Podcast summary and Notes on "gaychristmas"

Episode 277: "A Holiday I Do" with Lindsay Hicks and Rivkah Reyes!

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it's officially holiday movie season, and if you follow Lauren on Twitter, then you know that she is absolutely *obsessed* with made-for-TV Christmas movies. As such, she jumped at the chance to talk to former guest Rivkah Reyes (Episode 136) and upcoming guest Lindsay Hicks, who are the two leads of Tello Films' latest QUEER LADY CHRISTMAS MOVIE! In this special episode, Lindsay and Rivkah dish on what it was like filming A Holiday I Do in the coldest place on earth (aka Michigan in January), and discuss the reactions they've been getting from viewers (Rivkah's future mother-in-law is a huge fan!). They describe the process of shooting their climactic, movie-ending kiss in a 4Â° barn, and Lindsay reveals how she produced a copious amount of tears for her emotional tour de force with an equine scene partner ("I just trusted the horse"). Plus, Rivkah gushes about her recent real-life enGAYgement! It's the perfect episode to usher in the happiest season; pun *fully* intended.

Check out A Holiday I Do and all of Tello's other queer and lesbian content by subscribing to their platform at tellofilms.com, or buy/rent A Holiday I Do directly at https://www.tellofilms.com/products/a-holiday-i-do.You can also follow Rivkah on Instagram and TikTok at @rivkah.reyes and on Twitter at @rivkahreyes, and don't forget to follow their full moon/new moon party HOWL on Insta at @howl.party.la! Lindsay can be found on Instagram at @linzhicks, and tune in next week to hear her coming out story!

Coming Out Pod

enNovember 29, 2023

Brittani Ferguson

In the Before Times of Yore, comedian and cast member of The Lincoln Lodge, Brittani Ferguson stopped by to discuss her interesting set at Strip Joker.

We have a fascinating conversation about her military upbringing, reciting Mel Brooks films as a child, the context of the words "gay" and "queer," her childhood (and current) obsession with Gillian Anderson, and a lot more.

Timestamps:

01:00 – Opening Set @ Strip Joker

13:45 – ‘History of the World: Part I’

Mentions of Madeline Khan, Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Premature Ejaculation

16:33 – Moving to Chicago

17:10 – A Military Kid

Mentions of K-Pop, Abu Dhabi, Da Burbs

18:50 – Improv Classes at Second City

19:13 – “I wish you were a diversity candidate”

19:55 – “They will forgive any crime that anyone commits”

Mentions of Cults, Scientology, Del Close, iO, Sharna, Object Work

21:25 – “Stop playing”

21:55 – “You need to go do stand-up”

22:20 – Kelsie Huff and Fem Comique

Mentions of Alex Cumin, The Kates University, Robin Williams, The Laugh Factory

25:01 – “A lucky idiot”

Mentions of The Lincoln Lodge, Strip Joker, Bobby’s World

27:13 – Getting into the Set

Mentions of Le Aboav, Strip Joker, Sigmund Freud

28:32 – The Graveyard at Clark & Irving

Mentions of Murphy’s Irish Pub, Yelp, Bucktown, Uber, HP Lovecraft, The King In Yellow

31:33 – Gay vs. Queer

Mentions of LGBTQ, Safe Spaces, Homophobia

34:49 – ‘Top Gun’

The topic of homoeroticism in action films is addressed in the outtakes episode

35:26 – All Comics Are Recently Single

Mentions of April Fools Day, Valentine’s Day, Vitamin B12, Celiac Disease

39:17 – Gay Christmas

Mentions of Pride, Gay Pride Parade, ‘Will & Grace’

40:29 – Hosting Your Own Straight Pride Parade

Mentions of Quentin Tarintino, Inside Jokes

41:16 – A 90’s Kid is a Sad Adult

Mentions of Tumblr, Adderall, Antidepressants, Millennials, iPads

43:32 – The Need to be Validated

43:47 – “I’ve already met all the people I want to meet”

Mentions of Introverts, Extroverts, The Kinsey Scale

45:10 – “I don’t know what a healthy, intimate relationship looks like”

Mentions of Therapy, Alcoholism, Negative Reinforcement

47:38 – Old-Timey Doctor

Mentions of Kristen Toomey, ‘Little House on the Prairie’, Doc, Plague Doctors, Morphine, Vibrators, Leeches, Country Clubs, Twitter

50:07 – Factory-Made Lesbian

Mentions of Bob Dylan, Lilith Fair, Christian Slater

51:13 – An Incredible Gillian Anderson Fetish

Mentions of ‘The X-Files’, Italy, ‘Friends’, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’, ‘Seventh Heaven’, David Duchovny, Keanu Reeves, Coding, Katatonia, ‘Mulder and Scully’, ‘The Bad Touch’, The Bloodhound Gang

55:32 – “I would put on ‘The X-Files’ instead of music to f*ck a guy”