Black and Blue

In this piece, Kerr Mesner shares a song of imagining for trans, non-binary, and gender expansive siblings having each others' backs, and God joining into the resistance. Kerr is a spiritual director, consultant, and facilitator, as well as a queer/transgender contemplative Christian, performing artist, and activist. In his spare time, he enjoys writing songs and playing in his garden.

Geez 65: Healing Sex takes on the taboo. Sex is so often at the heart of Christian shame and violence. What healing do our spirits and bodies need? How can we lean into pleasure and joy? What liberation can be found in subverting tradition – or reclaiming it?

Got Your Back by Kerr Mesner, Geez 65: Healing Sex

Meditation - WILD RHYTHMS

We kick off Season 4 with a deep, layered look at resurrection, queer liberation, and spiritual unbinding. Host Peterson Toscano brings together three unique stories—tied together by one enduring biblical moment: Jesus calling Lazarus out of the tomb.

🕊️ Part One: Peterson talks with Fr. James Martin, SJ, about his new book Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle. They explore how the Lazarus story still speaks to us today—through art, personal growth, and the quest for freedom.
📖 Buy the book
📱 @jamesmartinsj on Instagram | FrJamesMartin on Facebook

🎭 Part Two: Peterson shares an excerpt from his acclaimed solo performance Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House, a comedic and deeply honest reflection on his own years in conversion therapy.
📺 Watch on YouTube www.youtube.com/p2son

📚 Part Three: Scholar and writer Lucas Wilson discusses his new anthology Shame, Sex, Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy. These unflinching, sometimes humorous, often raw narratives expose the long-term effects of these practices—and the courage it takes to reclaim life afterward.
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📱 @lukeslamdunkwilson on Instagram | @wilson_fw on X

🌴 Part Four: In a haunting sound slice from María la Gorda on the western edge of Cuba, Peterson reflects on Che Guevara’s early forced labor camp there—an ideological prelude to the UMAP camps that targeted gay men, Jehovah’s Witnesses, artists, and others during the Cuban Revolution.

Whether you're LGBTQ+ and faith-rooted, someone recovering from religious trauma, or simply curious about stories of survival and transformation—this episode offers depth, humor, and insight.

🕯️ "Take off the grave clothes, and let him go."
It’s not just a command—it’s a calling.

Grave Robbers: Father James Martin, Lucas Wilson, and Coming Out Lazarus

Guys! Since landing back home, I have literally not had a self day! Like I hit the ground running hard and I’ve been so busy putting together a ton of different things, including: THE SPREAD LIVE!!!! OMG! We are celebrating our third year already!! And so I’m just gonna call this event and the next one, our anniversary. The details are in the description box, especially if you want tickets. We are going to be at AQ studios which is on Mahiga Mairu avenue which is right behind J’s westlands on the 29th of March from 6pm.
Onto our episode for today, Once again we are graced by the very vibrant presence of Tiff and today she brought along her partner in both business and life and we catch up on their intimate life, their work and the myth behind Lesbian death bed.

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For business inquiries, Email -        host@thespreadpodcast.com
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Twitter -      https://twitter.com/thespreadpod
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THE SPREAD LIVE - https://mookh.com/event/da172fbd-caa1-4e11-a0c7-10e54bcf9a88

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Tiff Mugo & Siphumeze Khundayi
HOLAAfrica - @insta_holaa - Twitter/FB @HOLAAfrica
The Wildness with Tiff & Manda - Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/ke/podcast/thewildnesspodcast/id1375778405?mt=2&i=1000430180384


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SAGE: Expose yourself - https://itunes.apple.com/ke/album/expose-yourself/1128309558?i=1128309643I

Thank you all for the LOVE!
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THE SPREAD | EP 50 | LESBIAN BED DEATH AND OTHER QUEER TALES

Antonio Cosme, a Coahuiltecan Boricua from Southwest Detroit, Michigan, is an economist, artist, educator, beekeeper with SWBeetroit, gardener with Southwest Grows, an outdoorsman, #Blacktotheland, and works at the National Wildlife Federation. In this episode, Cosme offers a land acknowledgement for Geez 55 by reflecting on the history of Detroit, Michigan.

Who do we welcome? How do we allow ourselves to be welcomed? Geez 55: Entertaining Angels explores hospitality, which Jacques Derrida named as “ethics par excellence.”

Waawiyatanong: A Detroit Land Acknowledgement by Antonio Cosme, Geez 55: Entertaining Angels

Uncanny sounds, funny interludes, & stories—most weird, many true featuring Peterson Toscano, a Quirky Queer Quaker playfully exploring the serious worlds of gender, faith, & climate change.

Grave Robbers: Father James Martin, Lucas Wilson, and Coming Out Lazarus

Bubble and Squeak by Peterson Toscano

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