Gayish Podcast

Gayish: 498 Lesbian Bars

We know that dykes are on bikes, but are they in bars? In the context of the great lesbian bar die-off (AKA the great vanishing), Mike and Kyle talk all things lesbian bar-related, including Gladys Bentley, Mona’s 440 Club, laws historically affecting lesbian bars the three-article rule, The Lesbian Bar Project, Seattle’s Wildrose, and the use of the word “dyke,”
In this episode: News- 2:34 || Main Topic (Lesbian Bars)- 12:58 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:15:15
Our 500th episode iivestream is happening on Sunday, July 12 @ 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern. Be sure to get your questions in! Link will be posted closer to the event date. We can't wait to celebrate with you!
If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.
On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle tells Mike about people’s perception (not the reality) of the reasons behind the dramatic decrease in lesbian bars. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 497 World Cup

WTF are we even talking about? Mike and Kyle do their best to wade through a conversation about soccer (yeah, yeah, you might call it football, but the word “soccer” is actually British), including the history of soccer; FIFA; the ban on women’s soccer; homophobic soccer fans; the 2026 World Cup; the World Cups in Qatar, Russia, and Saudi Arabia; homophobic chants at soccer games; and women and non-binary league teams.
In this episode: News- 3:14 || Main Topic (World Cup)- 11:47 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:10:39
If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.
On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike talks to Kyle about how homophobic yet hot soccer is. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 496 Trans Athletes (w/ Chris Mosier)

What’s the point of sports? Why are there gendered sports? Do those assigned male at birth have a biological advantage? Mike and Kyle have an honest conversation about trans athletes in sports with Chris Mosier, a trailblazing athlete, coach, and founder of TransAthlete.com.
In this episode: News- 1:27 || Main Topic (Trans Athletes)- 10:18 || Guest (Chris Mosier)- 25:05 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:13:43
Buy the book “Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports” by Ellie Roscher Anna Baeth, and Chris Mosier. Learn more about Chris Mosier on his website, on TransAthlete.com. or on his Instagram @thechrismosier.
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On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike and Kyle answer better questions cis people should ask themselves. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 495 Daddy Issues

Are they hot or just sexist? In this Patreon-voted topic, Mike and Kyle talk about the history of daddy issues, Freud, daddy issues for straight women vs. gay men, daddy issues and attachment styles, sugar daddy scams, sex work, and quotes about gay daddy issues.
In this episode: News- 3:10 || Main Topic (Daddy Issues)- 12:00 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:08:39
If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit cruise.freakbooty.com to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.
On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike talks about Pedro Pascal. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 494 Elections (w/ Brian Derrick)

It’s not too soon to be thinking about mid-terms! Returning guest and CEO of Oath.vote Brian Derrick joins Gayish to talk about important mid-term elections you’ve never heard of, down-ballot races, the electoral college, gerrymandering, voting rights, the realities of the blue wave, Donald Trump, MAGA, ICE, Project 2025, and LGBT rights.
In this episode: News- 3:22 || Main Topic (Elections)- 12:40 || Guest (Brian Derrick)- 22:49 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:05:55
If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit cruise.freakbooty.com to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.
On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike tips on how to survey elections with your sanity intact. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 493 Sounding

Stick it in my meatus! On this doozie of an episode, Mike and Kyle talk about sounding, including what it is, porn statistics about sounding, safety tips for sounding, quotes from sounding experts, and insight on the differences between penile and vulvar sounding. We don’t have a trigger warning on this episode, but maybe we should have? Listen at your own risk!
In this episode: News- 1:19 || Main Topic (Sounding)- 7:09 || Gayest & Straightest- 54:03
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On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike an Ask Reddit highlighting the gay community’s opinions of sounding. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 492 Dating Apps

Is it just a euphemism for Grindr? Does anyone meet anywhere else these days? Haven’t they already covered this topic? Mike and Kyle answer all these questions and more, including what’s changed about dating apps recently, AI photo fraud, romance scams, Match Group, enshitification, and Hinge’s “Designed to be Deleted” ad campaign.
In this episode: News- 4:17 || Main Topic (Dating Apps)- 14:33 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:12:35
If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit cruise.freakbooty.com to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.
On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike shares with Kyle dating/hookup profiles he found online. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 491 Libraries: Live from PopCon in Indianapolis

In this rare PG episode from our live show at Indy PopCon, Mike and Kyle talk about the history of libraries, the Library of Alexandria, Sapphos’ poetry, Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, Nazi book burnings, the ONE Archives, banned books, and how librarians are lesbian-coded.
In this episode: News- 4:45 || Main Topic (Libraries)- 10:51 || Gayest & Straightest- 45:12
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On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike tells Kyle about portrayals of libraries in media. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Gayish: 490 Steel Magnolias

Drink your juice, Gayish! Mike and Kyle talk about the gay classic movie Steel Magnolias, including the gay man who wrote it, Mike’s feelings about Julia Roberts, the racial inequality and the all-Black cast remake, what kind of a name is M’Lynn, the meaning behind the name Steel Magnolias, whether it’s camp, and if it deserves its place as a gay classic film.
In this episode: News- 5:02 || Main Topic (Steel Magnolias)- 17:34 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:14:04
See Mike and Kyle live at PopCon in the Indiana Events Center in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 at 6pm. Get tickets at https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/.
If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.
On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike some romcoms that romanticize stalking behavior. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Remember, the next Patreon Happy Hour is Wednesday, May 6 @ 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Check Patreon for the link the day of. We’re looking forward to seeing you then!

Gayish: 489 Stalking

Surreptitiously follow us as we walk down the metaphorical sidewalk that is this episode. Mike and Kyle talk about the difference between voyeuristic behavior and stalking, social media stalking, the writings of Sappho of Lesbos and Shakespeare, cases like Oscar Wilde, Versace and Andrew Cunanan, and John Hinckley Jr. and Jodie Foster, gayta on stalking for sexual minorities vs. straight people, cyberstalking, and burners on gay online spaces like Grindr and Sniffies.
In this episode: News- 3:50 || Main Topic (Stalking)- 16:12 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:26:52
See Mike and Kyle live at PopCon in the Indiana Events Center in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 at 6pm. Get tickets at https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/.
If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.
On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike some romcoms that romanticize stalking behavior. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Remember, the next Patreon Happy Hour is Wednesday, May 6 @ 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Check Patreon for the link the day of. We’re looking forward to seeing you then!