Episode 261: Lane Willis

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Lauren is joined by her friend and co-facilitator, Maggie Tielker (Episode 165), for an in-depth conversation with Lane Willis, whom Lauren and Maggie both know from the L.A. LGBT Center's HERstories group! Lane (they/them) is a *phenomenal* kindergarten teacher, who hopes their students will always remember them as "that one that wore the rainbow shoes." Lane knew that they "adored girls" as early as five years old, and also strongly identified with both Twiggy and Elton John. But a rushed marriage to a man at only nineteen years old quashed any chance of Lane exploring either their sexuality or their gender identity for many years. Lane shares how their involvement in an underground swinging community confirmed their long-suppressed attraction to women, and discusses how non-binary YouTubers guided them to their eventual gender epiphany at the age of fifty-two. Plus, Lane tells a story about running into a former student at Pride that will pull on even the sturdiest of heartstrings!

If you're interested in any of the groups or workshops discussed during this episode, check out the L.A. LGBT Center's website at https://socialnet.lalgbtcenter.org/social-networking-groups/, and follow them everywhere at @lalgbtcenter. Also, follow Maggie at @maggietielker, and check out some of her designs at @worldofwonder!

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone.
0:08.0	Welcome to Coming Out Pod.
0:10.4	We officially have a new logo.
0:14.6	It's real. It's happening.
0:17.6	I'm still figuring out how to do these intros solo. You're welcome for this awkwardness. It may
0:25.9	fade with time or it may become my trademark. But today, I do have a guest co-host. It's Maggie
0:33.3	from episode 165. Hi, Maggie. Thank you for doing this. Hey, Lauren. Thanks for having me.
0:41.1	Oh, my God. I am thrilled to have you. I asked Maggie specifically if she would do this episode,
0:45.8	because as you may remember, if you are a long-time listener, and you heard Maggie's episode,
0:50.3	besides being a friend, Maggie is one of my co-facilitators at the LA LGBT Center, but not just any, not just any facilitator.
0:59.8	We co-facilitate her stories, which has been mentioned on this podcast like 14,000 times.
1:06.5	Yeah, Maggie and I co-facilitate every week.
1:10.4	We've been doing this group for, God, like, since we went virtual.
1:14.0	So like over three years.
1:15.9	But our guest today, Maggie and I both know from her stories.
1:21.3	So I really, I asked Maggie if she would do this so that we would be reunited.
1:26.4	This is very exciting because we've never been
1:28.7	on a Zoom outside of that group. Our guest is Lane Willis. Lane, hello. Thank you so much for
1:35.8	here. Hi, hi, everybody. I'm glad to be here. I am excited to see you in a large box on the screen
1:43.1	because usually her stories is a big group we have
1:45.0	like upwards of 20 people so usually the boxes are very small but now we just have three boxes
1:49.8	they're all equal size it's a democracy um but yeah so lane has been coming to her stories
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