About this episode

This episode features a conversation about the experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals in the veterinary profession during Pride Month.

In this special Pride Month episode of the Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, our host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, sits down with Tripp Oliphant, DVM, for an honest, vulnerable conversation about growing up LGBTQIA+ in the veterinary profession. Together they explore what it was like coming of age with little representation, the pressure to channel identity into achievement and perfectionism, and the realities of coming out, not just once, but again and again throughout a career and a life.

People in this episode

Host: Adam Christman

Guest: Tripp Oliphant

Topics covered

• Pride Month
• LGBTQIA+
• veterinary profession
• identity
• representation
• coming out

Keywords

• Pride Month
• LGBTQIA+
• veterinary medicine
• identity
• representation
• coming out
• achievement
• perfectionism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: dvm360

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