Dan & Nick from the 802 podcast met a few years back at a house party and instantly became firm friends. Dan is from Norfolk but now lives in London & Nick grew up in the warmer climes of Trinidad but now lives in Manchester. Their 802 podcast was born out of their friendship and the fun they have together but now has grown to include guests. It’s so important that there is much more representation for people of colour in the gay media so I’m especially happy to have them both on my podcast.

The interview was recorded remotely of course, I’m still working from my very small makeshift studio in my wardrobe at home. I chatted with Dan about;

• why race was more of an issue for him than his sexuality growing up in Norfolk,
• why homophobic abuse went over his head,
• how he became a fundamentalist Christian in his early teens (yep that is what I just said),
• why his church’s lack of acceptance ultimately forced him to leave and lots of other things.

And I chatted with Nick about;

• what it was like growing up in Trinidad where homosexuality was illegal until recently,
• going to secret underground gay parties there when he was a teenager,
• what happened when his Dad discovered he had rented a gay movie from Blockbuster,
• the traumatic experience of his first boyfriend outing him to his parents as a teenager,
• his crush on Dua Lipa’s Dad and lots of other things.

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