Small Business, Big Courage with Sam Wróbel (he/they)

About this episode

Sam Wróbel shares his journey of running a small business as a transgender artist in a rural setting.

Send a text #3: Are you Transgender or LGBTQIA+? Do you live in a small rural town? Or maybe you are an artist, activist, or simply someone who wants to know what it is like to run a small business while living openly as Transgender or gender non-conforming. Sam Wróbel specializes in the Polish paper-cutting folk art of Wycinanki and is a gay, trans, man, and queer artist living in the American South and has experienced transition in the rural U.S. Tune in to listen to the inspiring story of ...

People in this episode

Host: Queer Carter

Guest: Sam Wróbel

Topics covered

• small business
• transgender experiences
• art
• rural living
• queer identity

Keywords

• transgender
• LGBTQIA+
• small business
• Wycinanki
• queer artist

Mentioned in this episode

Places: American South, Poland, U.S.

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