The Moth Podcast: Pride and Family

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode, we celebrate Pride Month, with three stories all about the joys of LGBTQ+ family - from long-term partnerships, to raising children, to friendships that become a found family. This episode is hosted by Marc Sollinger. Storytellers: Gary Bremen and his partner go on vacation and lose something important . Carly Spotts-Falzone recounts the joys of growing up with two dads. Chris Conde finds comfort and strength in a friend, and in drag. Podcast # 924 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.0	It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:06.0	The multi-award winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:11.0	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:15.0	And every second counts.
0:17.0	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:21.8	FX is the bear.
0:23.1	New season streaming June 26th exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.3	18 plus subscription required, Teas and Cs apply.
0:33.1	Welcome to The Moth.
0:34.6	I'm Mark Salinger, and on this episode, we celebrate Pride Month,
0:38.7	with three stories all about the joys of LGBTQ plus family, from long-term partnerships to raising
0:45.3	children to friendships that become a sort of found family. Family can mean so many different things
0:51.7	to so many different people, but at their best, they can be a
0:55.1	source of strength and comfort in a world that sometimes doesn't understand or accept you.
1:01.2	First up, we have Gary Bremen, who told this at a Miami StorySlam, where the theme was,
1:06.6	appropriately enough, anniversary. Here's Gary, live at the month. Four and a half months after
1:17.6	our first date, we took our first vacation together. And we went to the Grand Canyon. And at the
1:24.7	gift shop there, I saw Roger looking at rings.
1:28.3	Not fancy rings, but the cheap mass-produced 998 Grand Canyon gift shop rings stamped with an Indian design.
1:36.3	We bought two.
1:38.3	It was not legal for us to be married at the time, but those cheap-o rings meant everything that a real
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