Your podcasters are Osvaldo and Amaad.  We hope you enjoy our podcast.  This creative endeavor began in January of 2009.  We wanted to provide a space and a voice for gay men of color (Black, Latino, Asian and Native American), as well as disenfranchised Whites.  We podcast from Boston, Massachusetts. 

Who we are...

Still Here is a podcast were gay men of color provide their perspectives on news,  culture,  politics, masculinity and dating in the United States.  We definitely attempt to make you laugh, but in the end, we hope to speak Truth to Power.

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What this podcast is about...

The idea behind our title: Still here

The title of our podcast “Still Here” is the culmination of numerous conversations between various friends and colleagues in coffee shops, on couches and over dinner. In our quest to find a title fitting of our goal of creating a space that explores the issues, ideas and humor that reflects experiences of gay men of color, it was a natural fit to seek the words of Langston Hughes. As a brilliant poet and writer of the Harlem Renaissance, whose work reached far beyond the time that he lived, Langston Hughes’ work seemed to be a reflection of the space we sought to create with our podcast. As a gay man of color his writings were intriguing, provocative and intelligent, all things we hope our podcast would be.

The poem “Still Here” written by Langston Hughes reflects the complex and nuanced experiences of being a gay man of color, which is our highest hope of this podcast. This poem encompasses the struggling moments that come with being marginalized in this society, while emphasizing the love and laughter that is central to our community.

This podcast seeks to live, laugh and enjoy the experiences of being LGBT people of color. In addition, “Still Here” hopes to bring forward interesting topics from varying perspectives from people of color, explore media and discuss major news affecting our communities.

The creation of this podcast came from the long-time vision of Osvaldo and my desire to have more voices of people of color in the media.  We look forward to hearing your thoughts, ideas and feedback.

Still Here

By  Langston Hughes

    I been scared and battered.

    My hopes the wind done scattered.

    Snow has friz me,

    Sun has baked me,

    Looks like between 'em they done

    Tried to make me

 

    Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'--

    But I don't care!

    I'm still here!

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