The Roles We Play: Public Persona, Private Truth & Gay Sexual Honesty EP 772

Who Taught Us Not to Be Ashamed? EP 774

• Robin Byrd as a sex-positive pioneer and ally • Late-night cable as a form of queer visibility • Safe sex conversations during the AIDS crisis • Madonna, Confessions II, and gay liberation through music • The dance floor as a place of healing, sexuality, and freedom • How TAGSPODCAST has evolved over 8+ years • What gay men are still afraid to confess • Sex, shame, aging, kink, intimacy, and honesty • The people and places that taught us we were not alone At its heart, this episode is about permission — permission to talk, to desire, to confess, to laugh, to learn, and to stop apologizing for who we are. Hot Topic: Titanique Review on Broadway by Steve V Hot Topic: Frankie Grande speaks out after Kiehl's the brand sides with a shady comment... Hot Topic: Madonna's Confessions 2 is reviewed by Steve V Hot Topic: Diving Champ Bryan Hattie wears a string thong and we're here for it... Hot Topic: Hudson Williams in a mankini... Hot Topic: What is 'summer penis'??? Hot Topic: Homobloc concert in Manchester features all lgbtq performers... Hot Topic: People are attracted to bigger in new book Advice: How to get confident as a nudist or go to the nude beach.. Follow Steve V's new Substack features weekly articles: https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve [https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve] Follow Stevie on IG: @iam_stevev [https://www.instagram.com/iam_stevev/] Follow Kodi on IG: @mistahmaurice [https://www.instagram.com/mistahmaurice/] Rate and Review us! Wanna drop a weekly or one time tip to TAGSPODCAST - Show your love for the show and support TAGS! [https://redcircle.com/shows/talk-about-gay-sex-tagspodcast]Visit our website: tagspodcast.com [https://tagspodcast.com/] Needs some advice for a sex or relationship conundrum? Ask TAGS! DM US ON IG or https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact [https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact] Follow Of a Certain Age on IG: @ofacertainagepod [https://www.instagram.com/ofacertainagepod/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Another Gay App Promising Connection? Honk If You’re Suspicious. EP 773

* GOOSE and the promise of a “better” gay app * Allegations around AI-generated or inauthentic promotional accounts * Why fake intimacy feels especially insulting in queer spaces * The difference between marketing, fantasy, and manipulation * Dating app fatigue and the hunger for real-life gay community * Invite-only culture, social status, and who gets to belong * Why hookup culture is not the enemy * Meetup groups, gay social clubs, and the return of offline connection * The business of gay loneliness — and why we keep buying in * Hot Topic: Turkey bans Atlantis Cruise from docking... * Hot Topic: A gay couple experienced homophobia at a baseball game that was supposed to be date night... * Hot Topic: Would you stay at Lisa Vanderpumps new hotel in Vegas? * Hot Topic: Speedos or Trunks this Summer? Plus Luke Evans rocks both! * Hot Topic: Stonewall Veteran Victoria Cruz dies and Pansexual Adult Performer Dale Savage suddently dies at 62 from a Stroke. * Advice: A boy in every port sounds great but now he's debating settling down... Follow Steve V's new Substack features weekly articles: https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve [https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve] Follow Stevie on IG: @iam_stevev [https://www.instagram.com/iam_stevev/] Follow Jeremy on IG: @jrosslopez [https://www.instagram.com/jrosslopez/] Follow Kodi on IG: @mistahmaurice [https://www.instagram.com/mistahmaurice/] Rate and Review us! Wanna drop a weekly or one time tip to TAGSPODCAST - Show your love for the show and support TAGS! [https://redcircle.com/shows/talk-about-gay-sex-tagspodcast]Visit our website: tagspodcast.com [https://tagspodcast.com/] Needs some advice for a sex or relationship conundrum? Ask TAGS! DM US ON IG or https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact [https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact] Follow Of a Certain Age on IG: @ofacertainagepod [https://www.instagram.com/ofacertainagepod/] Episode Question: Are gay men really looking for another app, or are we just looking for more honest ways to meet each other? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Roles We Play: Public Persona, Private Truth & Gay Sexual Honesty EP 772

Topics include: * Public persona vs. private truth * When outrage becomes a brand * Why “nice in person” does not erase public harm * The roles gay men learn to play for safety and acceptance * Performing masculinity, confidence, and sexual experience * Bedroom roles, fantasy, and authenticity * When sexual labels feel freeing — and when they become limiting * Why honesty is essential to queer storytelling * The difference between privacy, performance, and self-betrayal * What happens when we finally stop playing the role The hosts ask: Are we being real, or just performing? And in sex, love, community, and public life — who are we when we finally tell the truth? Hot Topic: Jussie Smollett and Karamo Brown are dating so soon after Jussie calls off engagement Hot Topic: Minneapolis officially lifts its AIDS era ban... Hot Topic: Gays do it better - the tale of two proposals... Hot Topic: The wait is over Madonna is about to release her 15th album! Advice: Situationship or Slow moving? Follow Steve V's new Substack features weekly articles: https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve [https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve] Follow Stevie on IG: @iam_stevev [https://www.instagram.com/iam_stevev/] Follow Kodi on IG: @mistahmaurice [https://www.instagram.com/mistahmaurice/] Rate and Review us! Wanna drop a weekly or one time tip to TAGSPODCAST - Show your love for the show and support TAGS! [https://redcircle.com/shows/talk-about-gay-sex-tagspodcast]Visit our website: tagspodcast.com [https://tagspodcast.com/] Needs some advice for a sex or relationship conundrum? Ask TAGS! DM US ON IG or https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact [https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact] Follow Of a Certain Age on IG: @ofacertainagepod [https://www.instagram.com/ofacertainagepod/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sexual Confidence After Shame EP 771

* Steve V. and Kodi are back in studio for a fun, sexy Pride Week follow-up conversation. * Steve and Kodi continue the Pride Week conversation by asking: What happens when sex stops feeling shameful and starts feeling like yours? * The hosts talk about entering their shameless era — becoming more confident, more direct, and more honest about what turns them on. * The hosts talk about the founder of Nasty Pig, David Lauterstein and embracing his Daddy era and his nudge to his fellow men of a certain age to get out and just be confident wherever you are... * From flirting and DMs to hookups, attraction, confidence, and knowing what you want, Steve and Kodi explore how sex changes as gay men get older. * They discuss the difference between youthful sexual energy and earned sexual confidence — and why getting older can actually make you bolder, sexier, and less apologetic. * The conversation gets into what they’re no longer embarrassed about, what turns them on now, and how confidence itself may be the ultimate kink. * Plus: Pride, aging, desire, directness, daddy energy, and the freedom of no longer needing to be everyone’s fantasy. * Hot Topic: Mateo Lane breaks silence on splitting with husband and boyfriend * Hot Topic: Frankie Grande on his new memoir and how he related to Superman...the hosts relate * Advice: Exploring exhibitionism... * Advice: Should I go to a leather/nudist party alone... Follow Steve V's new Substack features weekly articles: https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve [https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve] Follow Stevie on IG: @iam_stevev [https://www.instagram.com/iam_stevev/] Follow Kodi on IG: @mistahmaurice [https://www.instagram.com/mistahmaurice/] Rate and Review us! Wanna drop a weekly or one time tip to TAGSPODCAST - Show your love for the show and support TAGS! [https://redcircle.com/shows/talk-about-gay-sex-tagspodcast]Visit our website: tagspodcast.com [https://tagspodcast.com/] Needs some advice for a sex or relationship conundrum? Ask TAGS! DM US ON IG or https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact [https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact] Follow Of a Certain Age on IG: @ofacertainagepod [https://www.instagram.com/ofacertainagepod/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

From Shame to Shameless EP 770

* It’s Pride Week, and we’re talking about belonging — not just to a community, but to ourselves as gay men. * We ask: When did sex stop feeling shameful and start feeling freeing? * Steve, Kodi, and Sebastian explore how gay bars, Pride, hookups, leather spaces, chosen family, and queer community helped shape their confidence. * The hosts get honest about sexual shame, body image, desire, kink, aging, and the pressure to be “desirable” in gay spaces. * We discuss how getting older can bring a deeper, sexier confidence — knowing what you want, what you don’t, and no longer apologizing for either. * Plus: the beauty and complexity of Pride — celebration, protest, flirtation, connection, and yes, a little shamelessness. * A conversation about sex without apology, community without exclusion, and aging into queer power. * Hot Topic: Do gays really walk fast and why? Studies show this can also be healthy * Hot Topic: Broadway Bares just wrapped supporting HIV and AIDS. Sebastian recounts his time on the sexy stage... * Hot Topic: Billy Porter gets real about Fire Island and the infamous 'meat rack'.... * Hot Topic: Pornhub: What are we looking up on the platform....the stats are out for Pride... Follow Steve V's new Substack features weekly articles: https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve [https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve] Follow Stevie on IG: @iam_stevev [https://www.instagram.com/iam_stevev/] Follow Kodi on IG: @mistahmaurice [https://www.instagram.com/mistahmaurice/] Follow Sebastian LaCause on IG: @lacause_iam [https://www.instagram.com/lacause_iam/] Rate and Review us! Wanna drop a weekly or one time tip to TAGSPODCAST - Show your love for the show and support TAGS! [https://redcircle.com/shows/talk-about-gay-sex-tagspodcast]Visit our website: tagspodcast.com [https://tagspodcast.com/] Needs some advice for a sex or relationship conundrum? Ask TAGS! DM US ON IG or https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact [https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact] Follow Of a Certain Age on IG: @ofacertainagepod [https://www.instagram.com/ofacertainagepod/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.