Ep. 13 | AJ Hikes: Designing History, The Realities of Allyship, & "Doing It Scared"

Send us Fan MailFrom being born on a military base in Okinawa, Japan, to fundamentally shifting global queer culture from the heart of North Philadelphia, AJ Hikes joins The Kenlo Show for a monumentally raw conversation on legacy, visibility, and self-preservation. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on AJ’s historic creation of the Philadelphia Pride Flag with black and brown stripes, navigating viral global backlash, and surviving death threats while holding down a solo office at City Hall. AJ details growing up under an inspirational Spelman VP mother, becoming the youngest Upward Bound director in Ivy League history at age 25, breaking systemic foster care cycles, and knowing exactly when to step away from 100-hour political workweeks to choose healing over burnout.Support the showFollow the Kenlo Showhttps://www.instagram.com/thekenloshow/Follow Ya girl Kenlo here :https://www.instagram.com/yogirlkenlo_/