Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast is a biweekly platform where Creator, Host, and Producer Erick Taylor Woodby interviews Black LGBTQ+ professionals who share about who they are in their countries and professions. In over 115 episodes, 26 countries and 44 professions have been represented.
Ranked in the top 10 of FeedSpot’s “70 Best Black Gay Podcasts”, guests include: George M. Johnson, American Emmy-nominated and New York Times Bestselling author; Palmira Koukkari Mbenga, Swedish journalist, actor, and script editor for Netflix’s Young Royals; and Gamal ‘G’ Turawa, the protagonist in the 2022 BAFTA-winning British docudrama The Black Cop.
All episodes are on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. Check for news and updates on Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Threads.
Among those listed as the National Black Justice Collective’s "2025 Cohort of 100 Black LGBTQ+/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch", writer and podcast producer Erick Taylor Woodby is committed to building bridges across borders. He is a Los Angeles-based digital nomad writer and podcast producer who has spent time in Botswana, Colombia, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Woodby uses his writing and travel experiences to promote the accomplishments of Black LGBTQ+ individuals throughout the African diaspora.
Since 2008, he has visited Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, England, Germany, Mexico, Latvia, Norway, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden, Brighton, England, and Bogotá, Colombia, are a few of his favourite locales.
Woodby’s interest in creative communication extends to learning languages. He’s proficient in conversational Spanish and basic Swedish.
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