Episode 164: AJ Detwiler

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We cover some entirely new ground this week in a fantastic conversation with disability advocate AJ Detwiler! AJ lives at the intersection of queer, female, and disabled, but many of her dating experiences have sadly revealed our community to be...less "body-positive" than we'd like to imagine. AJ discusses the pressure she feels to prove her physical autonomy in relationships, and we talk about the huge moment of sexy disabled visibility that occurred just this past weekend on The L Word!

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody.
0:07.3	Hey, y'all.
0:08.6	Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole.
0:11.5	We are a weekly podcast where we bring on queer folks from all walks of life.
0:15.3	They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.
0:20.2	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:22.8	Yo, we are here today with AJ Detweiler, who is a listener of the pod and is someone who I,
0:30.8	we have followed, AJ and I have followed each other on Twitter for quite some time.
0:36.5	And recently, AJ got kind of connected to a previous guest,
0:43.1	Ariela, who was our queer dating coach, for those who heard that episode. And then,
0:49.4	long story short, Ariella reposted something of AJ's, and I was like, oh, my God, I already know AJ,
0:55.7	and AJ seems like she would be a great guest.
0:58.2	But I don't need to describe this.
1:01.2	I'd rather hear AJ talk about it.
1:03.6	Hello, AJ.
1:04.9	How are you?
1:05.6	Hi, I'm good.
1:07.4	Thank you so much for joining us.
1:09.6	Yeah, do you want to talk a little about what you were telling Nicole and I off mic about how that went down and then we can continue?
1:22.1	Yes, I heard your episode with Arellella, or she mentioned that there was people with
1:30.6	disabilities that she was interested in learning more about and that made me perk my ears up.
1:37.6	So I deamped her and said that I would be willing to provide any insight if I could help in any way.
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