‘Move, I’m Gay’ celebrates 100 episodes of honest, hilarious conversations

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Move, I’m Gay launched their show in February 2020 with no firm expectations of how long they might last.The Portland-based duo simply dove in, with Franny dishing on the latest entertainment dirt, Brenda taking the lead discussing LGBTQ+ history and politics, and both serving up stories about their own experiences as single gay men about town.“We started very casually,” Scott says, “then started to create a structure, and it’s just become a weekly part of our lives.” And two eventful years since they began, Move, I’m Gay is set to cast its 100th episode, an achievement worth celebrating in the increasingly crowded landscape of talk and entertainment podcasts.“We made it all the way to one hundred when we thought we were going to do three,” says Ortega, acknowledging that their key to pushing through this pandemic and finding their audience has been consistency. “I think we’ve taken three breaks in this entire time.

I mean, Brendan was in Hawaii and we still recorded. We just stay doing it.”Franny and Brenda also stay true to their fun, easygoing dynamic as friends who’ve known one another since they were teens and still crack each other up.

Although their friendship has evolved quite a bit since they first met through Ortega’s brother, who also happens to be gay.“I was old enough to drink, so like 15 or something,” jokes Ortega. “No, I was 20 or 21 or 22, and I hadn’t come out yet, and I was hanging out with my brother.

So I met all of these friends through him, which eventually got me to the point of feeling comfortable about coming out. But I was still straight Francisco at the time, which is the most disgusting era of my life.