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028: Celebrating Pride Month: Embracing Your Authentic Self
Coach Elix and Steven the Medium celebrate Pride Month this episode by reflecting on the Stonewall uprising, the origin of the pride parade, their personal experiences growing up gay, and why being gay is not a lifestyle.
“Queer people don’t grow up as ourselves, we grow up playing a version of ourselves that sacrifices authenticity to minimize humiliation and prejudice.”
Timestamps:
[04:40] Why is pride month a whole month?
[07:12] What was the Stonewall uprising?
[15:06] What was it like to be gay in 1969?
[18:12] Is the LGBTQ community fully equal to their heterosexual counterparts now?
[20:42] What happened during the Stonewall uprising and why it makes sense that Stonewall had to be owned by the mafia.
[24:51] Misconceptions that straight allies have about the LGBTQ community.
[26:58] Why do we remember the Stonewall uprising? (the orign of the pride parade)
[30:33] Coach Elix’s experience being gay as a young person.
[35:46] Steven the Medium’s experience being gay (responding powerfully to a bully).
[39:17] The simple reason that explains why being gay is not a lifestyle.
[43:35] What you should do if you suspect someone in your life is gay.
3 Key Takeaways:
The Stonewall uprising in 1969 was the catalyst for the LGBTQ civil rights movement. Stonewall was a filthy dive bar. It was the only bar that allowed people to fully be themselves without judgement or persecution. It took a lot of pain and suffering to achieve equal rights.
LGBTQ persons still face discrimination despite equal rights laws. There has been a lot of progress since 1969, but the fight continues.
Being gay is not a lifestyle. A lifestyle is golfing, wanting to cook, wanting to travel, etc. Being gay is being born gay. Nobody chooses to be treated as a second class citizen.
If you found value in this episode, please leave a 5-star review so we can continue inspiring you!
Get a G.R.I.P. with Coach Elix airs live on WARA 1320AM out of Attleboro, MA every Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern. To listen live or be a caller, stream the show from anywhere in the world by visiting www.wararadio.com.
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Coach Elix and Steven the Medium celebrate Pride Month this episode by reflecting on the Stonewall uprising, the origin of the pride parade, their personal experiences growing up gay, and why being gay is not a lifestyle.
“Queer people don’t grow up as ourselves, we grow up playing a version of ourselves that sacrifices authenticity to minimize humiliation and prejudice.”
Timestamps:
[04:40] Why is pride month a whole month?
[07:12] What was the Stonewall uprising?
[15:06] What was it like to be gay in 1969?
[18:12] Is the LGBTQ community fully equal to their heterosexual counterparts now?
[20:42] What happened during the Stonewall uprising and why it makes sense that Stonewall had to be owned by the mafia.
[24:51] Misconceptions that straight allies have about the LGBTQ community.
[26:58] Why do we remember the Stonewall uprising? (the orign of the pride parade)
[30:33] Coach Elix’s experience being gay as a young person.
[35:46] Steven the Medium’s experience being gay (responding powerfully to a bully).
[39:17] The simple reason that explains why being gay is not a lifestyle.
[43:35] What you should do if you suspect someone in your life is gay.
3 Key Takeaways:
The Stonewall uprising in 1969 was the catalyst for the LGBTQ civil rights movement. Stonewall was a filthy dive bar. It was the only bar that allowed people to fully be themselves without judgement or persecution. It took a lot of pain and suffering to achieve equal rights.
LGBTQ persons still face discrimination despite equal rights laws. There has been a lot of progress since 1969, but the fight continues.
Being gay is not a lifestyle. A lifestyle is golfing, wanting to cook, wanting to travel, etc. Being gay is being born gay. Nobody chooses to be treated as a second class citizen.
If you found value in this episode, please leave a 5-star review so we can continue inspiring you!
Get a G.R.I.P. with Coach Elix airs live on WARA 1320AM out of Attleboro, MA every Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern. To listen live or be a caller, stream the show from anywhere in the world by visiting www.wararadio.com.