Sewers of Paris: I Owe My Life to Mariah (Ep 575 - Mariah Carey/Bisi)
My guest on The Sewers of Paris this week grew up in challenging circumstances — a gay kid in Nigeria with a religious family, Bisi couldn’t imagine anywhere on Earth he might belong. Especially after he came out on national television, and had to apply for asylum to escape his increasingly dire living situation. It took a lot of work to get himself to a much happier place — along with the support of his friends, and inspiration from music that helped keep him going.
And just a heads-up: This episode touches on some sensitive themes, including suicide, survival sex work, and abuse.
Comments (3)
What an inspiring life and story! It is so impressive how Bisi survived and persevered! Well done!
Tee Hee, following up on my question about you doing a video on The Hunger, after watching the Interview W Vampire aka Vampire Chronicles series, are you going to do any videos about gay vampires, zombies, witches, (?). It's insane how many there are. LOL
Funny you should ask! My friend Anthony just finished a trip to do some Dracula research (https://www.patreon.com/meakoopa) and I've been looking into some Bram Stoker history and werewolf mythology. No immediate video plans yet but I'm finding lots of fertile material!