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Life Kit

Navigating the coming out conversation — from both sides

Life Kit

NPR

Business, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Coming out looks different for everyone and is a continuous process. WNYC Studio's Nancy hosts talk with people about their coming out stories to learn what went well, what could have gone better, and what to say if someone comes out to you.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, this is Jennifer Sandfake. I live out here on the west coast in Oregon. My

0:07.0

tip is about finding time to train your dog every day. You can use the regular meal and

0:13.5

ask for things like fit, throw down, or teach them tricks and have them work for each

0:19.5

of their meals. So for dogs that are eating twice a day, that's two times every day that

0:24.8

will help them be more fun to live with and improve your bond with them. Thanks for

0:29.9

what you guys do with this podcast. A lot of fun to listen to. Take care.

0:36.9

You know, one of the reasons coming out is so tricky is because there's no one way to

0:41.4

do it. Everyone's experience is a little different. You hear stories about people getting

0:46.2

outright rejected by friends and family when they come out or you hear about the person

0:50.7

coming out and their dad has like baked a cake that says we always knew and they never

0:55.6

have to talk about it again and it's all great and fine. And then there are those of

0:59.3

us who have experiences somewhere in the middle. This sort of squishy center of coming out

1:04.1

where everyone's trying to navigate the give and take of these very intimate conversations.

1:09.2

I'm Tobin Lowe. And I'm Kathy too. And we are the co-hosts of the podcast Nancy. It's

1:13.9

a storytelling podcast from WNYC Studios about all things LGBTQ. On our show, we talk about

1:20.1

everything from dating to finding chosen family to going to queer summer camp.

1:24.6

One of my favorite episodes. Yeah, we've done a lot. And something that we talk a lot

1:29.4

about on our show is no surprise here. The experience of coming out as a queer or trans

1:35.0

person. So we thought even though pride looks very different this year with the pandemic

1:41.2

and protests against police brutality, people still come out. So we're teaming up with

1:47.1

NPR's life kit one of my favorite shows to offer a little bit of advice on the topic.

1:53.2

Wonder Twin Powers activate. You make that reference all the time and I still don't know

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