About this episode

The episode features real voices from the Pride festival, sharing personal stories of acceptance and identity.

What does it feel like to walk into a place where you finally get to stop explaining yourself? For a lot of people, that place is Pride. This time the microphone belongs to the community itself, real voices recorded right there at the festival. A woman who came out the day she met her wife. A mom who accepted her kid without a second's hesitation. A drag performer in seven layers of tights and a whole lot of heart. Some were standing at their very first Pride. Others have long since lost coun...

Topics covered

• Pride
• LGBTQ+ community
• personal stories
• acceptance
• identity

Keywords

• Pride
• LGBTQ+
• acceptance
• personal stories
• community

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