Episode 104: Makeda Declet

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Just months before the protests, writer/actor Makeda Declet (Miracle Workers; Veep) wrote a one-act play that dealt with issues of intersectionality within the LGBTQ community. She talks to us about the experiences she's had as a Black queer woman that inspired her to write that piece, including having to exist in queer spaces that are predominantly run and populated by young white women. We also discuss the controversy surrounding West Hollywood's recent "All Black Lives Matter" Pride march.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all.
0:07.6	Hi.
0:08.8	Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole.
0:11.1	We are a weekly podcast where we have queer folks on from all walks of life.
0:15.2	They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.
0:19.1	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:22.2	Indeed.
0:23.4	Today, we are so happy to have Makata DeClet with us.
0:27.8	McKeda is an actor and a writer and just an incredible artist.
0:32.1	I was fortunate enough to be cast in a one-act play of hers back literally right before COVID hit.
0:42.6	Yet the last time I went out publicly, I was telling me Jesus.
0:47.3	Had it been, had the performance been even one week later, we would have gotten canceled.
0:52.3	And it was just an absolute joy. and I am still in awe of how
0:57.2	wonderful the piece was. So, Makata, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me.
1:03.4	Yeah. So. Let's just wrap it up here. Let's just be a quickie.
1:09.6	Quite well we're having. Thanks for having.
1:11.6	Make it fine.
1:12.6	Um, so tell everybody a little bit about yourself.
1:15.6	Okay.
1:17.6	My favorite thing to do.
1:19.6	No, I am, I'm originally from Brooklyn, New York.
1:23.6	I grew up there, went to high school in Georgia, went back to New York for college, where I went to
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