This week on The Nouvs I’m very pleased to bring you a conversation with legendary San Francisco Drag and Performance artist VivvyAnne ForeverMore. Vivvy is not only one of my favorite performers, and one of the smartest people I know, she’s also one of my oldest friends.I asked Vivvy to join me on the program because she producing the 7th installm…

Ted is the former program manager of Visual AIDS—an important hub of art and activism surrounding HIV—and he is currently studying one intersection of HIV and Christianity Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York.Ted and I talk about his studies at UTS, his activism, and (if i’m gonna be totally upfront with you) a lot about me. Brace yours…

Goddess Moon and I have great conversation ranging from off-label uses for electric fly swatters, issues of race, gender and inclusion within the leather community, the pressure to live up to the example set by her sash-mom—Shae Flanigan—and what it means to have a “leather heart”.Below you'll find some links to things we discussed...Onyx / onyxmen…

Today on the Novus I’m excited to be joined by the brilliant comedian and long-time men’s health advocate—Kenny Neal Shults.I met Kenny several years ago at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, where he was one of the headliners at a queer comedy showcase being hosted by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. During his set Kenny pulled out a bottle of Truva…

The legendary Big Dipper stops by the studio (my studio apartment, that is)and we talk about his recent move to Los angeles, the peculiar realities of celebrity, and the power that can be found in taking your clothes off in public.For more Big Dipper info:bigdipperjelly.comtwitter.com/BigDipperJellyVon Brenden Shucart

Today on the program i’m joined by artist, DJ, and performer - Nathan Rapport.Nathan is here to talk about his adult coloring book, 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me,' which is to me a heartachingly beautiful meditation on the way in which gay boys throw ourselves into the maw of hedonism as a way of managing a fundamental loneliness.Nath…

Today on the Novus I'm joined by the handsome and talented James Cerne (instagram.com/jcerne). In addition to being a talented and history-minded DJ, artist, and performer, he also stars opposite me in Eli Rarey's 'Hard Decisions'. (youtube.com/watch?v=Tdy-9sFYCAg)Von Brenden Shucart

I had the pleasure to meet Shae Flanigan while I was researching an article on the Ms. L.A. Leather competition which she is resurrecting this year (http://thefightmag.com/2016/01/crown-of-leather/). She was kind enough to answer all of my silly questions about Leather culture, and as she did so impressed me with the fierceness of her loyalty, dept…

I had Brontez on, ostensibly, to talk about his new book 'Johnny, Would You love me (if my dick were bigger)' his brilliant and hilarious quasi-fictional memoir (which can be found at lastgasp.com/d/42243/johnny-would-you-love-me-if) but we ended up talking mostly about life in Los Angeles and San Francisco, HIV, and the pros and cons of boyfriends…

Eli wrote and directed 'Hard Decisions,' a choose your own adventure movie staring a sizable chunk of L.A.'s queer performing arts scene, including: James Cerne, Moon Ameen, Deana Neil, Nadya Ginsburg, Mario Diaz, Chad Sanders, Ian McKinnon, Justin Sayre, Sarah Problem, Aram Kirakosian & me, Brenden Shucart!Eli and I talk about gay culture, the sta…

With us this week is with writer and BDSM advocate Race Bannon. Race is the leather/kink columnist for the San Francisco Bay Area Reporter, the Founder and a former President and Managing Editor for Daedalus Publishing Company, the first publishing house dedicated to publishing non-fiction books about leather, BDSM & kink, and a pillar of San Franc…

A conversation with legendary AIDS activist Peter Staley, early member of ACT UP, founder of the Treatment Action Group, and one of the subjects of David France's 'How to Survive a Plague.'Peter and I discuss politics, PrEP, and the early days of the AIDS crisis.Von Brenden Shucart

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