Naked & Inside Out

Today I am talking with Joey Stern, Founding Member and President of Geeks OUT, a not-for-profit group that rallies, empowers and promotes the queer geek community. He is diligently working on Flame Con 2017 and hopes you'll come. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

:15 Intro of the creators of the Gender Book

3:29 The idea!

5:10 Gender vs. Sex Groupings and Labels

9:23 Behind the Scenes

16:23 The Book and How to utilize it

18:07 Feedback on the book

20:44 The future of the LGBT community

32:22 Where to reach Mel, Jay and Robin

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Today I am talking with Tony Norris who is also known as Mighty Tony a artist with a comic-esque style and boldness to his work. Join us as Tony shares about his transition from fine art and coming back to his love for comics, his current exhibition in NYC, "Mighty Tony and the Asstronauts” and what's next!

:17 Intro to Tony

2:42 Transition to fine art and coming back to comics

8:58 Commercial vs. Artstic

10:44 “Mighty Tony and the Asstronauts” exhibition

15:39 - Mighty Tony’s art went full circle

19:07 - Being Gay

22:16 - Trans - Scooby painting

27:44 - What’s Next?

33:55 - Where to find Mighty Tony For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Today I am on-site at Google Mountain View, talking to one of the “Gay-glers” (Googlers that are gay), Saurabh Madan. Saurabh is currently a product manager for Google, and was born and raised in India. Join us as Saurabh shares about his life in India, career at Google, and being part of the LGBT community.

7:32 Intro to Saurabh

12:55 Coming out to himself and others

15:50 Being out at Google

21:35 Saurabh’s career path and support in the US

25:41 Saurabh’s job at Google

26:47 Saurabh’s life outside of work and digital detox

30:40 Future technologies and career plans

33:47 LGBT youth in the future and Saurabh’s advice for difficulties coming out

41:41 Thoughts on the LGBT community

Find Saurabh on Instagram or email him at [email protected].

Saurabh was born in a mid sized town in India, to a middle class business family. He was encouraged to pursue higher education from a very young age. He left home at the age of 17 to study engineering and left India for Michigan in 2006, at the age of... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Today I’m talking with Marnie Florin, a Global Process Manager at Google who also holds diversity trainings around the nation. Marnie is the co-creator of a two-person Trans 101 training team at Google. Marnie previously served in the Peace Corps in Gambia, and upon returning to the U.S. did advocacy work at the LGBT center in Los Angeles. Join us as Marnie shares their path in the LGBT community, their career development and their diversity training work today.

00:15 Intro to Marnie Florin

1:07 Marnie’s time in Gambia and getting started in the LGBT space

9:57 Coming out as gay and accepting oneself as gay

16:19 Coming to terms with being trans

18:15 Returning to the US from Gambia and finding community

21:00 Growing up gay and societal pressure

26:16 Marnie’s work at the LGBT center in LA and using male or female pronouns

31:58 Starting business school at Columbia and choosing gender-neutral pronouns

35:05 Marnie starts Trans 101 training at Columbia and Google For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Today my guest is Lisa Congdon, an amazing illustrator and fine artist best known for her colorful abstract paintings, intricate line drawings, pattern design and hand lettering. She works for international clients including MoMA, Harvard University, Martha Stewart Living, Chronicle Books, The Land of Nod, Simon & Schuster, and Cloud9 Fabrics. Her work is shown in galleries around the nation and she also writes a popular blog, Today is going to be awesome. She is the author of 6 books including Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

00:25 Intro to Lisa Congdon

1:57 Lisa’s background and starting her art career

6:31 Lisa on Flickr and Instagram

10:45 Changing careers and building a following

17:03 Lisa’s blog Today is going to be awesome

19:32 Getting started in writing and illustrating

25:06 Time management on multiple projects

33:58 Contract negotiations and working with a spouse

40:15 LGBT influences on life and career

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Today I’m talking to multi-talented musician Isobel Morris about her artistic career and life as a transgender woman. Isobel began her musical career as a bassist, guitar and writer in a self-described “terrible teenage band”. She is now a composer, songwriter, singer and skilled music producer. As a multi-instrumentalist, she performs psychedelic music both solo and as frontwoman of Whipping Girl and the Analog Birds. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This episode of Naked & Inside Out was recorded from our live podcast at The Center in NYC. In this episode we have an intimate discussion with previous guests of the podcast around what it means to be a member of the LGBTQ+ community and coming out.

0:16 Intro of the panelists

2:00 LGBTQ+: Labels & categories are they helping us or boxing us in?

12:00 Is there a degree of outness that you feel is important and what does that mean to you?

32:02 Who are people you look at who you consider to be iconic who made a difference for you?

35:13 How would the teenage you respond to where you are today?

The Moderators:

Robb Leigh Davis

Janine Toro

The Panelists:

Alyx Baldwin

Debbie Millman

Jeffrey Marsh

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0:16 Intro: Kristen Baker

2:52 I first knew I was gay when…

6:20 Judgements & Assumptions

7:49 Fear and Coming Out

10:58 Spreading the Word to Be Kind and Non-judgmental

12:50 Transition from Commercial Real Estate to Being A full-time Entrepreneur

15:05 Being a full-time entrepreneur

16:52 How it all began

21:32 How to successfully be multi-passionate

25:26 Multi-platforms & Reach

28:45: The Future - Co-working B&B

31:40 Advice & Risks

37:31 Where to find Kristen:

www.convertidealclients.com

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:12 Intro to Robb

:54 How his work is Centered Intersectionality/Robb’s background

2:45 minority diversity initiatives, Community and The Center

6:00 Day to Day at The Center

9:00 - Advice to take the first step to go to an LGBT community center & Coming Out? (Janine & The Center)

14:10 - 17 year old Robb

16:55 - Bachelorette parties in gay spaces

19:32 - Gay men and groupings & labels

22:40 - Dating Sites & Spaces

26:04 - How Robb got to where he is today

32:11 - Coming back to The Center

33:37 - Feedback & ways to implement it

36:50 - Thomas - Photo Series Project

38:24 - Rejuvenation

39:03 - Society Praising for not sleeping but for working non-stop

40:35 - Theater

42:03 - Meditation on a Theme

49:00 Where to find Robb

Website

Meditation on a Theme

The Center

The Center Events and Talks

Facebook

The Center

https://www.facebook.com/lgbtcenternyc

https://twitter.com/LGBTCenterNYC

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thecenternyc/sets

https://www.instagram.com/lgbtcenternyc/

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