Episode 227: Iris Liu

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Throughout her adolescence, Iris Liu ticked off a number of familiar boxes: SUPER good ally; "isn't *everybody* attracted to their friends...?"; all the greatest hits. But it wasn't until she fell in with the rugby team at college that Iris finally had her Aha! moment ("It was like, all of a sudden, all my friends were lesbians"). Today, Iris identifies as both queer and polyamorous, but it's been a hard-won journey that's involved, among other things, "trying to break some generational curses." Iris shares what it was like to unexpectedly meet Her Person (TM) - who just so happened to be a cis man - before she'd had a chance to explore her feelings for women, and how having the terrifying "I think I'm poly" conversation with him ended up bringing them much closer together. Also, we tackle the eternal question: are you the person in the relationship who's afraid of losing your partner, or the person in the relationship who's afraid of losing *yourself*?

Check out Iris' gorgeous website at https://www.irisliuart.com/, and follow her on Instagram at @irisliuofficial!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey y'all.
0:06.9	Hi there.
0:08.8	Welcome to coming out with Lauren and Nicole.
0:10.9	We are a weekly podcast where we have queer folks on from all walks of life.
0:15.1	They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.
0:18.9	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:22.3	Today we are here with Iris Lou.
0:25.5	Hi, Iris.
0:26.8	Hi.
0:27.8	Hey.
0:28.1	So Iris and I know each other through a former podcast guest, also former girlfriend of mine
0:37.7	current friend
0:40.0	Torrey Gaines
0:41.8	we met
0:44.3	we actually met at
0:46.9	the bisexual
0:48.4	like event night I don't even what the fuck was it called
0:52.1	what was it called again I don't know I was just Tori's date, sort of. Yes, exactly. Yeah, we all went together to the, to like the, it was a, it was thrown by, I don't think it was the center, but it was like, um, ambi or ambi. I never know how they want to say that. Anyway, um, but it's like the, the by group in Los Angeles. And it was when I met Lucy,
1:14.4	too. She was, Lucy was performing that night. Oh my God. This is like a confluence of all of our
1:21.3	best guess. Yes. Indeed. And this is just like coming to terms with him. It's like all these
1:27.1	people from my past.
1:28.7	Yes, yes, yes.
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