Mark and Michael attend NYC Black Pride to learn about ball culture, the origins of "Pride" and the AIDS pandemic.
Mark and Michael visit Salt Lake City, Utah, to learn about Latter-Day Saints LGBTQ history, Prop 8 and more.
Mark travels to Hong Kong SAR, China, where he explores sexual diversity in ancient China.
Michael travels to Palm Springs, California, to learn about how this small town grew into an LGBTQ retirement mecca.
Mark and Michael travel to Calgary, Alberta, to learn about indigenous two-spirit identities.
Mark and Michael travel to Christopher Street Day in Berlin, Germany, to learn about the Golden '20s.
Mark and Michael attend "Folsom Fair" in San Francisco, California to learn about the history of leather culture, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the world's first transgender district.
Mark attends "The Pride of Africa" in Johannesburg, South Africa to learn about pre-colonial same-sex desire across the continent and the LGBTQ+ experience during Apartheid.
Michael visits Halifax, Nova Scotia to explore the city's complicated relationship with the armed forces and how Halifax's LGBTQ+ activists were Canadian trailblazers.
Mark attends "The Sparkle Weekend" in Manchester, England to learn about trans visibility in British television, a king and his same-sex lovers and "The Father of Computer Science".
Michael attends "Celebrate Orgullo" to learn about the La Paloma raids, Anita Bryant's Save Our Children campaign and the Mariel Boatlift.
Mark visits Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa to explore Maori takatapui identity, Intersex advocacy and how pride has gone back to its roots.
Mark attends his first pride festival in 2 years in Phoenix, Arizona to learn about the creation of the trans flag, the Navajo gender spectrum and the return of pride in age of the COVID pandemic.
Mark travels to Dublin, Ireland to meet with “The Queen of Ireland” to learn about “the danger of a kiss”, the marriage referendum and the queer youth mental health crisis.
Mark attends Beefdip Bear Week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where he learns about bear culture, body positivity and how the city became “The San Francisco of Mexico”
Michael travels to Provincetown, Massachusetts to learn about how this fishing village became the largest artist colony in America and a premier LGBTQ+ destination.
Mark attends the crowning of new monarchs in Vancouver, British Columbia where he learns about The Imperial Court System, a little bookstore that took on the Government of Canada and the tenacity of two-spirit people.
Mark attends “Pride in Chinatown” where he continues his exploration of Vancouver, British Columbia and learns about “The Purge” and the healing power of giving during the AIDS and COVID pandemics.
Christian and Kim attend pride in Honolulu, Hawaii to learn about Māhū identity, the “I Am A Boy” buttons and the healer stones of Kapaemahu.
Mark travels to Stockholm, Sweden to explore queer witches in the Viking era, a female king and the struggle of LGBTQ+ people during the war in the Ukraine.
Saba attends the “International Queer Tango Festival” in Mexico City, Mexico to learn about the Zona Rosa, the dance of the 41 and the city’s unique take on drag and ballroom culture.
Michael Venus explores close to home in Montreal, Quebec where he learns about the Montreal Olympic “Cleanup”, preserving lesbian history and “mothering” the future.
Kim and Christian head to pride in Charlotte, North Carolina to learn about the state’s infamous “bathroom bill” and how religious members of the LGBTQ+ community are creating space.
Mark attends “Midsumma Festival” in Melbourne, Australia where he explores gay bushrangers, the first all-woman garage workshop and how to celebrate aging in our community.
Mark attends “Disability Pride” in Chicago, Illinois where he explores the Legacy Walk and the origins of house music before heading north to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to learn about disability inclusion.
Christian travels to pride in Manila, Philippines to learn about pre-colonial Babaylan shamans and the struggle for equality before meeting with Miss Trans Global.
Mark heads to New Orleans, Louisiana to explore the queerer aspects of jazz music and Mardi Gras while uncovering the truth about the Upstairs Lounge arson attack.
Saba attends pride in Toronto, Canada to learn about “The Brunswick Four”, the history of activism at a nudist beach and the challenges faced by the city’s queer South Asian community.
Christian is in Las Vegas, Nevada for a unique nighttime pride celebration where he learns about the strip’s drag history and how the city is empowering trans youth.
Mark gets immersed in “Canal Pride” in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he learns about queer resistance in WWII, the world’s oldest running LGBTQ+ bar and the queer Muslim experience.
