Episode 023: Dating With Dignity with Marni Battista

You’ve been waiting to come out. Your thoughts, feelings, and emotions are in high gear. Possibly, you’ve been experimenting with same sex encounters, but you wouldn’t necessarily consider it dating. Finally, you’ve said the words, “I’m gay,” and now it’s time to find your Mr. or Mrs. Right. Let the dating games begin. Known as…

Episode 022: Sex, Food, Desire, and Coming Out!

Call it cravings or desires, we humans want what we want when we want it! Yet, being our sexual selves aren’t just a craving, it’s who we are at our core. But, what about that desire to come out of the closet? That innate urge to just be who we are? How does sex, food,…

Episode 021: The Art Of Authenticity

Pretending To Be Who You’re Not Is Scarier Than Being Who You’re Truly Meant To Be! In a world of reality TV Shows, tabloid magazines, and “Drink This Magic Elixir And Lose 25 Pounds Overnight,” is it really all that surprising that we’re driven to live life’s pretending to be something that we’re not? It’s…

Episode 020: The Messy Trifecta – Sexuality, Spirituality, & Religion!

Do you really have to choose between your God and your inner spirit? Some say yes, others say no. Then there are those who say, let’s see what happens if you try to make it work. But how? In reality, sexuality, spirituality, and a relationship with your creator should be a personal journey. So how…

Episode 019: Mommy & Mommy, Daddy & Daddy! Adoption, and Surrogacy…here we come!

First you “come out,” then you find a mate, then you mate. Simple right? Not exactly! Choosing to be a parent, takes a lot of strength, patience, and love. Especially when you’re a LGBT couple wanting to start a family. Do you adopt or surrogate? How do you make the decision? What kind of communication…

Episode 018: Let’s Talk Gay and Religion…Shall We?

One of the most hotly debated topics when it comes to acceptance of LGBTQ individuals, is that “your lifestyle is a sin against God.” Really? That would mean that God screwed up majorly when he created the more than 4 million Americans that identify as LGBTQ. Did God really make individuals to be gay, lesbian,…

Episode 017: My Dad’s Gay, How ’bout Yours?

Just how would you react to those words if your Dad or Mom blurted them out right after asking, “Can you please pass the pot roast?” Shock, fear, disappointment? Happy, jubilant, excited? No matter the age, when a child’s parent makes the grand announcement that they’re gay, there is a plethora of emotion that is…

Episode 016: Why National Coming Out Day Rocks!

On Oct. 11, 1987, half a million people participated in the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It was the second such demonstration in our nation’s capital and resulted in the founding of a number of LGBT organizations, including the National Latino/a Gay & Lesbian Organization (LLEGÓ) and AT&T’s LGBT employee group, LEAGUE. …

Episode 015: The Effortless Yes To Coming Out. – Guest: Julie Steelman

Imagine feeling fully in yourself. No more hiding, stressing, or feeling scared of being who you are. Now envision, the whole journey of living authentically was simply about “Closing The Sale.” Stepping into that place of really being who you are started with a simple “Sales Job” on yourself so that you could buy into……