Episode 192: Koren Porras

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Nicole met the gorgeous-inside-and-out Koren Porras (he/they) in a dance class, and the two of them immediately bonded over being bisexual (and "very woo woo"). Koren grew up in the "deep, deep south" of New Orleans and Texas, and found himself othered more for his North African/Native American heritage than for his burgeoning sexuality/non-binary identity. He explains how not fitting into any particular box actually spared him from bullying, and shares how a traumatic loss he experienced at twenty-two prompted him to stop "flying under the radar," and live fully as his true self. We also fangirl over Koren's '90s DiCaprio hair, and discuss the horny music videos that were part of our queer awakenings!

Follow/message Koren on Instagram at @koren.siren!

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0:00.0	Hey y'all.
0:07.0	Hi.
0:08.0	Hello.
0:09.0	Hello.
0:10.0	Greetings.
0:11.0	Welcome to coming out with Lauren and Nicole.
0:15.0	We are a weekly podcast where we have queer folks on from all walks of life.
0:19.0	They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends,
0:22.5	family, and the world at large.
0:24.8	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:28.6	Today, we have the first of my dance community
0:30.6	on the pod.
0:33.9	Corinne Porras, welcome.
0:36.7	We are so excited to have you.
0:39.0	So Corinne and I met, so for those of you out there, I mean, I've made, I've made mention of my passion for dance on the pod before.
0:52.1	But for those who don't know, I absolutely love to dance.
0:56.1	It's like my, it's my favorite physical outlet.
1:00.9	It's probably my favorite artistic outlet, to be totally honest with you, too.
1:03.8	But the one in which I put the least pressure on myself, because I've never been like,
1:07.8	I need to be a professional dancer.
1:10.0	And so it's just, it is the thing that brings me like maybe more joy than almost anything else in my entire life.
1:17.2	And it always has been that way.
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