Thank You for Coming Out

In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Dr. Rebecca Markson (she/her).

Dr. Markson is a board certified family and lifestyle medicine physician. As a queer person, she is passionate about focusing her medical practice on providing care for the LGBTQ+ community and educating other medical providers about providing inclusive healthcare. After graduating residency in Pennsylvania, she joined NYU Langone Medical Center in Chelsea New York where she continues to work today.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Casey Tanner (they/them).

Casey Tanner is a Certified Sex Therapist living in Brooklyn, New York with their partner and three cats.  When Casey’s initial pursuit of a career in evangelical ministry was disrupted by a mental health crisis, they were forced to reckon with the harmful impact of purity culture on their sexuality.   Casey has since made it their mission to disrupt barriers to authenticity by founding The Expansive Group, a sex therapy practice serving over 1000 clients annually.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Gabrielle Souza (she/her).

Gabrielle Souza, the Executive Director of The Okra Project, utilizes her voice and identity to passionately advocate for and provide essential resources to the Black trans and queer community. Her leadership and activism focus on addressing systemic inequalities and ensuring access to vital support services.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Dr. Elie Al Kazzi (he/him).

Dr. Elie Al Kazzi is a gastroenterologist and Crohn’s & Colitis specialist at NYU in NY City. His research interest is looking into healthcare disparities of queer patients in gastroenterology and in inflammatory bowel diseases. He sees patients in Chelsea and at the IBD center of NYU next to NYU Langone hospital.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Dr. Irena Nayfeld (she/they).

Irena Nayfeld (or Dr. Nay, if you’re feeling fancy) is a psychologist of human development, education consultant, embodied healing facilitator and nature connection guide. She is also a poet, a dancer, an aunty, a wild woman, and aspiring farmer / herbalist. After spending many years in chronic pain and burn out, she has spent the last decade rehumanizing, and reclaiming her wholeness and her joy.

Irena now delights in creating soul-nurturing, humanity-affirming spaces that guide others into reconnecting with themselves, each other, and the natural world.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Rev. Micah Bucey (they/them).

Rev. Micah Bucey is a radical faith leader, a flaming fairy, and an enthusiastic fan who loves to extravagantly celebrate ever-evolving queerness, open-hearted spirituality, fierce justice-making, and unfettered co-creativity. Micah serves as the Senior Minister of New York City’s Judson Church and as the Artistic Director of Judson Commons, is the author of The Book of Tiny Prayer, and is constantly available to discuss the prophetic potential of art, particularly when the conversation pertains to Dolly Parton, David Bowie, Mister Rogers, Mavis Staples, John Waters, Grace Jones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Alice Munro, James Baldwin, Doctor Who, Pedro Almodóvar, Lana Del Rey, and whatever movie they’ve just seen.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Rabbi Becky Silverstein (he/him) and Joanna (Jo) Ware (she/her).

Rabbi Becky Silverstein believes in the power of community, Torah, and silliness in transforming the world. He strives to build a Jewish community and world that encourages and allows everyone to live a life that reflects their inherent divinity / dignity. Becky is a member of the faculty at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, where he is the co-director of the Trans Halakha Project.

Jo Ware is an organizer, facilitator, and educator, and currently serves as the Founding Executive Director of the Jewish Liberation Fund. She has spent over a decade working with organizations – inside and outside of the Jewish world –  to bring forth a more just, whole, and liberatory world. Joanna has worked as a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consultant, Adaptive Leadership teacher and practitioner, community organizer, and popular educator at the intersections of identity, power, leadership, and social justice. Joanna is a queer femme of Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and non-Jewish European roots, from an interfaith family. Originally from San Diego, she now lives in Boston with her spouse Diana and their kiddo.

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In this week’s season six premiere episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Raquel Willis (she/her).

Raquel Willis is an award-winning author, activist, and media strategist dedicated to Black transgender liberation. She has held groundbreaking posts, including director of communications for Ms. Foundation for Women, executive editor of Out Magazine, and national organizer for Transgender Law Center. She co-founded Transgender Week of Visibility and Action and currently serves as an executive producer for iHeartMedia’s Outspoken, the president of the Solutions Not Punishments Collaborative’s executive board, and is a WNBA Social Justice Council member. Her debut memoir, The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation, was released in November 2023 via St. Martin’s Press.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) is in “the hot seat” sharing their reflections on the fifth season of the pod, including memorable moments, lasting impressions and some unforgettable music magic.

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In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Miles Borrero (he/they).

Throughout his many lives, Miles has survived fronting a Latin rock band, riding horses competitively, acting on various stages across the US, and nannying a six-year-old. He has been Catholic, Jewish, and a frequent guest at Krishna’s house, and has lived life as a boy, a girl, a woman, a man, and something in between. Now a senior yoga teacher who leads retreats all over the world, Miles is passionate about dismantling the systems within ourselves that keep us small. He lives in New York with his sweetheart and their two adorable dogs.

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