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Maybe you've heard that Stonewall was a riot where queer people fought back against police

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I almost feel like we should talk about the fact that you are here for your wedding more because we didn't talk about it in the previous

episode or am I being so literal and we need to like let go and and and let ideas come to us.

No, we can talk about it more. There's something about this moment being captured on tape where I'm like,

you'll wind up where you listen to this one day. You know, this is how I felt after Trump was elected the

second time. I um, you is how I felt after Trump was elected the second time.

I, um, you flew in yesterday. I flew yesterday. And today is Tuesday and you're getting married on Saturday. Yeah. How are you feeling, queen? I feel normal. I'm feeling like, like, I do feel a bit like,

like, like it's a solo show and I'm like, oh, God, oh, God.

Like, there's just like logistics that are sort of unknown until the day of where you're like,

oh, like, what if someone weird shows up and they like, well, we've had a couple of close calls,

folks.

And, uh, yeah, or like, what if it's really windy and, like, something blows away?

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