By Lauren Deborah
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The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.
In this installment of the Limelight Mailbag episodes, I am joined by hilarious, sassy, badass comedian and friend Steev Letts (he/him) as we celebrate the release of Endless Bummer, Steev’s brand-new comedy special!
We also, of course, unpack this month’s limelight-stealing submission — from the one and only Bradley Fung!
🌈 Connect with Lauren Deborah and MDSML:
-Follow Lauren on Instagram: @hilaurendeborah
-Join the FREE mailing list: hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Tip or buy something from the hi, lauren deborah! shop: buymeacoffee.com/hi.laurendeborah
-Say hi or share a limelight-stealing story: [email protected]
🌈 Connect with Steev:
-Watch Steev’s brand new comedy special, Endless Bummer
-Listen to Steev’s new album, Endless Bummer
-Listen to Steev’s first album, Burger Queen
-Follow Steev on Instagram: @steevletts
-Connect with Steev on Twitter: @steevletts
-Steev’s website: steevletts.com
🌈 Connect with Bradley:
-Follow Bradley on TikTok: @bjfung3
-Follow Bradley on Instagram: @bjfung3
🌈 Resources:
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
🌈 Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production made possible by: Alexi Johnson and @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this episode, I sit with Writer, Development Analyst and Fur Baby Mama, Karen'Nicole Mitchell (she/her).
We discuss her flawless submission to a previous mailbag episode, the evolution of our cookie palates, coming out in different spaces and communities, entering chapters of our lives where we begin to explore who we are outwardly, the challenges of discovering identity while growing up in a large family, gratitude for queer elders who fought before us and bunny limelight stealing!
🌈 Connect with Lauren Deborah and MDSML:
-Follow Lauren on Instagram: @hilaurendeborah
-Join the FREE mailing list: hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Tip or buy something from the hi, lauren deborah! shop: buymeacoffee.com/hi.laurendeborah
-Say hi or share a limelight-stealing story: [email protected]
🌈 Connect with Lauren’s guest:
-Follow Karen’Nicole on Instagram: @karennicoleisreading
-Karen’Nicole on InsightTimer: insighttimer.com/ommoffice
-Karen’Nicole’s Meditation Blog: karenthejedi.com/blog
-The book Karen’Nicole is querying: karenthejedi.com/blackmindfulness101
-Development Analyst queries? linkedin.com/in/karen-nicole/
-To book in-person and online meditation classes (no one is turned away for inability to pay) email [email protected]
-Corporations and large nonprofits interested in mindfulness at work can hire Karen’Nicole here: karenthejedi.com/hire-us
🌈 Resources:
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
🌈 Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production made possible by: Alexi Johnson and @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this episode, I sit with comedian and content creator Maddy Weeks (they/them).
We discuss favourite ice-cream flavours, Maddy’s journey into comedy, being allies before coming out, gender envy, coming out on stage via a ukulele song, repressing parts of ourselves as children and having the courage to unlearn being an actor in our own life to become our truest selves!
🌈 Connect with Lauren Deborah and MDSML:
-Follow Lauren on Instagram: @hilaurendeborah
-Join the FREE mailing list: hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Tip or buy something from the hi, lauren deborah! shop: buymeacoffee.com/hi.laurendeborah
-Say hi or share a limelight-stealing story: [email protected]
🌈 Connect with Lauren’s guest:
-Follow Maddy on Instagram: @maddyyweeks
-Follow Maddy on TikTok: @maddyyweeks
-Follow Maddy on X: @maddyyweeks
-Catch Maddy’s show Pride Comedy: @pridecomedyau
-Check out Maddy’s MICF showcase, Queerly Beloved: @queerlybelovedcomedy
🌈 Resources:
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
🌈 Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production made possible by: Alexi Johnson and @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this installment of the Limelight Mailbag episodes, I am joined by talented and hilarious comedian, musician, and actress, Ava Val (she/her). We unpack this month’s limelight-stealing submission — our first anonymous story!
🌈 Connect with Lauren Deborah and MDSML:
-Follow Lauren on Instagram: @hilaurendeborah
-Join the FREE mailing list: hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Tip or buy something from the hi, lauren deborah! shop: buymeacoffee.com/hi.laurendeborah
-Say hi or share a limelight-stealing story: [email protected]
🌈 Connect with Lauren’s guest:
-Watch Ava’s brand new comedy special So Brave on YouTube!
-Follow Ava on Instagram! @avavalcomedy
-Follow Ava on Twitter! @AvaValComedy
-Watch Ava’s podcast PodGis on YouTube!
-Listen to PodGis!
🌈 Resources:
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
🌈 Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production made possible by: Alexi Johnson and @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this episode, I sit with Photographer, Marlo (he/they).
We discuss Marlo’s first photographic book, Foreground: Portraits of Older Transgender and Gender Diverse People, older people in the LGBTQIA+ community and their visibility in the media and place within society, different approaches to experimenting with photography, first meeting trans and gender-diverse people in university and Marlo’s exploration of gender!
Connect with MDSML:
-Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! [email protected]
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
Connect with my guest:
-Follow Marlo on Instagram: @_marlowphoto
-Check out Marlo’s website: marlophotography.com
-Order your copy of Foreground: Portraits of Older Transgender and Gender Diverse People
Resources:
-Coming Back Out Ball: comingbackoutball.com
-Out and About Program: switchboard.org.au/out-and-about
Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production and editing made possible by: Alexi Johnson and the team at @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this episode, I sit with Journalist and Author, Patrick Lenton (he/him).
We discuss elevating and normalising bisexual experiences, Nonsense Newsletter, Patrick’s debut queer rom-com novel, coming out via a national newspaper, feeling “undercover” without realising, bi-erasure existing the loudest inside of us and the fulfilled dream of annoying people with how queer we are!
Connect with MDSML:
-Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! [email protected]
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
Connect with my guest:
-Read Nonsense Newsletter: heterosexualnonsense.substack.com
-Follow Patrick on Instagram: @patrick_lenton
-Follow Patrick on Threads: @patrick_lenton
-Follow Patrick on Twitter: @patricklenton
-Follow Patrick on TikTok: @patricklenton
-Connect with Patrick on Facebook: facebook.com/PatrickLenton
Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production and editing made possible by: Alexi Johnson and the team at @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this instalment of the Limelight Mailbag episodes, I am joined by hilarious comedian and drag sensation Rae Carson (they/them). We unpack this month’s limelight-stealing submission from Marian.
Connect with MDSML:
-Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! [email protected]
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
Connect with my guest:
-Follow Rae on Instagram: @raelynncarson
-Follow Manly Nipkiss on Instagram: @manlynipkiss
-Follow Rae on TikTok: @raelynncarson
-Follow Rae on X: @raelynncarson
Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production and editing made possible by: Alexi Johnson and the team at @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this episode, I sit with a Writer and Therapist, who specialises in working with the LGBTQIA+ community, Tom Smithson (he/him).
We discuss the faith that it gets better, Tom’s book that he is writing due for release in 2025, that there is no one way to come out, how what a therapist looks like can affect how much we share with them, the many ways in which Tom finds his work meaningful, and the idea of ‘inviting in’ as an alternative to ‘coming out’.
Connect with MDSML:
-Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! [email protected]
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
Connect with my guest:
-Follow Tom on Instagram: @newhcounselling
-Subscribe to Tom’s Substack: thomassmithson.substack.com
-Check out Tom’s Website: newhorizoncounselling.co.uk
Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production and editing made possible by: Alexi Johnson and the team at @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In the second instalment of the Limelight Mailbag episodes, I am joined by my delightful co-host; writer and gecko enthusiast Nessa Chileshe (she/they). We unpack this month’s limelight-stealing submission from Fiona.
Connect with MDSML:
-Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! [email protected]
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
Connect with Nessa:
-Follow Nessa on Instagram: @nessacwrites
-Read and subscribe to Nessa’s Substack: nessacwrites.substack.com
Connect with Fiona:
-Follow Fiona on Instagram: @fionapplebum
-Check out Fiona’s work: linktr.ee/fionasamson
Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production and editing made possible by: Alexi Johnson and the team at @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
In this episode I sit with researcher and historian, specialising in Australian Indigenous and LGBTIQA+ histories, Noah Riseman (he/him). We discuss the language we use and how that has evolved, the importance and privilege of sharing trans folks’ stories, the long history of visibility and activism in Australia and coming out to different family members!
Connect with MDSML:
-Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com
-Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! [email protected]
-2SLGBTQIA+ resources
Connect with my guest:
- Connect with Noah on Twitter: @NoahRiseman
Resources:
-Transgender Australia, Noah Riseman — Melbourne University Publishing. Or buy from any good independent bookseller. All money made from the book is being donated to trans charities.
Noah’s other books on LGBTQIA+ military service:
-Pride in Defence, Noah Riseman, Shirleene Robinson — Melbourne University Publishing (mup.com.au)
-Serving in Silence | NewSouth Books
Free online resources on trans history provided by Noah:
-NSW Trans History Report - written for The Gender Centre and ACON
-Victoria's Transgender History - written for Transgender Victoria
-A History of Trans Health Care in Australia: A Report for the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH)
-Speaking Out Against Anti-Trans Violence: A Call for Justice - written for The Gender Centre and SWOP (Sex Workers Outreach Project) for the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes
Behind the scenes:
-Podcast production and editing made possible by: Alexi Johnson and the team at @604podnetwork
-Theme Music: Shawn Kangro
-Logo Art: @raphe.ca
The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.