Joel Barrett of Joel Speaks Out is an LGBTQ writer, speaker, and gatherer. As a business mentor, he supports entrepreneurs from a wide variety of backgrounds. As a queer advocate, he brings people together to socialize and support one another. We talked about bi invisibility, his upbringing as a fundamentalist Baptist, his time in ex-gay therapy (AKA conversion therapy) , and he shared some fun stories about Presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Mentioned in this episode:

Risk Podcast episode featuring Joel’s story

Correction: The Daily Mail story about Joel’s coming out

UMKC Small Business Development Center

Mid-America LGBT Chamber of Commerce