In the Season 1 finale of Living Queer, Carly Terkiel and Jessie Wang bring the conversation back to something fundamental: the relationships that shape who we are. Through friendship and chosen family, they reflect on how queer life is built not only through individual journeys, but through shared experience.

In this episode of Living Queer, Erwin de Leon speaks with James Lewis, director and screenwriter of the documentary Outlaws, about the global criminalization of homosexuality and the enduring impact of colonial law. Through the stories of activists challenging these laws in court, the film traces how power, history, and narrative continue to shape queer lives around the world.

In this episode of Living Queer, Erwin de Leon speaks with Odell Mays, longtime LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activist, nonprofit leader, and founding board member of the American LGBTQ+ Museum. With more than three decades of leadership across some of New York’s most influential LGBTQ+ institutions, Odell reflects on the experiences that shaped his commitment to community, service, and movement building.

In this episode of Living Queer, Erwin de Leon speaks with Andrea Rivas, lawyer, activist, and founder of Asociación Familias Diversas de Argentina (AFDA), about building a movement that centers families, community, and access to justice.

In this episode of Living Queer, Erwin de Leon sits down with Harvey Kennedy-Pitt, scientist, global public health practitioner, and founder of Unstukk, for a conversation about power, queer identity, and the evolving nature of activism.

In this episode of Living Queer, host Erwin de Leon speaks with Enkhmaa Enkhbold, Executive Director of Mongolia’s LGBT Centre, about building queer community in a young democracy situated between Russia and China.

In this episode of Living Queer, Benedict Nguyen reflects on life as a self-described “#freelanceflailing” artist, navigating the precarity of creative work while reclaiming it as possibility.

In Episode 2 of Living Queer, host Erwin de Leon sits down with Lee Bynum to explore what it means to lead and steward cultural institutions at a time of profound social, political, and ethical tension.

In the debut episode of Living Queer, Andrew Gelwicks shares how identity, resilience, and community can become sources of creativity, empathy, and leadership.