Is "Coming Out" Still a Thing?

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
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Check out some of these related past podcast episodes
Pride Month: Good People Celebrate Goodness
LGBTQ-Positive Peace, Love, and Laughs. A Pride Month Special
Coming Out- Process and Our Stories
Pride- Then and Now
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