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CORRECTION: Toast mistakenly associated “Prop 8” with Hawaii in this episode, but it was actually associated with California! More on this, and all the other episode details, on the blog: https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/is-coming-out-still-a-thing
• Toast shares how she was raised as an Evangelical Christian & how she came out
• Siena shares how she was raised Catholic, attended an all-girls Catholic school, had many gay uncles and aunties in her family & how she came out
• approval of non-heterosexuality in the Christian Bible
• needing to re-learn what reality is when you discover you’re gay after having been raised in the Evangelical Christian world
As of this writing – 2023 – a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans is in effect according to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest organization advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in America. (https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Anti-LGBTQ-Legislation-Impact-Report.pdf )
You know we generally keep this podcast show thingamajig on the light and fun side, but we do want to make sure you’re aware that these are perilous times.
Steady On.
Blog post for this episode: https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/is-coming-out-still-a-thing
LGBTQ+ Americans Under Attack: A Report and Reflection On The 2023 State Legislative Session: Read Here
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Check out some of these related past podcast episodes
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Coming Out- Process and Our Stories
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