Can you believe it's been a year? We can't! In our special season finale, we finally open up our mailbag and answer some of your questions! We'll also take a look back at some of the funnier, edgier and spicier moments from our amazing first season!

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Vroomvroom, Bitches

In the age of #MeToo it seems hard to ignore a simple fact: so many queer spaces, from gay bars to Grindr, seem to blur the traditional rules of consent. Is it time for gay men to question our leniency when it comes to that surprise ass pic on Grindr, or that uninvited hand on the chest, ass, or even crotch during a night out in the Village…whether it’s welcome or not? Featuring the stories of how we've all been robbed and a debate over whether Antoni Porowski is really from Montréal.

Consent is sexy, but can we make it gayer?

Are gay men uniquely free from the grips of gender roles that can so often suffocate the rest of society, or are we no more immune from the trappings of the patriarchy than straight men? Featuring a guessing-game between high-end weed and low-end gay porn.

Gender-bending, or bending gender?

People have been heralding the death knell of the gay bar and the gaybourhood since Grindr first hit the app store over a decade ago...but it’s not just dating apps that are causing the places we congregate around and feel welcomed in as a community are changing...in a world where sexual diversity is broadly accepted by society, is there still a need for queer neighbourhoods in our cities?

Is It Still a Beautiful Day in the Gaybourhood?

We can be a cliquey and exclusive bunch. It's not uncommon to meet groups of gays that have no women friends, or any straight friends. Are we self-selecting people that look and act just like us, and is that a bad thing? Featuring the great #GayIconagrOff (in which we may or may not get derailed by Matt Bomer's beautiful face) and a debate over whether Montreal should host WorldPride 2023.

You Can't Sit With Us

Just as sure as you are to see a weekend full of circuit parties and a parade full of rainbow boas, when Pride season rolls around you’re certain to see every big company trot out a rainbow version of their logo to show how much they support the gays. While it’s great to see that kind of support from the business world, is it genuine? And does it matter?

Pinkbaiting and Queerwashing (Oh My!)

In the fifty years since Stonewall, Pride has evolved from a protest demanding equal rights to a monthlong festival with corporate sponsors and circuit parties. Pride's changed, but is that a bad thing? Featuring rants about Todd Snyder ripping off a Toronto-based queer arts project, "straight pride" and the RPDR finale.

What Does Pride Mean to You? ️‍

In the 10 years since RuPaul's Drag Race first debuted on Logo, drag has exploded onto the mainstream. Now, even straight people watch it! And once the straights are watching something, it's officially #mainstream. But as its reached the pinnacle of global popularity, has this art that was once all about fun and camp become diluted? Featuring local VFX extraordinaire Jaycen Cook, as well as Benson, Camilo and Jaycen’s predictions for who will take the Season 11 crown!

Has Drag Race Jumped the Shark?

In this episode, we sit down and talk LGBT+ issues and lifestyle with an unusual guest: Benson's straight colleague James Foster (who you can hear on CJAD 800 Montréal). Featuring discussions as well on Instagram's "community-building" changes to its user experience, what Brazil's far-right new president thinks about gay men, and, of course, amazing stories from Luca's trip to Europe.

Talking to Straight People (1st Edition)

We’ve all needed to do it at some point in our lives, and us gays who haven’t yet are going to at some point. We're talking, of course, about coming out of that great big walk-in-closet that is life. How important is our coming-out experience to our development as gay men, and does having a hard coming out make you stronger in the long term…? Join us for this special extended episode, featuring guest Neil Martinek (back for more, because the last episode just wasn't enough!), and producer Luca attempting to do ASMR!

Girl, Get Outta that Closet

We’ve all been there...just casually using our own phones, when BAM, someone sends us a picture of their penis. Why does it happen? What do you do when it happens? Why does it seem to be a thing that we all do as gays, and most importantly...have you ever done it? This episode features Luca rhapsodizing about his monthslong trip to Europe, Benson and Camilo arguing about who is more in a relationship than the other, and special guest Neil Martinek!

Do You Text Your Mother with that Phone?

Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach my gaydar! Is gaydar a thing? Can you really tell if someone plays on your team just by giving them a once-over or having a quick conversation with them? In this extended episode featuring David Seymour, the Unfiltr'd gays unpack whether we rely on stereotypes to get a ‘gut sense’ of which way someone swings, and is sexually-profiling someone really problematic, useful, or somewhere in between?

Please Ping my Gaydar

In this episode (which was unscripted and unplanned because we all forgot to do any planning for it #oops) we explore "toxic masculinity" and how it impacts all of us as gay men. Does the #masc4masc phenomenon hurt those of us who don't act that way, and does the masc/fem and top/bottom binary we construct in our world hurt those of us who fall somewhere in between?

Maybe it's Maybelline, Maybe it's Toxic Masculinity ‍♀️

Everyone's workplace is different, and what works for some people might not work for everyone else. But is there space to lean into your sexuality in your professional life? Featuring special guest Adam Zivo.

Being Gay in the Werkplace

It seems that in the gay world, everyone and their dog is in an open relationship these days. There’s no right or wrong way to do them, and just as many people thrive in them as struggle. But while we’re loving more freely, openly, and sometimes polyamorously than ever...is a world where everyone’s a little bit open, keeping us from being able to truly enjoy the company of one other person in this life?

Wide Open Relationships

Hosted by two borderline millennials, this new podcast aims to peel back the rainbow curtain and deconstruct the more complicated, dramatic and — sometimes — problematic elements of gay culture.

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