In this week’s episode, we chat with Jai (She/Her, He/Him) on her journey of becoming outdoors-ish. Jai discusses her outdoors roots from not-so-supportive experience with the Boy Scouts to more formative experiences with yearly Rennasiance style family camping trips. We also talk about the complexities of media representation, queer-femme outdoors experiences, and what is needed to fully feel welcomed in the great outdoors.

E.T.O believes in providing proper compensation to folks who volunteer to speak on the podcast as their stories hold immense value. Along with offering $25 to each speaker, we encourage our listeners to make a donation to the speaker. Jai’s Venmo is @Jai-Smith-8.