✍️ Memoirist | 🎭 Musical Creator | 📣 Marketing Futurist
Dispatches from the jungle, the page, and the stage.
It’s called “The People Who Carried Us”... and it’s about the quiet, powerful figures who helped queer kids survive long before we knew we needed saving.
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#LGBT #Gay #Queer #LGBT #LGBTCommunity #Politics
It’s called “The People Who Carried Us”... and it’s about the quiet, powerful figures who helped queer kids survive long before we knew we needed saving.
open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#LGBT #Gay #Queer #LGBT #LGBTCommunity #Politics
Sometimes, it leaves bruises.
Broadway has always known this — especially for queer characters.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/queer-b...
#Broadway #musicals #broadwaymusicals #theatre
Sometimes, it leaves bruises.
Broadway has always known this — especially for queer characters.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/queer-b...
#Broadway #musicals #broadwaymusicals #theatre
Be funny. Be fierce. Be fabulous.
But don’t be angry. Don’t be political. Don’t be too much.
🧵 A thread about performative acceptance & conditional love.
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#lgbt #LGBTQ #queer #gay #politics #culture
It’s loud. Flirty. And the most fun I’ve ever had writing a song.
But it’s also about something deeper: how I connect with the world as a deaf artist.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/dance-p...
#music #Newmusic #newmusicfriday #pop #dancemusic
It’s loud. Flirty. And the most fun I’ve ever had writing a song.
But it’s also about something deeper: how I connect with the world as a deaf artist.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/dance-p...
#music #Newmusic #newmusicfriday #pop #dancemusic
But here’s the real story:
www.waymonhudson.com/post/costa-r...
#CostaRica #PuraVida #Expat #DigitalNomad #LGBTQ #Travel
But here’s the real story:
www.waymonhudson.com/post/costa-r...
#CostaRica #PuraVida #Expat #DigitalNomad #LGBTQ #Travel
That’s the trap.
It keeps you just miserable enough to stay.
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#MessyReinvention #Reinvention #DeafArtist #CreativeJourney #QueerWriter #CostaRica #Burnout
That’s the trap.
It keeps you just miserable enough to stay.
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#MessyReinvention #Reinvention #DeafArtist #CreativeJourney #QueerWriter #CostaRica #Burnout
This week’s #BehindBroadway dives into love that refuses to hide.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/queer-b...
This week’s #BehindBroadway dives into love that refuses to hide.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/queer-b...
That surviving is enough.
That dragging yourself from one crisis to the next counts as strength.
But let’s be honest: survival isn’t living. It’s just a prettier name for barely hanging on.
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#Survivor #surviving #MessyReinvention
That surviving is enough.
That dragging yourself from one crisis to the next counts as strength.
But let’s be honest: survival isn’t living. It’s just a prettier name for barely hanging on.
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#Survivor #surviving #MessyReinvention
Turns out, I was grieving being seen.
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#Deaf #deafcommunity #disability #disabilitytwitter #Inclusion #InclusionMatters
Turns out, I was grieving being seen.
P
open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#Deaf #deafcommunity #disability #disabilitytwitter #Inclusion #InclusionMatters
In the 1920s & 30s, queer performers ruled nightlife. They called it The Pansy Craze.
Before Stonewall. Before Pride parades. Before RuPaul told us to sashay away.
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#LGBTQHistoryMonth #LGBT #Queer #History #Pride
In the 1920s & 30s, queer performers ruled nightlife. They called it The Pansy Craze.
Before Stonewall. Before Pride parades. Before RuPaul told us to sashay away.
open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#LGBTQHistoryMonth #LGBT #Queer #History #Pride
When I started my Substack, I called it "Notes from the Jungle." It fit — I’d just moved to Costa Rica, burned out, broken, and desperate to start fresh.
But the more I wrote, the more I realized… this wasn’t really about the jungle.
When I started my Substack, I called it "Notes from the Jungle." It fit — I’d just moved to Costa Rica, burned out, broken, and desperate to start fresh.
But the more I wrote, the more I realized… this wasn’t really about the jungle.
The one who wasn’t exhausted or anxious.
The one who laughed easily and slept deeply.
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#Reinvention #Burnout #AntiHustle #MessyReinvention #costarica #Expat
The one who wasn’t exhausted or anxious.
The one who laughed easily and slept deeply.
open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#Reinvention #Burnout #AntiHustle #MessyReinvention #costarica #Expat
Broadway’s Queer Emcees & the Power of Invitation.
From Cabaret’s Emcee to Speakeasy’s Merc, these characters don’t just open the show — they open the door.
They turn performance into protest, and joy into survival.
Full post www.waymonhudson.com/post/broadwa...
Broadway’s Queer Emcees & the Power of Invitation.
From Cabaret’s Emcee to Speakeasy’s Merc, these characters don’t just open the show — they open the door.
They turn performance into protest, and joy into survival.
Full post www.waymonhudson.com/post/broadwa...
Make it palatable.
Find a smaller version of ourselves that doesn’t make anyone too uncomfortable.
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#Joy #LGBT #QueerJoy #WritingCommunity #writing #reinvention
Make it palatable.
Find a smaller version of ourselves that doesn’t make anyone too uncomfortable.
open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#Joy #LGBT #QueerJoy #WritingCommunity #writing #reinvention
Kindness doesn’t mean compliance.
Community doesn’t mean compromise.
💌 New Substack: Finding Your People When the World’s on Fire.
Because connection isn’t weakness — It’s how #resistance is born.
waymonhudson.substack.com/p/finding-yo...
Kindness doesn’t mean compliance.
Community doesn’t mean compromise.
💌 New Substack: Finding Your People When the World’s on Fire.
Because connection isn’t weakness — It’s how #resistance is born.
waymonhudson.substack.com/p/finding-yo...
That moment when tenderness meets rage — and something inside snaps.
🧵 A thread on Broadway’s confrontation songs — and why they wreck us (ft. Last Call from Speakeasy).
www.waymonhudson.com/post/broadwa...
#Musicals #MusicalTheatre #Music #theater
That moment when tenderness meets rage — and something inside snaps.
🧵 A thread on Broadway’s confrontation songs — and why they wreck us (ft. Last Call from Speakeasy).
www.waymonhudson.com/post/broadwa...
#Musicals #MusicalTheatre #Music #theater
Feelings were something you hid.
And if you were a boy — especially a different kind of boy — you learned fast to smile through it.
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#broadway #musical #musicaltheatre #music
Feelings were something you hid.
And if you were a boy — especially a different kind of boy — you learned fast to smile through it.
open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#broadway #musical #musicaltheatre #music
The quietest goodbye I’ve ever written.
The moment you realize love shouldn’t make you disappear.
🎧 Stream it here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #NewMusicFriday #NewMusicAlert #NewMusic2025 #popmusic #Deaf
The quietest goodbye I’ve ever written.
The moment you realize love shouldn’t make you disappear.
🎧 Stream it here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #NewMusicFriday #NewMusicAlert #NewMusic2025 #popmusic #Deaf
It’s not just “different.” It’s life-changing.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/culture...
#PuraVida #Expats #Travel #travelblogger
It’s not just “different.” It’s life-changing.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/culture...
#PuraVida #Expats #Travel #travelblogger
But this song isn’t about slammed doors or dramatic finales.
It’s about the quiet goodbye — the kind where you realize you’re shrinking to be loved.
waymonhudson.substack.com/p/before-i-g...
#NewMusic #Music #Pop #Ballad #Musica
Before I Go drops Oct 10 — but paid subscribers just got the exclusive first listen today.
It’s raw. Quiet. A love song about finally choosing yourself.
💌 Upgrade to hear it early + get future music drops before the world does: open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#NewMusicFriday
Before I Go drops Oct 10 — but paid subscribers just got the exclusive first listen today.
It’s raw. Quiet. A love song about finally choosing yourself.
💌 Upgrade to hear it early + get future music drops before the world does: open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
#NewMusicFriday
It’s this: “Can I bring my dog?” 🐾
Answer: Yes.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/pets-in...
#CostaRica #ExpatLife #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #Expat #puraVida #traveltips #travelblogger #LGBTQ #Gay
It’s this: “Can I bring my dog?” 🐾
Answer: Yes.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/pets-in...
#CostaRica #ExpatLife #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #Expat #puraVida #traveltips #travelblogger #LGBTQ #Gay
Some of its most gut-punching songs wrestle with something darker: toxic masculinity.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/when-br...
#BehindBroadway #MusicalTheatre #musicals #Broadwaymusicals
Some of its most gut-punching songs wrestle with something darker: toxic masculinity.
www.waymonhudson.com/post/when-br...
#BehindBroadway #MusicalTheatre #musicals #Broadwaymusicals
I’ll be on a panel about moving to Costa Rica + building #queer community here.
📩 Tickets/info: info@ccdcr.org or ccdcr.org/trade-mission-lgtbqcostarica
Come join us! 🌈✨ #LGBTQ
I’ll be on a panel about moving to Costa Rica + building #queer community here.
📩 Tickets/info: info@ccdcr.org or ccdcr.org/trade-mission-lgtbqcostarica
Come join us! 🌈✨ #LGBTQ