This is a show about individual experience and personal identity.

There may be times when folks use identifying words or phrases that don't feel right to you.

That's part of what we're exploring here.

Please listen with an open heart, and as always, I welcome your polite, engaged feedback,

and I encourage you to continue the conversation in your own life and with your own community.

Welcome to Query.

Hey Query, it's Kami here.

First, I want to thank all of you who joined me last week on, actually, I guess,

I guess when you'd be doing this, it'll be 10 days ago, for a live performance that I did on Zoom.

It has meant the world to me that so many of you have shown up for book events and stand-up on Zoom,

and it's been nice to just feel like I can still do a portion of my job.

So thank you for being there and for donating.

I was able to pay artists of all kinds throughout the pandemic.

I've been able to pay all of the authors who wanted to be paid on all the panels I did for book

events. I was able to donate to indie booksellers and also separately to employees of indie booksellers

and unions. I've been able to donate to theaters, specifically the link GoodLog and Chicago,

and also Dinesd typewriter here in Los Angeles.

And that is all because they'll have made a bunch of donations via Venmo and PayPal.

I just wanted to say thanks. It's been really wonderful.

Today's episode is a chat with Chastin Buttigieg.

Chastin is a human-manian zone right and also the husband of former presidential candidate

Pete Buttigieg. Chastin has a new book that is out for pre-order. I believe it is called I have

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