Living In Your Passion Place

Generous love is the theme of this episode.Josie Ross-McCloud and I get candid about the complex relationship between a queer child and their heterosexual parents and family. Josie’s incredible child Salem is a part of the LGBTQIA+ community. They identify as non-binary trans masculine. In this conversation, Josie holds the most loving space for me to talk about one of the most turbulent and transformative times in my life — coming out to my mom at age 22 in 2015. I share a few vivid experiences from my youth that pushed me deep in the closet and made it seem impossible for me to come out — and I share the shocking way my mom found out I was gay. Josie kindly offers me the opportunity to go back in time and re-do the coming out conversation I had with my mom. This was extremely moving and healing. We also discuss:The need all humans have for belonging.How dark and light can co-exist.The challenges of being queer and transgender and how we can become better allies.And how you can create more inclusive, equitab