Episode 239: Lilly Brown

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Okay: so last month in Episode 234, we had a good ol' fashioned bitch session about how gatekeep-y the Los Angeles queer scene can be. But because we are mature and balanced adults, it seemed only fair to highlight the founder of one queer event in L.A. that is getting it 100% RIGHT! Enter Lilly Brown, the creator and organizer of Queer Field Day! Fostering community has always been a central part of Lilly's life, tracing all the way back to one night in college when she found herself at a queer oil wrestling after-party, looked around, and realized "everything feels right here." Lilly explains how a beach get-together that she figured would draw maybe twenty to fifty people ended up being a 300+ person event, and how from there she built Queer Field Day into one of the most popular gatherings in L.A.! Also, the tale of how a mismatched room share situation at Dinah Shore unexpectedly led Lilly to the love of her life...

Follow Lilly on TikTok and Instagram at @lilly27sings, and check out Queer Field Day at https://www.queerfieldday.com/, and on Instagram at @queerfieldday! For those local to L.A., other queer community resources mentioned in this episode were https://www.hicuties.com/ (make sure to sign up for their fantastic email list!), and @beingqueerinla on Insta.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all.
0:07.4	Hello.
0:09.8	Welcome to Coming Out with Lord and Nicole.
0:13.0	We are a weekly podcast where we have queer folks on from all walks of life.
0:17.0	They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.
0:21.2	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:25.5	Today, I'm really excited. We have on Lily Brown, who I literally, Lily, I was like,
0:35.1	we have, we met so long ago.
0:37.9	We met like close to when I first came out here.
0:41.8	It must have been around 2015.
0:44.5	It would, that, I was earlier than that, wasn't it?
0:47.9	Or no, wait, that was that when you came out here?
0:50.2	Well, I moved here in 2014.
0:52.7	Yeah.
0:52.9	And so I think it was like, you know, right around my year mark was where I was really
0:58.5	starting to find all the queer parties and stuff.
1:00.8	And I remember meeting you at the May Mingle.
1:04.0	And as soon as I saw you, I was like, oh, my God, south of nowhere.
1:10.6	But it was anyone but me.
1:12.4	Oh, fuck, I forgot.
1:13.5	I was lost.
1:13.8	I hope you did say south of nowhere because that would be hilarious.
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