveLGBTBiz |
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David Perry September 2022 #ILoveGay Today reconnects with David Perry, publicist, author and world traveler, based out of San Francisco. We chat about one his clients, the iconic Castro Theatre in San Francisco, and some of the changes they've gone through over the past few years. We also chat about life in Palm Springs, as so many LGBTQ+ folks from Los Angeles, San Francisco and other regions have expedited their retireme... | [LINK] https://www.davidperry.com/ | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Books & Literature VIDEOS | @ILoveGayBooks | | Local News VIDEOS | @ILoveGayViews |
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Pollo Del Mar August 2022 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Pollo Del Mar, the1st drag personality in National Wrestling Association's (NWA) history and the 1st to manage a transgender athlete and pro-wrestling star. We chat about his love of wrestling since he was a wee lad growing up in the South. We also chat about Thrillbilly Silas Mason, who together with Pollo Del Mar are considered the most controversial "couple" in wr... | [LINK] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollo_Del_Mar | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Sports VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySports |
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Out in the Ring July 2022 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Ry Levey, director and producer of Out in the Ring, along with the amazing Pollo Del Mar of San Francisco drag fame. We chat about this film they created together, Out in the Ring, which explores the history of LGBTQIA+ wrestlers and queer representation in professional wrestling. With their recent premiere at InsideOUT Toronto this past June, this film continues on t... | [LINK] https://vimeo.com/475205960 | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Movies & Film VIDEOS | @ILoveGayMovies | | Sports VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySports |
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Peter Gamez, CEO of Visit Oakland March 2022 We chat about Peter's history in the travel & hospitality industry, including when we first met when he was an executive at Joie de Vivre hotels, an LGBTQ-friendly hotel chain based in San Francisco. We chat about his new role as CEO of Visit Oakland, a region just east of San Francisco that is amazingly LGBTQ-friendly, with a variety of nightclubs and bars in the Uptown neighborhood and now sprea... | [LINK] https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-gamez-31a3a5/ | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Travel VIDEOS | @ILoveLGBTTravel |
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Jenni Olson July 2021 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Jenni Olson, Queer Filmmaker, Archivist, Writer, and Online Pioneer. Jenni has been part of the LGBTQ+ film world for over 30 years, starting with Frameline [LGBTQ+ San Francisco film festival) and then being one of the early pioneers in LGBTQ+ tech, creating PopcornQ as part of the PlanetOut team. She also created the Outfest Queer Brunch @ Sundance, where she contin... | [LINK] | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Movies & Film VIDEOS | @ILoveGayMovies | | Entertainment VIDEOS | @ILoveGayTV | | Lesbian |
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Frances Stevens: Curve Magazine June 2021 #ILoveGay Today connects with Frances "Franco" Stevens, founder of Curve Magazine. We chat about her history in pioneering one of the first lesbian magazines in the 90s, and how she worked overtime to bring the message to her magazine's ever-growing lesbian fan base, as well as potential advertisers, about the opportunities awaiting them with Curve. Franco sold Curve ten years ago, and had rec... | [LINK] | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Movies & Film VIDEOS | @ILoveGayMovies | | Entertainment VIDEOS | @ILoveGayTV | | Lesbian |
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Terry Beswick: GLBT Historical Society June 2021 #ILoveGay Today connects with Terry Beswick, executive director of San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society and Archives. Last week they held a Pride Month historic event, unveiling a fragment of one of the two original Rainbow Flags raised on June 25, 1978 in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade, recently discovered. It measures 10 feet by 28 feet. It wi... | [LINK] | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory |
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Jodi Schwartz: LYRIC Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth May 2021 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Jodi Schwartz, CEO of San Francisco's LYRIC Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth [Queer & Questioning). Jodi tells us more about the Lyric House, locally known as the Purple House, and the work they've been doing over the years serving youth in need in the San Francisco Bay area. We also chat about LYRIC Flourishing, their fundraising effort for an amazing renovation they've begu... | [LINK] | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Youth VIDEOS | @ILoveGayYouth |
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Scott Gatz: Q.Digital - #SaveOurSpaces March 2021 As part of our series on bars & clubs adapting to the pandemic and shutdowns over the past year, #ILoveGay Today meets up with Scott Gatz, founder & CEO of Q.Digital. We chat at length about their campaign #SaveOurSpaces, an initiative in partnership with GoFundMe and Grindr to help bring much needed funds to some of the LGBTQ+ bars across the US and around the world in need of help. Their goal - ... | [LINK] | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Bar Life VIDEOS | @ILoveGayBars | | Business VIDEOS | @ILoveLGBTBiz | |
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Breanna Sinclairé February 2021 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Breanna Sinclairé, one of the foremost operatic sopranos in the world who just happens to also be transgender. Hear her story as she tells us about her growing up in Baltimore, and how she moved to San Francisco, received her Masters from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, performed the national anthem for the Oakland A's, and so much more. She was also among th... | [LINK] | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | Music VIDEOS | @ILoveGayMusic | | Entertainment VIDEOS | @ILoveGayTV | | TRANS | |
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