About this podcast
Pigmented Taboo is an unapologetic series where three Black gay men and their guests lay it all bare. Discussing identity, intimacy, joy, rage, healing, and everything in between. Broadcasting from London, we cut through the noise to centre the voices, stories, and experiences too often pushed to the margins.
From navigating queer nightlife and dating politics to family, faith, masculinity, and mental health. No topic is off-limits. This isn’t about respectability. It’s about truth. Loud, layered, and lived-in.
Episodes
- What Is A Woman? · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 13What is a woman—and who gets to define womanhood? In this episode of Pigmented Taboo, we’re joined by Brandi X for a candid conversation about her experience as a trans woman. We…
- Dark Rooms, Black Bodies · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 12What really happens behind the doors of a Black gay sex event? In this episode, we enter the dark room with the anonymous owner of DL Plug, London’s longest-standing and only…
- Gay Self-Esteem · 1 h 36 min · Season 1 Episode 11In this episode, we explore how identity, body image, dating culture, social media, rejection, and community expectations shape confidence and self-worth. We discuss where these…
- Black Women, Let’s Talk Homophobia · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 10Black women have been at the forefront of LGBTQ+ advocacy, culture, and community building for decades. So why do many queer people still experience homophobia within their own…
- Forbidden Swirl · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 9Interracial dating always sounds simple until race, validation, fetishisation, and power enter the room. This episode unpacks the uncomfortable truth behind “preferences,” who…
- Taboo in Our Own House · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 8This month, Pigmented Taboo welcomes our first ever guest, Guh Deh Philipp, for a conversation many avoid but all recognise. In this episode, we confront homophobia in the Black…
- Code Switching · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 7In this episode, we talk about code switching in the way gay men actually live it. How we change how we speak, move, soften, harden, flirt, joke, or stay quiet depending on who’s…
- Looking 4 Now · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this unfiltered episode, we unpack the realities of hookup culture. From the fun and freedom to the very real risks. We talk candidly about the importance of regular STI and…
- What's The Date · 46 minFrom first dates to long-term love, dating as a Black man comes with its own stages, rules, and battles. We dig into how other races approach dating, the double standards in…
- Masc4Masc · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 4We unpack how Black men are often boxed into rigid roles within queer spaces. From being fetishised by other ethnicities, to how femininity in Black men is policed within our own…
- In The Shadows · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 3We get into the world of down‑low culture. The secrecy, the double lives, and the unspoken rules. From hookups in hidden corners to the toll it takes on mental health, we unpack…
- Pray It Away · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 2From Bible verses to backhanded blessings, this episode dives headfirst into the holy war between religion and queerness. We unpack growing up in churches and mosques that…
- Dear Diana · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 1In our debut episode, we get personal. From kitchen-table confessions to silence that said it all, we unpack the mess, magic, and madness of coming out as Black queer men. We…
