Baby Gay: Queer Culture Unfiltered
The BabyGay™ Podcast drops every Thursday...your front-row seat to real, unfiltered queer stories. Hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them) — a 2025 Out100 honoree — and recorded at the iconic Black Cat in Silverlake, CA, birthplace of queer resistance.
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Baby Gay: Queer Culture Unfiltered
Tracy E. Gilchrist: Holding Space & Making Queer Media History
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Learn how queer media shapes culture on this week’s BabyGay™ Podcast, where host PJ Brescia (they/them) sits down with Tracy E. Gilchrist (she/her) — the journalist and queer media icon behind 2024’s viral “holding space” Wicked interview with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Tracy opens up about her decades-long career covering the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture...from becoming The Advocate’s first-ever feminism editor to serving as editor-in-chief during the early pandemic years. We talk queer history at The Black Cat, her celebrated cover stories (Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monáe, Kristen Stewart, Harvey Guillén, Cynthia Nixon), and how a sincere, unscripted moment in a four-minute junket became an instant queer-camp pop-culture icon.
We also dive into burnout, perfectionism, and learning to be easier on yourself; early coming-out stories; her work elevating queer visibility in film and TV; and the emotional impact of being honored by the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. Plus: why queer storytelling matters more than ever in today’s political climate.
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BabyGay™ Podcast, released every Thursday, is hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them) — a 2025 Out100 honoree — and celebrates queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.
Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia.
Special thanks to The Black Cat.
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