Queerly Beloved
Join your host, Wil Fisher (AKA "I Am Sylvia Wil Gather Rainbow"), for playful and profound interviews with amazing LGBTQIA+ peeps working in the field of spirituality and personal growth. Wil is a life coach, spiritual healer, and drag queen who loves getting super wu and chatting with fascinating folx about all things spiritually queer and queerly spiritual. You'll love hearing guests' spiritual path stories and gain knowledge as they share discoveries, insights and wisdom. Plus, these interviews tend to be a lot of fun- so expect to have some of that as well...!
Episodes
What do you do when your heart longs for something and it just hasnât arrived yet?
In this episode of Queerly Beloved, I share a personal story about calling in my romantic partner and the long, sometimes painful stretch of waiting it took before he appeared. Along the way, I discovered that the âin-betweenâ is not wasted time, itâs a crucible, a sacred space where we are stretched, refined, and prepared to fully recei...
In this episode of Queerly Beloved, Wil sits down with Julian Crosson-Hill, a spiritual life & business coach, human design coach, and speaker whose superpower is helping people get visible and live authentically. Julian works with gay men over 50 to overcome the challenges of aging in a youth-obsessed culture, and with spiritual entrepreneurs navigating visibility in an industry that often prizes appearances over...
In this episode of Queerly Beloved, Iâm joined by the luminous and liberatory Rev. Karmen Michael Smith- a Black queer theologian, cultural strategist, and author of Holy Queer: The Coming Out of Christ. As the creator of Prophetic Intelligenceâą and the founder of the inclusive digital faith community Poor Culture, Karmenâs work lives at the sacred intersection of queerness, spirituality, and social transformation. He...
In this solo episode, I'm exploring my realtionship with enoughness and sharing some of the learnings this exploration has brought me so far. We look at it from multiple angles indluing from the material (âDo I have enough?â); the relational (âAre others enough for me?â), to the internal (âAm I enough?â).
I also dive into the learnings and insights I had about enoughness during a a recent MDMA-assisted therapy exp...
In this soulful episode, Wil Fisher is joined by Bodhi Calagna, a psychedelic guide, hypnotherapist, sound alchemist, and musical artist based in Boulder, Colorado. Known for their ecstatic tribal beats as CALAGNA and ceremonial soundscapes as bodÄ, Bodhi shares how theyâve woven music, plant medicine, and spiritual presence into a powerful practice of healing and transformation.
Together, Wil and Bodhi explore Bodhiâs...
In this soulful and thought-provoking episode of Queerly Beloved, Wil Fisher sits down with literary Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Gregory Maguireâauthor of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Gregory also happens to identify as both gay and Catholic, and brings a deep well of wisdom around faith, identity, creativity, and queerness, whic...
In this special Pride Month solo episode, Wil Fisher honors Pride by reading his Queer Manifesto essay titled, "Queer Love is the Medicine the World Needs Now," featured in the upcoming queer anthology Spirits Queer, Spirits True.
Wil explores queer love as a sacred, rebellious, and deeply healing force. Through poetic reflection and bold truth-telling, he invites listeners into a space of radical inclusion, ...
In this episode Iâm joined by the radiant Juan Francisco, a gifted psychic medium and tarot reader based in New York City. After experiencing a spiritual awakening in his twenties, Juan stepped fully into his intuitive path, eventually launching his global podcast Third Eye Sight. His work has been featured in Womenâs Health UK and The Cut, and he brings a deeply grounded and loving presence to the world of spiritual ...
In todayâs episode, I have the joy of speaking with Andrew Sartory, someone who began as my mentor and coach and who I am now honored to call a dear friend.
Andrew loves supporting people in creating and running businesses, and leading organizations from a foundation of true peace, joy, and alignment. He guides people toward generating wealth and income in ways that feel authentically joyful and fun, all while maximizi...
In this solo episode, I take you on a heartfelt exploration of my evolving relationship with hope.
I share that we're not talking about the grasp-y, wishful thinking kind, of hope, but the solid, grounded, spiritually aligned energy that helps us move through uncertain times and create the ideal futures we desire.Â
I share how hope has shown up in my business and romantic life, the moments when it felt almost impos...
 In this episode of Queerly Beloved, Iâm joined by the multi-faceted Shelby Clark, a visionary entrepreneur, investor, embodiment facilitator, and founder of The Jungle Gayborhood, an LGBTQ+ focused retreat located center in the beautiful jungles of Costa Rica. You may remember me talking about the Gayborhood in my episode Healing the Father wound where I share about my magical time there attending a conscious kink re...
In this heart-opening episode of Queerly Beloved, we welcome an extraordinary mother-son duo whose journey embodies the transformational power of unconditional love.
Acclaimed actress and advocate Ally Sheedy joins us alongside her incredible son, Beckett, a passionate community activist and educator. Together, they share their personal paths through identity, transition, and deep familial support.
Wil first met Ally du...
In this solo episode, I take you deep into the transformative journey of my sacred chest tattoo. What started as a simple request for power animals on my arm evolved into a spirit-guided, deeply spiritual experience that taught me powerful lessons about patience, surrender, and divine timing.
I'll share the highs, the lows, and everything in betweenâfrom being blindfolded and transported by medicine music into tra...
In this episode we go deep with Micaiah Deullâ who is a psychospiritual coach specializing in guiding people through significant transitions and transformation, addiction recovery, and psychedelic integration. He is a master kambo practitioner with 10 years of experience, a writer, speaker, storyteller and a self proclaimed ssilly goose.
We start off sharing some epic drag avatars, which inspires a convo about fanaa, o...
In this illuminating episode, I sit down with Kevin Kahakulaâakea John Fong âan internationally recognized cultural translator, facilitator, and speaker whose work bridges ancient wisdom with modern healing.
We begin by exploring how history can offer perspective on todayâs chaos, reflecting on past global crises and the role of queer leaders in shaping a new path forward. We discuss the medicine of being seen, heard, ...
In this deeply personal solo episode of Queerly Beloved, I recount my transformative journey of healing my father wound during a Conscious Kink retreat at the Jungle Gayborhood in Costa Rica in late 2024. Amidst the lush jungle, a profound memory emerged during a naked hike, unveiling layers of my father's emotional absence. This revelation led to a powerful role-play ritual, allowing me to reparent myself and me...
In this episode weâre diving deep into the power of authenticity, self-expression, and unapologetically living your truth with someone whoâs made it his lifeâs work to guide others out of their metaphorical closets.
My guest for this episode is Rick Clemmonsâa mindset shifter, closet buster, and all-around authenticity guru. Rick is the author of Frankly My Dear, Iâm Gay, the host of two incredible podcasts Life (UN)Cl...
Today we've got Dr. Michael R. Smith who has helped connect individuals with their Divine potential for over 20 years. As a doctoral trained counselor, spiritual medium, and healing practitioner of indigenous ceremony, Michael's great joy is to serve as a spiritual guide for those at all levels of awakening. In addition to his annual northern California redwood and ocean retreat, he offers intuition developm...
Todayâs guest is the incredible Wolf Martinez who identifies a Human Being, as an In-Between person, between male and female and a person with Native and Hispanic roots. Wolf leads retreats and ceremonies across around the world and practices healing arts based in Indigenous and Oriental Medicine, as well as Life Counseling. His desire is to help people become more human, and find their Freedom and Unity with All that...
 In this special solo episode, Iâm diving into my recent reunion with Grandmother Ayahuasca after an 18-month pause since my last journey. This eleventh sitâsymbolically aligning with 1/11 and the new moon on DĂa de los Muertosâcame at just the right time, ushered in by signs and synchronicities, and guided by the first female leader of one of the first indigenous tribes to work with Ayahuasca. Sharing it here feels l...
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