556: Coming Out With Empathy In Your Favor – Rob Volpe

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It’s really easy to say, “My way or the highway.” Especially when coming out or dealing with all the things we deal with as LGBTQ+ individuals. Yet, things can be so much easier when we add a dash of Empathy and as the question, “Tell me more about that?” Empathy Activist Rob Volpe, and author…

546: Grateful For Being LGBTQ – Rick Clemons

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For those of us in the U.S. it is Thanksgiving eve and a wonderful reminder to be grateful. Yet, how often do you remind yourself to be grateful for being LGBTQ. Before we stuff ourselves with Thanksgiving goodies, it is time to take a little breath and give thanks for being our unique selves with…

536: Coming Out Of The Closet – No Excuses – 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 first episode Rick explores the excuses, brought on…

524: Keeping up the fight for equality – Fran Hutchins

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As we wrap of PRIDE MONTH, let’s never forget, our lives and our freedom as LGBTQ individuals continues to be in the crosshairs of so many people in the world. Over 300 bills to date, in 2022 have been brought to the political forefront as a strike to who we are and how we live…

521: Step Up and Be an Amazing LGBTQ Leader – Ash Beckham

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How do you live with courage to become an everyday leader in your life? As an LGBTQ individual? As a Human? Let’s ask Ash Beckham. She’s got a new book at – Step Up: How To Live With Courage and Become an Everyday Leader, where she takes everything she’s learned about leadership since her TEDx…

486: Why National Coming Out Day Matters – Rick Clemons

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It happens every October 11th, since 1988 – National Coming Out Day. The day was founded in 1988 by Richard Eichberg, a psychologist and Jean O’Leary, a gay rights activist, to raise awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and its civil rights movement. They chose October 11th to mark the anniversary…

482: There’s No Shame In Sex – Rick Clemons

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It’s time for the “sex shame” brigade to sashay away. For to many years, those ashamed of sex, except for the purpose of procreation, have tried to shame the rest of us into submission. Well, “Buh-bye, and buh-bye, to you pent up angry sex-deprived individuals!” We’re queer and we’re here because God made us to…

470 – Raising LGTBQ Allies – Chris Tompkins

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What started from his own experiences on the playground and in his familial unit, has led to those moment. A moment where sexuality and gender identity need to be viewed as sacred space for each and everyone of us and human beings. A moment where we can all be eased into a healthy sense of…