Why has horror always felt so familiar to queer audiences?

In this episode of The Queerest Podcast, host Andraé BVR is joined by writer-director Amir Moini to explore why fear, transformation, and otherness sit at the heart of LGBTQ+ storytelling. Long before representation was explicit, horror offered queer viewers coded mirrors — outsiders, monsters, and survivors navigating worlds that wanted them erased.

From Frankenstein’s forbidden longing to the self-aware slashers of Scream, queer audiences have always recognized themselves in horror’s margins. Amir, the award-winning creator of the short film Slashr, shares how intimacy, vulnerability, and queer trauma shape his work — and why horror allows storytellers to confront what we’re taught to suppress.

Together, Andraé and Amir examine how queer horror reframes fear as power, survival as performance, and monsters as mirrors. This episode looks at horror not as a season or a gimmick, but as a language queer people have been fluent in all along.

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What happens when drag kings don’t just perform masculinity—but reshape it entirely?

In this episode of The Queerest Podcast, host Andraé BVR speaks with Johnny Gentleman—the Latinx, Indigenous, trans-masc force behind Dapper Puss and The Last Gentleman, two platforms transforming Los Angeles’ drag scene.

Through a fusion of artistry and activism, Johnny builds stages for kings, non-binary performers, and BIPOC artists to claim their power and visibility. From Pride main stages to features in Vox and the LA Times, his work blurs the line between entertainment and cultural revolution.

This episode dives into how drag kings challenge gender norms, celebrate queerness, and expand what masculinity can mean.

Can a meal be an act of liberation?

Okra has long symbolized health, prosperity, and community in Black food traditions—a seed carried through the Middle Passage that continues to grow today. For The Okra Project, it’s more than a vegetable. It’s a promise.

In this episode of The Queerest Podcast, host Andraé BVR speaks with Gabrielle Inès Souza, Executive Director of The Okra Project, to explore how this mutual aid collective is nourishing Black trans lives through food, housing, and mental health resources. Gabrielle reflects on her journey as an activist, the cultural legacy embedded in The Okra Project’s mission, and what it means to fight for liberation with radical love and care.