Today I’m chatting to Stephanie Cannalonga, exploring what it means to come into your identity as a queer woman, especially when that journey doesn’t fit the expectations you were raised with.

This episode gently moves through the coming out experience in the context of religion, the fear, the vulnerability, and the conversations that stayed with her. We reflect on first relationships, what they revealed, and the beauty, complexity, and learning that comes with queer love.

This is a conversation about growth, about how our understanding of ourselves evolves over time, and about letting go of the misconceptions that never truly fit. It’s also about compassion, speaking to the younger versions of ourselves who were still figuring it out, and honouring how far we’ve come.