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Mindfully Gay Podcast

Mindfully Gay Podcast

Di: John Cottrell & Jerry Buie
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Welcome to the Mindfully Gay Podcast hosted by Jerry Buie and John Cottrell. Listen to these heart-to-heart conversations that transcend the ordinary.

Guided by a simple yet impactful questions, John and Jerry unravel a tapestry of emotional dialogues. They delve courageously into the essence of what it means to take risks as a gay man, navigating through the intricate pathways of bravery, vulnerability, and the ultimate quest for self-acceptance. Their personal narratives of courageously facing fears and embracing their true selves are not just stories, but powerful testaments to the resilience and vibrancy of the gay experience.

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  • Beyond Leather | Utah Leather Pride, LGBTQ Identity, Spirituality & Belonging (Special Mindfully Gay Episode)

    Beyond Leather | Utah Leather Pride, LGBTQ Identity, Spirituality & Belonging (Special Mindfully Gay Episode)
    Nov 6 2026
    Send us Fan MailBeyond Leather | Utah Leather Pride, LGBTQ Identity, Spirituality & BelongingAir Date: Friday, November 6, 2026What does it really mean to live authentically? How do we find a community where we can express ourselves without fear of judgment? And can exploring our sexuality also help us discover something deeper about who we are?In this special episode of the Mindfully Gay Podcast, airing Friday, November 6, 2026, hosts John Cottrell and Jerry Buie continue their coverage of Utah Leather Pride in Salt Lake City, exploring the powerful personal stories behind the leather, kink, and BDSM communities.Following our first Leather Pride special featuring Honey Davenport, “Beyond Leather” introduces more voices from the celebration. Through John’s candid conversations with Bernie, Jess, Sean, and Terrence, we discover that leather culture is about much more than sexual expression, fetish, or the clothing people wear. It’s also about identity, self-acceptance, spirituality, trust, personal transformation, and the universal desire to belong.Bernie takes us on a journey through more than four decades of leather culture, sharing how discovering the leather community in the early 1980s helped him embrace an identity that didn’t fit traditional expectations of masculinity. His story explores the history of gay leather culture, mentorship, leather traditions, and the fascinating intersection of sexuality and spirituality. From his early experiences in Salt Lake City to his exploration of Buddhism, mysticism, and energetic connection, Bernie reminds us that our sexual and spiritual identities can be meaningful parts of the same human experience.Jess shares a different kind of journey: one of personal reinvention and the search for belonging. After 16 years away from Utah and a period of significant life challenges, Jess returns hoping to find a fresh start. Attending Utah Leather Pride becomes an opportunity to experience a welcoming LGBTQ+ community and perhaps discover a new sense of home. Jess’s story raises an important question: What happens when we finally find a space where we don’t have to perform, pretend, or hide who we are?Sean and Terrence bring the conversation into the world of sexual exploration, vulnerability, and trust. They describe how participating in the leather and kink communities has helped them discover new dimensions of their identities, explore different expressions of sexuality, and build confidence through supportive relationships. Their experiences challenge the idea that we must have everything figured out before we can begin exploring who we are.Together, these conversations reveal some of the most meaningful aspects of LGBTQ+ community life: the importance of safe and welcoming spaces, the courage to embrace our authentic selves, and the value of connecting with people who respect our individuality.We also explore the significance of queer history and intergenerational wisdom, the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, the emotional importance of trust, and how communities can help us move beyond shame, isolation, and the fear of rejection.Whether you’re part of the leather community, curious about kink and BDSM culture, exploring your own sexual identity, or simply looking for a greater sense of connection and belonging, these stories offer something worth considering.At its heart, “Beyond Leather” is a conversation about what it means to be human.We spend so much of our lives trying to understand who we are, where we fit in, and whether others will accept us. Sometimes that understanding comes through reflection. Sometimes through relationships. And sometimes through discovering a community that recognizes something in us we haven’t yet fully recognized in ourselves.Perhaps we don’t have to know exactly who we are before we find our people. Sometimes finding our people helps us discover who we are.Join John and Jerry for this second Utah Leather Pride special as we celebrate the diversity, resilience, spirituality, and authenticity of the LGBTQ+ community.The Mindfully Gay Podcast is dedicated to uniting gay men in ritual, reflection, and renewal.Listen and download the audio episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Watch the video podcast on YouTube: Mindfully Gay Podcast.Visit our website: https://MindfullyGay.comJoin the conversation and share your experiences with us: Instagram: @Mindfully_Gay TikTok: @MindfullyGayWe’d love to hear from you. Where have you found your sense of belonging? What communities have helped you become more comfortable being yourself? And what does living authentically mean to you?Subscribe, follow, and share this episode with someone who believes in the power of acceptance, connection, and community.@mindfully_gay (Instagram)
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    22 min
  • Mindfully Gay Special Episode (Teaser: “Beyond Leather”)

    Mindfully Gay Special Episode (Teaser: “Beyond Leather”)
    Nov 4 2026

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    Beyond Leather | Utah Leather Pride, LGBTQ Identity, Spirituality & Belonging

    What does it really mean to live authentically? How do we find a community where we can express ourselves without fear of judgment? And can exploring our sexuality also help us discover something deeper about who we are?

    In this special episode of the Mindfully Gay Podcast, airing Friday, November 6, 2026, hosts John Cottrell and Jerry Buie continue their coverage of Utah Leather Pride in Salt Lake City, exploring the powerful personal stories behind the leather, kink, and BDSM communities.

    Following our first Leather Pride special featuring Honey Davenport, “Beyond Leather” introduces more voices from the celebration. Through John’s candid conversations with Bernie, Jess, Sean, and Terrence, we discover that leather culture is about much more than sexual expression, fetish, or the clothing people wear. It’s also about identity, self-acceptance, spirituality, trust, personal transformation, and the universal desire to belong.

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    1 min
  • The Gay Renaissance: Aging, Desire, and the Rise of Queer Elders (Epi 73)

    The Gay Renaissance: Aging, Desire, and the Rise of Queer Elders (Epi 73)
    Oct 30 2026
    Send us Fan MailThe Gay Renaissance: Aging, Desire, and the Rise of Queer EldersAired October 30, 2026What happens when you’re no longer the young gay guy?For decades, gay culture has wrestled with an intense focus on youth, beauty, sexuality, fitness, and desirability. But something interesting is happening: gay men are living longer, staying visible, remaining sexually and socially active, and redefining what it means to be 50, 60, 70, and beyond.In this episode of The Mindfully Gay Podcast, John Cottrell and Jerry Buie explore what they call a “Gay Renaissance”—the growing visibility, confidence, influence, and importance of older gay men and queer elders.John and Jerry reflect on coming of age as gay men during the 1980s and 1990s, when HIV/AIDS devastated the LGBTQ+ community and an entire generation of potential mentors and elders was lost. For many gay men of their generation, simply surviving, coming out, finding community, protecting themselves from HIV, and navigating discrimination took enormous emotional energy.Now, decades later, John and Jerry find themselves becoming the older gay men they once looked toward—or wished they had known.And surprisingly, they’re discovering that getting older doesn’t necessarily mean becoming less desirable, less sexual, less adventurous, or less relevant. In fact, aging may offer something youth could never provide: perspective, confidence, self-acceptance, wisdom, freedom, and a much clearer understanding of who you are.The conversation takes on gay culture’s complicated relationship with aging and asks why youth continues to hold so much power in LGBTQ+ spaces. From shirtless Instagram influencers and impossible body standards to dating apps, pornography, the “daddy” archetype, masculinity, sexual roles, and ageism within the gay community, John and Jerry examine the ways gay men can unknowingly measure their worth through other people’s attention.But who gets to decide what an older gay man is supposed to look like, how he should dress, how sexual he should be, what kind of body he should have—or even whether a “daddy” is supposed to be a top or a bottom?Maybe one of the privileges of getting older is finally saying: I get to write my own story.John reflects on growing from a skinny, insecure young Black gay man who struggled to see himself as desirable into a man who feels increasingly comfortable with his body, sexuality, accomplishments, and identity. Jerry shares how health, fitness, relationships, mentorship, and his own personal growth have changed his understanding of aging as he approaches his 60s.They also remember a gay world that younger LGBTQ+ people may have difficulty imagining: fear surrounding HIV/AIDS, harassment for being visibly gay, the absence of marriage equality, and spending thousands of dollars creating legal protections that heterosexual married couples received automatically.Those experiences lead John and Jerry to one of the most important questions of the episode:What responsibility do queer elders have to the generations coming behind them?Jerry recalls his involvement with SAGE in Utah and the powerful response to “Ask the Elders,” a program designed to bring younger LGBTQ+ people into conversation with older members of the community. Younger queer people showed up because they wanted something their generation desperately needed: stories, mentorship, wisdom, history, and examples of what a long queer life could actually look like.That need still exists.John and Jerry invite older LGBTQ+ listeners to consider what they have survived and what they now have to teach. What did HIV/AIDS teach you? What did coming out teach you? What did discrimination, relationships, heartbreak, activism, sex, friendship, chosen family, marriage equality, spirituality, and simply staying alive teach you?Your story may be exactly what someone younger needs to hear.The episode also challenges the assumption that getting older means slowing down, becoming invisible, or fading into the background. Inspired by active older gay men they have encountered in communities such as Wilton Manors and Palm Springs—and by Jerry’s 93-year-old mentor Charles, who describes challenging the myths of aging as his “final act of rebellion”—John and Jerry imagine an entirely different model of queer aging.What if aging itself became an act of rebellion?What if gay men once again became cultural trendsetters by showing the world that getting older can mean becoming stronger, wiser, more sensual, more connected, more spiritually grounded, and more fully alive?The conversation ultimately moves beyond bodies, sex, and physical fitness to something even bigger: wholeness.John and Jerry imagine personal wellness as a wheel made up of physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual health. Gay culture has become remarkably good at celebrating the physical—but what happens when we begin giving equal attention to connection, ...
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    1 ora e 8 min
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