Episode 13. The Soundtrack of Sex Ed (ft. Louie Ortiz-Fonseca)

June is Black Music Month, and as such we're celebrating all the best in sexy Black music, all month long! For this episode Dr. G invites Louie Ortiz-Fonseca to the floor, sexual health educator, major music aficionado and creator of Gran Varones, the digital archive centered on the oral histories of Latino/Latinx queer men. The pair chop it up about growing up as latchkey kids and the importance of oral music history, while Louie shares his thoughts for how music can be an excellent bridgeway towards meaningful conversations with young people about sexuality and sexual health. Definitely a must listen if there ever was one!

NOTE: This episode originally featured a special guest; although, unexpected technical issues kept those vocals from being fully captured. As such, please forgive any continuity errors that make it difficult to follow the conversation in total.

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Guest Bio: Louie A. Ortiz-Fonseca is an Afro-Boricua queer HIV positive creative born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. He is the creator of Gran Varones, a digital project that highlights LGBTQ pop culture history and community storytelling through a Black/Latinx lens. He also works in partnership with young people living with HIV to combat stigma, and hosts a YouTube series for LGBTQ youth, Kikis with Louie. Louie is a father of a 17 year-old son and worships the Patron St. Mariah Carey.

More information about Louie & his work can be found at http://granvarones.com/.