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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

413 - Gay and Polyamorous Representation with Frank Smith

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

Sexuality, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.9970 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week we're joined by a very special guest, Frank Arthur Smith, a queer writer/director/actor/producer originally from Boston, Massachusetts. His LGBTQIA+ comedy series, Open To It, in which he stars, writes, directs, and Executive Produces, was an Official Selection of festivals including: Outfest, where it received two special encore screenings; Rio LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, where it was the opening night film; Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Comedy Short; as well as the inaugural Gay Binge Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize for Best Performance.Today, Frank discusses normalizing non-monogamy, sex positivity, and the creation of his queer comedy web series, Open To It, which you can learn more about at www.opentoitseries.com. Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.com/join. We offer sliding scale subscriptions so everyone can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, and our amazing Discord community. Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I used to say queer culture, it's queer culture before it's culture, but then one of my friends

0:07.2

corrected me in a way I like of queer culture is culture.

0:10.2

And so we don't have to like conform to something you recognize for it to work.

0:13.6

Like you can have a triad, you can have a threesome, we can invent new words and that's totally fine.

0:17.6

Welcome to the multi-amory podcast. I'm Jace.

0:21.8

I'm Emily. And I'm Dettaker. We believe in looking to the future of

0:25.3

relationships not maintaining the status quo of the past. So whether you're

0:29.6

monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently, we see you and we're here for you. I know I did.

0:45.0

forcing me to for myself to fit.

0:52.0

On this

0:53.0

on the multi-ammery podcast, we're talking about the journey to sex

0:57.2

positivity, non-monogamy pride, and how all of this resulted in the

1:01.7

creation of a queer comedy web series.

1:04.6

We're joined today by a very special guest and friend of the pleasure podcast network,

1:09.7

Frank Arthur Smith.

1:11.5

He is a queer writer, director, actor, producer, originally from Boston.

1:16.0

His LGBTQIA plus comedy series called Open to It, in which he stars,

1:22.0

rights, directs, and executive produces was an official selection of a bunch of festivals including Outfest, where it got two special encore screenings, the Rio LGBTQIA Plus Film Festival where it was the opening night film, Wicked

1:36.1

Queer Boston's LGBT QIA Film Festival where it won the audience award for

1:40.9

Best Comedy Short, as well as the inaugural Gay Binge Film Festival, which I didn't even know that existed, but sounds great, where it won the special jury prize for best performance.

1:52.0

So Frank, thank you so much for joining us.

1:54.5

Thank you. I don't know how you got wrong though. I'm not sex positive at all.

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