And Here You Are Podcast

In this episode, your host Effie Dusoleil gives a quick update, thank you and reminder. Next full length episode coming the 1st of February, 2026! 

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In this episode you'll hear host Effie Dusoleil chat with marita deLeon. During this conversation marita talks about the power of laughter, their journey of following the threads of joy and euphoria, their experience of being raised by loving parents, and their life’s mission of creating places for people to land. We discuss what restorative justice means and looks like, the deep need for us to liberate ourselves and each other from dominate narratives that cause harm, and the ways that we can intentionally honor each other’s dignity in everyday life.  

You can find more information about marita’s business, ur higher selfie, here: https://www.urhigherselfie.com

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In this episode you'll hear host Effie Dusoleil chat with Erika Castellanos. During this conversation Erika discusses how it felt to choose herself and leave home at a young age, how our origin stories can fuel our activism and how immensely powerful it is to follow your appetite for love and acceptance. Erika offers a potent reminder that diversity within our beautiful community is the answer to so many efforts to polarize us.    

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In the very first episode of this show, you'll hear host Effie Dusoleil introduce the concept, share more about what brought them to this podcasting adventure, and give the layout for how things will look moving forward. 

Follow, subscribe, & share to spread the news: Life as an LGBTQI+ person will and does look a multitude of ways! This show is a love letter to our community. Scream it from the mountaintops! LGBTQI+ people have always been here, and will always be here surviving and thriving! 

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In this episode you'll hear host Effie Dusoleil chat with Kiana London. During this conversation Kiana shares how it felt to be raised in a household full of love and acceptance, the ways fear and shame showed up during the process of embracing her queerness, and the ways that people can surprise you in their capacity to accept and support you along the journey of being your full self. 

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In this episode you'll hear host Effie Dusoleil chat with Lourdes Jordan. This is our first publication in the regular format for this show- an interview with a special guest. Lourdes generously shares about how life has unfolded for her so far, the powerful examples of community and family she's both cultivated and continues to nourish and the ways she's chosen herself- even during moments of fear.  

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