Building Queer Media From Nothing with Damian Pelliccione

Wines We're Drinking Jessica: 2023 Vino Blanco from Para Wines, a Latino owned winery in Oregon Damian: Be Free non-alcoholic rosé (Bevmo, under $10 a bottle) Jessica sits down with Damian Pelliccione, Hollywood's only openly non-binary CEO and co-founder of Revery, the first queer, certified minority owned and operated streaming media company. Damian breaks down what a drag king actually is, gives the inside scoop on King of Drag Season 2 premiering September 20th, and gets honest about building a media company from nothing with three co-founders from wildly different backgrounds. The conversation moves through coming out to an immigrant Italian family, the $1.7 trillion in LGBTQ+ spending power, the Target boycott, and watching ICE activity in his own East LA neighborhood. Pour a glass, this one covers a lot of ground. Content note: this episode includes discussion of immigration enforcement (ICE) and its impact on immigrant communities, plus anti-trans legislation and political attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. In This Episode We Cover [00:00] Intro, name pronunciation banter, and meet Damian Pelliccione [01:19] Wines We're Drinking: Be Free non-alcoholic rosé and the alcohol-free mixology boom [12:03] Pronouns, allyship, and holding space with intention [20:07] Chisme break: phone addiction, digital distraction, and choosing to unplug [28:26] What is a drag king? Breaking down the art form and the King of Drag origin story [42:16] Coming out to an immigrant family and building Revery from a hotel room idea [53:31] The hardest part of building a queer and POC owned company, and why diversity accelerates innovation [1:04:26] LGBTQ+ buying power, the Target boycott, and Latina Power chisme [1:11:08] Trans safety, the King of Drag national tour, and real allyship [1:17:17] ICE in his East LA neighborhood, fashion as protest, and where to watch King of Drag About Damian: Named one of Business Insider's top power player execs in video streaming, co-founder of Revry, GLAAD Media Award winner for Drag Latina, and a graduate of the Goldman Sachs Black and Latinx 2020 Accelerator Program. Connect with Damian Pelliccione Reverie: www.reverie.com King of Drag Season 2: premieres Sunday, September 20th on Reverie King of Drag National Tour: www.kingofdragtour.com Mic Drop podcast: streaming on Reverie Instagram: @damianmedia @kingofdragtv Connect with Wine & Chisme Website: www.thewineandchismepodcast.com Instagram: @thewineandchisme TikTok: @thewineandchisme Call us and tell us how we're doing (858) 304-0266 Sin prisa. Sin vergüenza. Con vino. #WineAndChisme #LatinaPodcast #NonBinaryCEO #KingOfDrag #Reverie #QueerOwnedBusiness #DragKing #LGBTQPodcast #LatineWine #AllyshipMatters