209: Let Your Sexual Freak Flag Fly – Rick Clemons

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40 Plus Host Rick Clemons

Great sex. Fun Sex. Sex on your terms, your way. Why is that so hard for so many gay guys to achieve? Because of shame, shame, shame about sex and asking for what you want, not only in sex, but in life. We’re breaking the shame game today and inviting you to let your sexual…

195: A Gay Man’s Guide To Life – Britt East

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Living life is messy. Messy, messy, messy. Now add to it being a gay man, and Lord help us, it can get real messy. Helping us undo some of that mess when we think it is impossible is Author Britt East, sharing wisdom from his book “A Gay Man’s Guide To Life.” Listen up and…

537: Coming Out Of The Closet – No Fears – Rick Clemons

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National Coming Out Day is October 11th. And to celebrate this once a year event, Life (UN)Closeted is going solo with host Rick Clemons for a 3 part series on dumping your excuses, facing your fears, and living your unapologetic life as an LGBTQ+ person.  In this episode Rick challenges you to face down your…

532: Living from Boys To Men In Rural America – Taylor Brorby

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Growing up a boy in a mans world is hard enough. But growing up a gay boy in a rural masculine, coal and ranch country is a whole other way of growing up. From bullying to beatings and watching the correlation of tearing up the planet as a metaphor for tearing up someone’s self worth,…

173: No more neckties…Just Be Gay – Dr. Loren A. Olsen, MD

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Many of us as gay men grew up always doing what was expected of us, trying to fit in, compartmentalizing our lives and never letting anyone see the side of us that unacceptable. We end up feeling isolated and alone, but we do what we do to be successful by every other external measure until…

170: Lessons Learned From The Frugal Gay – Tom Brickman

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What do you do when you just can’t find the way to make money doing your passion? You just keep doing it on the side until you find the way. Is it difficult? Challenging? Worth it? Yes, yes, and yes. Tom Brickman – known as The Frugal Gay – shares his insights on how to…

169: The Art Of Self-Forgiveness – Rick Clemons

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40 Plus Host Rick Clemons

We all screw up. We all are too hard on ourselves and not in a good way. And, we all find it really hard to forgive ourselves. Well time to put that crap aside, and give yourself a spoonful of forgiveness and move on beyond whatever has got ya hung up. Here’s a few tips…

506: Gay and Banned From California – Robert C. Steele

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Imagine being gay, and being institutionalized. Imagine being gay and being jailed for being gay. Nothing to imagine, this is reality. The reality of being gay in the 1950’s, just a little over 70 years ago, this was our LGBTQ reality. Robert C. Steele, captures Jim Foshee story in the book he authored, Banned From…