I'm going to be here. Hello and welcome to Outward, Slate's LGBT show.

I am Brian Loudder and editor at Slate, and this week we have a long promised, much anticipated

advice show for you.

Thanks to all the listeners who've sent in letters and please send in more.

We really like doing this has been fun to prepare for this one.

So just to call right up here at the top

to send more of your problems,

low stakes, high drama, whatever it is,

into us by voice memo if you can,

but emails fine too at outward podcast and

slet for future shows because it's going to be fun to get into these letters

today. All right now it is time to meet our distinguished panel of advice givers. I see on my screen here Jules Gil Peterson

hello famous know-it-all with too many opinions about how to live your life which

normally I have to keep to myself, which is, I think, a tragedy for the whole world.

So I'm grateful slash alarmed that I am back.

I think you're very wise, yeah.

Yeah, someone new to the show that we're so excited to have joining Matthew

Rodriguez.

If you have been reading queer journalism for many years now, you'll probably know Matthew's

byline. He's an award-winning writer living in

Brooklyn he's a former senior editor at The Atlantic them and the body which is a great

HIV AIDS news website his work has been featured in the nation the village

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