"Life Out Loud": Family of Choice - Margaret Cho, Don Lemon, Jonathan Capehart

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🗓️ 12 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On a new episode of ABC's "Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson," LZ explores the idea of chosen family with comedian and actress Margaret Cho, CNN's Don Lemon and the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart. Honored as a Best New Podcast of 2021 by Spotify, "Life Out Loud" features thought-provoking, poignant and engaging conversations with some of the most influential and inspirational people in the LGBTQ+ community. Award-winning journalist LZ Granderson draws from his own experience as a gay, Black father. This season’s topics have included faith, trans acceptance, and community. Guests have included Ariana DeBose, Chasten Buttigieg, Ts Madison, and Dan Savage, among others. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you're listening now by searching for "Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Kelly, and I want to let you know about my very good friend, Elsie Granderson's
0:08.8	awesome podcast, Life Out Loud.
0:12.0	This season, Elsie talks to some really fascinating people about topics that touch the LGBT
0:18.4	Plus community from complicated questions about faith to the path to trans acceptance.
0:24.8	Really important stuff.
0:26.5	We recently sat down with comedian Margaret Cho, and two of his close friends, Don Lemon,
0:32.2	and Jonathan K. Partt, to talk about the concept of family of choice.
0:37.4	It's a really great lesson, so we're making it easy for you by dropping it here, and when
0:42.2	you're done, be sure to follow Life Out Loud with Elsie Granderson to catch up on all
0:47.1	of his past episodes and get new ones delivered right to you every Thursday.
0:53.0	Enjoy!
1:00.0	I'm Elsie Granderson, and this is Life Out Loud.
1:08.5	My friend Tony died from complications of AIDS when I was in college.
1:12.0	I've spoken in bottom before, it's because I think about him a lot.
1:16.4	Sometimes with tears, a lot of times with laughter, always with a smile.
1:22.5	Tony knew I was gay before I did, and in his own way he looked after me.
1:26.7	He knew when I was getting beaten at home, he knew when I was selling drugs on the street,
1:30.8	he knew me.
1:32.3	I was still in the closet when he died, so for a long time I didn't fully understand
1:36.5	why my heart broke in the unique manner in which it did.
1:40.5	It wasn't until I came out years later that I saw Tony wasn't just my friend, he was
1:45.0	my big sister, and I miss her.
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