This is a show about individual experience and personal identity.

There may be times when folks use identifying words or phrases that don't feel right to you.

That's part of what we're exploring here.

Please listen with an open heart, and as always, I welcome your polite, engaged feedback,

and I encourage you to continue the conversation in your own life and with your own community.

Welcome to Query.

Hey Query, it's Kami here.

I am super excited about today's episode.

I think it's really vulnerable and honest, and it's chat with Kristen Russo,

who you might know from the buffering podcast or from her long history of work in the LGBTQ advocacy space.

She's also a good friend of mine, and I think this is a really honest and beautiful chat.

And hey, speaking of honest and beautiful chatting, plus jokes, I have added some dates in Manhattan

and Minneapolis to the shows that I have coming up in Portland, San Francisco,

Brooklyn, Boston, and Los Angeles that are not yet sold out.

You can find all that information at cameraNesposito.com.

Slash tour, please scoop up those tickets and enjoy my chat with Kristen Russo.

I always have guests introduce themselves. Will you introduce yourself?

I will. Hi, my name is Kristen Russo. I do some things like, do you want me to talk about what I

do, Cameron? Well, it can really be a choose your own adventure, but sure, I'd love to hear how you

describe what you do. Well, I know it's the eternal question. Mostly these days, I do exactly

this. I talk into a microphone, but I do so about Buffy the Vampire Slayer show from the 1990s.

And I also have worked with LGBTQ communities for almost a decade.

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