LezPod | Miami's Lesbian Podcast | Hosted by Alexandria Friedlander LezPod

LezPod | Monica Alexandra LGBTQ Leader | Hosted by Alexandria Friedlander

Kiera Hogan is an American professional wrestler currently working for All Elite Wrestling. She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she is a former two-time Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion.  Hogan has also worked in Women Superstars Uncensored, where she is a former WSU Spirit Champion. 

On July 20, 2019, Hogan announced that she is in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Diamante D’Rose, another female wrestler.  You can watch Kiera wrestle every week on TBS on Wednesdays!

Not only is this badass woman traveling to a different city to compete every week, but she is also trying to make a difference in the LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 community by sharing her story.

LezPod | Kitti Simmons on Drug Addiction/Mental Health | Hosted by Alexandria Friedlander

We will be IG LIVE on @lezmiami and new episode will drop the following Wednesday!

Kitti Simmons, a badass artist, part-time homemaker, full-time dog mom, and an addict in recovery. Throughout my life, I've struggled (and grown) through many of my demons, which were most of my own making.

Battling with an eating disorder, sparring with my sexuality and drug addiction are all things that help define me and give me the courage to share my experience, strength and hope with all of you. Several years of hard work, some tears, and a lot of learning with a bunch of belly-laughs have brought me to where I am today.

I am an extraORDINARY woman, chasing my dreams, turning them into reality and making silly mistakes into life lessons along the way, because I'm human and pretty fantastic at it.

You DON’T want to miss next week’s episode!! It’s going to blow your mind!

LezPod | Celebrity Tik Toker Rach The Maverick | Hosted by Alexandria Friedlander 

Meet Rach The Maverick, full-time content creator, business enterprise manager, Buddhist, LGBTQIA+ community member and a shining beacon for positivity.  Rach is extremely talented and has an artistic flair; this carries through her work and interactions with viewers. She is highly regarded for her talent as an informal educator and social media influencer.

Rach organically aligns with the mentality of living life to the fullest, being a strong empowered woman that supports and guides others, and being the absolute best version of yourself every single day!

Rach’s followers on TikTok and Patreon would describe Rach as real, organic, vulnerable, and sincere. She shares her life, lessons learned, trials, and tribulations across her platforms. Her TikTok presence currently has 148K followers with 180 Patreon members who dub themselves as “Maverick's Most Wanted”.

LezPod | Dr. Gisela Vega | Director of LGBTQ+ for University of Miami | Hosted by Alex Friedlander 

Dr. Gisela P. Vega who is currently the Director of the LGBTQ Student Center, and an adjunct faculty member in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Miami. She is completing her 29th years in higher education. She has presented at national and international conferences, countless workshops, and is passionate about diversity education, social justice, leadership development, mentoring, gender & sexuality issues and addressing issues of access and choice in higher education.

She served as the inaugural full-time professional staff member at Florida International University in 2012 developing the LGBTQA Initiatives program, the first program of its kind established in a south Florida College or University.  In her most recent role as the Center’s Director, she has worked with staff and colleagues to establish the Gender and Sexuality Living Learning Community at the University of Miami. She is also a contributing Author in NACADA’s recent book, Advising Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer College Students. 

She holds her Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Florida International University, M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership, a B.F.A. in Art Education, and in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Her experiences both personally and professionally have centered her work and research in helping individuals understand different identities including race, gender, and sexuality and their intersections.  Originally from Chicago, she loves travelling and has travelled around the world. She is of Panamanian and Puerto Rican descent and is a proud first-generation graduate. 

Dr. V. has been a recipient of the Aqua Foundation for Women’s Leadership Award in 2016, and the 2019 National GLBTQ Task Force Eddy McIntyre Community Service Award recipient.  Dr. Vega is originally from Chicago and currently lives in Miami with her spouse Madelin.

Jackie is most proud of building SheLife Events, SheLife started as a solution to a problem, finding a safe place to party but then it became more than just a party. It became about making a difference to those who participate in our events, to those who DJ, host, sing, film, dance, act, and play live instruments. I have seen our artists get more bookings after their participation from our events by someone seeing them through social media or someone experiencing them at our events. You can see the growth of their economic flow. I believe that SheLife has become a platform that sparks something inside of these souls and activates their internal source of talents that might not have been explored, a place for local artists to think outside of the box.  SheLife has played a part of the butterfly effect, our events have helped connect people, build romantic relationships, save a life, and be inclusive to other event organizers of our LGBTQ+ community. I see more a closer community now than three years ago.  Some say I am a brain but I believe nothing sets me apart from others, the only variable we all have is self-awareness. I believe we have all the qualities to make something extraordinary, we just have to learn how to TAP into that fire inside of us that will make that switch for you.  You don’t want to miss this episode!!