Avoiding My Anxiously Attached Boyfriend
Welcome to "Avoiding My Anxiously Attached Boyfriend"! (AMAABF). A podcast that delves race, relationships and the LGBTQ+ community.
Join the first visual and audio LGBTQ+ podcast hosted by a mixed heritage couple! Get to know Faris (anxiously attached), who's always seeking reassurance, and Josh (Avoidant attached), who self-sabotaged every relationship, until this one! No matter how hard he tried.
This podcast came to fruition from long night chats in the garden with a cuppa, solving all of the world’s issues. Originally, starting as a podcast in our garage, to a beautiful studio in London.
We want this podcast to be a place our beautiful listeners can enjoy, have a laugh and escape yaylity!
So, join us and subscribe for new episodes every MONDAY! Peace, Love, and Rubber Gloves.
Avoiding My Anxiously Attached Boyfriend
Brixton, HIV & Queer History: Marc Thompson
In this AIDS Awareness Day special, we sit down with Marc Thompson HIV activist, community leader and one of the most vital voices in Black queer British history. Born and raised in Brixton, Marc has spent four decades reshaping the landscape of HIV awareness, queer visibility, and racial justice in the UK. His story is one of survival, disruption, joy, and relentless advocacy.
From coming out at 16 in the mid-80s to being diagnosed with HIV at just 17, at the height of the epidemic, Marc brings raw honesty about stigma, family, survival and the realities of living through a moment that was claiming the lives of so many.
We dive into what it meant to be a young Black gay man navigating racism in clubs, fetishisation, homophobia, misinformation, and the impact of being othered by both mainstream gay culture and the wider world. Marc shares how he found his tribe in Brixton, the house party culture that shaped him, the early Black gay community organising that saved lives.
This episode is a piece of living history, a reminder that HIV stigma still exists, that conversations must continue, and that the work isn’t done. Marc’s wisdom, humour, and resilience make this one of our most important episodes yet.
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