Charlie Sprinkman: Everywhere Is Queer
January 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Charlie Sprinkman (he/they) from Portland, Oregon and founder of Everywhere Is Queer, a worldwide map of 8,400+ queer owned businesses, and soon becoming an app as well. Join us as we chat about how Charlie got started with this project, including how a 50-state road trip influenced what Everywhere Is Queer has become today. | [LINK] https://www.everywhereisqueer.com
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Ken Schneck: The Buckeye Flame
December 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Ken Schneck, Founding Editor of The Buckeye Flame based out of Cleveland, Ohio. Join us as we chat about how Ken started The Buckeye Flame as a non-profit, fulfilling a need left vacant in 2020 as Ohio's LGBTQ+ newsroom. We also chat about how Ken and his team of editors publish and widely share quality news and content specific to Ohio, with the underlying goal of "a...
| [LINK] http://www.kenschneck.com/
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Calan Breckon: SEO Specialist & Consultant
December 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Calan Breckon, an SEO specialist & consultant based out of Toronto, Canada. Join us as we chat about his work helping companies large and small navigate and maintain a successful online business using search engine optimization tactics. We also chat about how important relationships are in business, and how he develops those relationships through organizations such as...
| [LINK] https://calanbreckon.com/
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Tammi Wallace: Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce
December 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Tammi Wallace, Co-Founder and President & CEO of the Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Join us as we chat about her start with the chamber, culminating in their recent NGLCC Rising Star Affiliate Chamber Award win. We also chat about Tammi's business life with EnFocus Strategies and EnFocus Group, both focusing on the power of LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion in...
| [LINK] https://www.houstonlgbtchamber.com/
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Matteo Ceurvels
November 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Matteo Ceurvels, both Principal Analyst, Latin America & Spain for eMarketer & a contributing journalist to eMarketer's Digital Trends. We chat about his work and how he got started in this industry, as well as his speaking opportunities at global events such as Advertising Week LATAM in Mexico City recently. | [LINK] https://www.matteoceurvels.com/
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Timur Tugberk: Designing the District
October 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Timur Tugberk, influencer-publicist-marketer and founder of Designing the District based in Miami. Join us we chat about his start in 2005 with events, interiors and media in Washington, DC, and how he has evolved over the years to where he's at today, a connector and a socialite! His true interests lie in interior design, art history and fashion, which forms a stron...
| [LINK] https://www.designingthedistrict.com/
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Leo Cusimano: Dallas Voice
October 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Leo Cusimano, publisher of The Dallas Voice. Join us as we chat about the evolution of The Dallas Voice from its original print publication to the true multimedia company it is today. We discuss the various social media platforms they are active on, including their continued expansion into video. We also chat about their News Is Out collaboration and the upcoming Pres...
| [LINK] https://dallasvoice.com/
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Spencer Hoddeson: Gay Water
September 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Spencer Hoddeson, founder of Gay Water. We chat about what inspired Spencer to start Gay Water [vodka & soda for those who wonder), and how his experience in corporate branding, as well as building up a social media following during COVID, allowed him to expand his talents into the world of entrepreneurship with the recent launch of Gay Water, now available in most st...
| [LINK] https://gaywater.com/
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Greg Baird: Gregger Speaks
September 2023
#ILoveGay Today connects with Greg Baird of Gregger Speaks, based in Chicago. This is Greg's second time on the show, and in this episode, we chat more about what he's been up to lately, building out the Gregger Speaks video series, and expanding his platform onto TikTok while posting more and more video content on YouTube. Greg is currently focusing a lot of his energies towards the upcoming LGBT...
| [LINK] http://www.gregrbaird.com/
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Diego Tomasino
September 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Diego Tomasino, business consultant, executive coach and author. Join us as we chat about his book, "Come Out!", and how his book brings together his work in helping companies and company leaders with their diversity & inclusion efforts. Focusing much of his efforts on the Spanish-speaking world, he has also risen to the level of "Linkedin Top Voices LGBT", and he's p...
| [LINK] https://www.diegotomasino.com/
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Joan Cox
September 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Joan Cox, artist and business leader from Baltimore, Maryland. Join us as we chat about Joan's history with the Maryland LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, as well as her design business, Peacox Design, and her true passion, her art. Joan creates richly detailed visual narratives that portray queer relationships as complex, beautiful, and necessary. Bringing a unique perspec...
| [LINK] https://www.JoanCoxArt.com
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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
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Gus Penaranda, Executive Director: New Jersey Pride Chamber of Commerce
May 2023
#ILoveGay Today joins Gus Penaranda, Executive Director of the New Jersey Pride Chamber of Commerce. We chat about some of the exciting initiatives they have planned for 2023, as they continue to expand and grow, partnering with a wide variety of LGBTQ+ New Jersey organizations along the way.
Gus tells us about their upcoming FIFA Summit on Sept 23, 2023. FIFA team members will discuss their di...
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Jayzen Patria: Lead With Your Brand
May 2022
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jayzen Patria from Los Angeles, where we chat about his history in the LGBTQ+ business community, starting with his career at NBCUniversal and culminating in the nearly 5-year anniversary of his consulting business, along with his flagship "Lead With Your Brand" podcast. We chat about Jayzen's involvement with OUT@NBCUniversal and Out & Equal, as well as his board pos...
| [LINK] https://www.jayzenpatria.com/
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