Hosted by creator and producer Erick Taylor Woodby, Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast sits at the intersection of culture, identity, and global storytelling. Each episode features intimate conversations with Black LGBTQIA changemakers from across the African diaspora—exploring their lives, work, and communities.
Past guests include New York Times bestselling author George M. Johnson, Netflix’s Young Royals script editor Palmira Koukkari Mbenga, and BAFTA‑winning British poet Dean Atta. Thoughtful, urgent, and deeply human, the podcast offers a rare window into the breadth and resilience of Black queer life worldwide.
Episodes are on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, and YouTube. Check Instagram, LinkedIn, and Threads for news and updates.
Erick Taylor Woodby is a Los Angeles–based writer and podcast producer named to the National Black Justice Collective’s 2025 “Cohort of 100 Black LGBTQ+/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch.” He creates work that builds bridges across borders, drawing on his years as a digital nomad, visiting Botswana, Colombia, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Woodby highlights the lives and accomplishments of Black LGBTQ+ professionals across the African diaspora. His storytelling centers on global perspectives and the intersections of identity, place, and career.
Since 2008, he has traveled to Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, England, Germany, Mexico, Latvia, Norway, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden—with Stockholm, Brighton, and Bogotá among his favorite locales. He is conversational in Spanish and knows basic Swedish.
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