Black and Gay, Back in the Day
Aunt Nell
Black and Gay, Back in the Day brings to life a photo archive of Black LGBTQIA+ life in Britain, from the 1970s through to the early 2000s.
Each episode is an intergenerational journey focusing on a key photograph from the archive - joining stories of the past, with those of today. Marc Thompson is our gentle, inquisitive and warm guide to the archive, helping a rotation of younger Black LGBTQIA+ co-hosts navigate these often untold stories. Each episode covers a different theme drawn out of a single photograph from the collection, submerging you into Black LGBTQIA+ history
This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain. Find the instagram photo archive here.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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UK Black Pride with Nic Farmer
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
12/06/22 • 34 min
Digital creator and the director of BlaqUK (spelt with a q) Nic Farmer is inspired by a colour photograph of a man sitting on a red metal bench, his legs crossed and right arm resting across his body. He is holding a black tote bag with gold sequin detail. We know the man to be David McAlmott on his way to London Pride in 1992. It looks hot, similar to the day Nic went to UK Black Pride to talk to people about what it meant to be at such a huge gathering for the Black LGBTQ+ community. Together we go on a journey to celebrate Black culture and heritage in a space where Black Queer people are the majority.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Nic Farmer
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Thanks to UK Black Pride
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing Black and Gay, Back in the Day
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
09/19/22 • 2 min
This eye-opening series brings to life a photo archive of Black LGBTQIA+ life in Britain, from the 1970s through to the early 2000s.
Each episode is an intergenerational journey focusing on a key photograph from the archive - joining stories of the past, with those of today. Marc Thompson is our gentle, inquisitive and warm guide to the archive, helping a rotation of younger Black LGBTQIA+ co-hosts navigate these often untold stories. Each episode covers a different theme drawn out of a single photograph from the collection, submerging you into Black LGBTQIA+ history
This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ted Brown with Abi McIntosh
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
10/04/22 • 34 min
Journalist and producer, Abi McIntosh begins her journey uncovering Black LGBTQIA+ history with a black and white photo showing a man with short hair and a look of determination on his face as he glances towards the camera. His leather jacket and flared jeans are a staple look for the 70’s. The man - is Ted Brown - a Gay Liberation Front activist and journalist - he is straddling a bicycle and has a copy of the paper he writes for clipped to the back.
Abi tracks down Ted and together they reflect on the media treatment of Black LGBTQIA+ people from the 70’s to today.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Abi McIntosh
Guest: Ted Brown
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Femi Otitoju with Fopé Ajanaku
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
10/11/22 • 40 min
Activist Fopé Ajanaku begins their journey uncovering Black LGBTQIA+ history with a black and white photo, showing a crowd of people marching together. We know the group to be members of the Black Lesbian and Gay Centre. They are marching against Section 28, in the late 1980s.
Fopé tracks down Femi Otitoju who was working at Harringay Council when Section 28 came into force. Femi worked hard to resist the introduction of the clause to the local government act. Together they reflect on the importance of activism for Black LGBTQIA+ communities from the 70’s to today.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Fopé Ajanaku
Guest: Femi Otitoju
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ajamu X with Jacob V Joyce
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
10/18/22 • 49 min
Multidisciplinary artist, Jacob V Joyce, guides us through Black LGBTQIA+ creativity and art whilst considering queer and anti-colonial narratives today. Starting with a black and white photograph which shows a man standing, leaning on a piano with his left arm Jacob tracks down the subject of this image. Ajamu X is a fine art photographer and posed for this picture in his hometown of Huddersfield in 1983. Together they reflect on the power of art for and by Black LGBTQIA+ communities from the 70’s to today.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Jacob V Joyce
Guest: Ajamu X
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Roy Brown with Yasmin Benoit
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
10/25/22 • 34 min
Model and asexual activist, Yasmin Benoit, begins her journey uncovering Black LGBTQIA+ history with a black and white photo of a newspaper clipping showing the winner of Mr Gay Briton 1986. The image is of a muscular man wearing nothing but a white jockstrap as a crowd of mostly white men stare at him in awe. Representation of Black LGBTQIA+ people has a rocky history. To unpack some of this Yasmin tracks down the man from the photograph, Roy Brown. Together they reflect on the visibility and vulnerability of Black LGBTQIA+ being in the public eye from the 70’s to today.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Yasmin Benoit
Guest: Roy Brown
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dennis Carney with Xona
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
11/01/22 • 40 min
Jordan Onubogu, a musician whose artist name is Xona, looks at a black and white image of two men, one embracing the other from behind. This intimate moment was captured by Rotimi Fani-Kayode and shows the tenderness between two poets Essex Hemphill and Dennis Carney in Brixton, 1987. Xona tracks down Dennis to unpack why this image is so important. Together they reflect on the revolutionary nature of Black LGBTQIA+ relationships.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Xona
Guest: Dennis Carney
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ain Bailey and Marilyn Clarke with Chantelle Ayanna
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
11/08/22 • 38 min
DJ and producer Chantelle Ayanna is inspired by a colour photograph of two women in a DJ booth surrounded by vinyl and joy. She discovers that the image comes from the opening night of ‘Precious Brown’. A club night for Black queer women at the Candy Bar in London, Soho in the 90’s. The last couple of decades, however, has seen spaces for LGBTQIA+ people disappear. Together, the three reflect on the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ club nights, parties and music.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Chantelle Ayanna
Guest: Ain Bailey and Marylin Clarke
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Yvonne Taylor with Jewel Foster
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
11/15/22 • 43 min
Community organiser, Jewel Foster, is uncovers a Black and lesbian collective from the 80’s by starting with a black and white picture of a woman angled from below. It is slightly out of focus but the woman who is wearing flared trousers with a white belt and polo t-shirt draws you in. Her right arm is bent with her hips popping to the left, as she leans on sound system speakers that pile high up to the ceiling. The woman who we know to be Yvonne Taylor is looking directly at you, and wearing glasses that reflect the flash of the camera. Yvonne was one of the founding members Sistermatic, a lesbian-run sound system. Together Jewel and Yvonne reflect on how having Black LGBTQIA+ community is a priority.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Jewel Foster
Guest: Yvonne Taylor
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Marc Thompson with Iesha Palmer
Black and Gay, Back in the Day
11/22/22 • 42 min
Trans activist and lover of all things queer and erotic, Iesha Palmer switches things up this episode. They are looking at a photograph that was at the heart of a public campaign for HIV+ awareness in the early 2000s. A colour photo shows two Black men in a tight embrace, looking into each other’s eyes - their noses touching, as though they are about to kiss. Underneath the image reads the caption ‘We’re so much closer now - condoms are changing.com’. Medical advances mean HIV is no longer a death sentance and social attiudes are slowly shaking free of that stigma. Someone who has been there to see the progress made in the last 30 years is Marc Thompson! Together, Iesha and Marc discuss the importance of healthcare parity for Black LGBTQIA+ people.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast is about the experience of Black LGBTQIA+ communities with open discussion about racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexual discrimination.
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production. This eye opening series highlights the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ history, amplifying the work of its founders Marc Thompson and Jason Okundaye, as we repaint the photographs through audio, helping to facilitate the mission of honouring and remembering Black queer life in Britain.
Host: Marc Thompson
Co-host: Iesha Palmer
Producers: Shivani Dave, Tash Walker
Assistant Producer: Abi McIntosh
Artwork: Kemi Oyolede
Music: Amaroun
Black and Gay, Back in the Day is an Aunt Nell Production, supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How many episodes does Black and Gay, Back in the Day have?
Black and Gay, Back in the Day currently has 12 episodes available.
What topics does Black and Gay, Back in the Day cover?
The podcast is about Black, Society & Culture, History, Podcasts, Black History and Race.
What is the most popular episode on Black and Gay, Back in the Day?
The episode title 'Introducing Black and Gay, Back in the Day' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Black and Gay, Back in the Day?
The average episode length on Black and Gay, Back in the Day is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of Black and Gay, Back in the Day released?
Episodes of Black and Gay, Back in the Day are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Black and Gay, Back in the Day?
The first episode of Black and Gay, Back in the Day was released on Sep 19, 2022.
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