Episode 135: Crystal Robinson

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Lauren and Episode 104's Makeda Declet have THE THRILL OF THEIR LIVES talking to former WNBA player Crystal Robinson, the pod's first professional athlete! Crystal grew up in Oklahoma in a racially segregated town of only 425 people, yet still had the wherewithal to come out to her mother in the third grade. She discusses the early days of the WNBA when being out was largely shunned, and shares a harrowing story of getting racially profiled in her hometown just months ago. Also, her upcoming memoir!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody.
0:07.0	Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole.
0:11.0	We are a weekly podcast where we have on queer folks from all walks of life.
0:15.0	They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.
0:20.0	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:23.2	Woo!
0:24.2	You nailed it.
0:26.5	Who nailed it?
0:28.2	It is, my co-host for today is Maccada DeClet.
0:32.8	You may remember her from episode 104.
0:35.8	McKeda, I'm so excited to have you here.
0:39.3	Uh, we are both very, very excited to speak to our guest because we are here with Crystal
0:45.3	Robinson, who is a former WNBA player.
0:48.3	Hi, Crystal.
0:49.3	Hi, Crystal.
0:50.3	Hey, guys.
0:51.3	Thanks for having me.
0:52.3	I'm excited about this conversation.
0:53.3	I'm always excited to have a little fun.
0:55.9	We are so thrilled. We had on a while ago a wonderful guy named Izzy Gutierrez, who is an ESPN, I guess, commentator, you would say, but you are our first athlete who we have ever had on the podcast, which sounds crazy, but Nicole and I were both theater majors and we only know theater people.
1:16.8	So we've had a lot of requests for athletes, and you are the first.
1:22.3	So I'm so thrilled to have you here.
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