Hello everybody, this is Jennifer Matteris.

And before I get started today, I'd just like to take care of the usual housekeeping.

First of all, I'd like to preemptively apologize.

I'm recording this episode during the day so I can get it done for the month of April.

Instead of in the middle of the night, as I usually usually do when there are no cars on the road.

So if you do hear any cars in the background, that's why.

Secondly, if you'd like to support the podcast, as always, you can do so with a one-time

donation through PayPal.

The address, by the way, is disaster area at mail.com or per episode through our Patreon.

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And as always, I do take requests.

I do.

But I cannot guarantee when I may get to doing any specific disaster. I tend to just

kind of randomly pick stuff and sometimes I don't really want to follow one fire with another

or one plane crash with another, that sort of thing. So really depends on when I get to it.

But I like taking requests. I like being able to make the list of possible disasters I may do a little bit longer.

Now, for this particular episode, I will be using the term LGBT throughout the episode, but I do so with no intention of leaving out any sexual orientation or gender identity.

This disaster focuses mainly on men who are attracted to other men, be they gay, bisexual,

or however else they might identify.

The point is, all of these are valid.

And if you don't believe that, well, maybe you shouldn't be listening to the

podcast by the bisexual woman. I do want to offer a trigger warning, however. I will be discussing

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