The Skittle Squad Podcast

The Skittle Squad Podcast

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  • S1E2 - Abi Nix on Queer Rebellion & Radical Self-Love

    ๐ŸŒˆ ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„: ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐›๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฑ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ŸŒˆ


    ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ "The world needs your messy, imperfect, glorious self."


    In this powerful episode, ๐€๐›๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฑโ€”The Emo Cabaret producer, youth mentor, and queer iconโ€”gets real about:


    ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž: From eating disorder recovery to creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ artists

    ๐ŸŽธ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ (hint: "If you donโ€™t know how to mop the stage, you donโ€™t deserve to own it")

    ๐Ÿ’ž ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ and rewriting the rules of love

    โœจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž in a world obsessed with perfection


    ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž:

    โœ… Raw, uplifting stories from Tampaโ€™s fiercest advocate

    โœ… Unfiltered truths about queer mental health and creativity

    โœ… Laughs, tears, and zero sugar-coating


    ๐Ÿ”— Listen now โ€“ then tag someone who needs this reminder: ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.


    #QueerJoy #TheSkittleSquadPodcast #BeYourOwnHero #ProjectNoLabels

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min
  • S1E1 - From Stage Fright to Shark Tank: Claire's Fight for LGBTQ+ Therapy Access

    ๐ŸŒˆ ๐’๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ & ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž!


    Welcome to the very first episode!


    Join hosts David and Paul as they sit down with Claire Elisan, founder of ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐‹๐š๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ, to discuss:


    ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Holistic mental health care for the LGBTQ+ community (itโ€™s not just therapy!)


    ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ How Project No Labels has delivered 9,000+ affordable therapy sessions through ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง, ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ต


    ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Claireโ€™s journey from crippling stage fright to pitching on Shark Tank-style competitions and training with a Shark!


    ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Tampa Bayโ€™s Pride events โ€“ whatโ€™s working and what needs change


    ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Actionable ways to support LGBTQ+ mental health in Floridaโ€™s challenging political climate


    ๐Ÿ’ก Why listen? This raw, inspiring conversation proves how queer joy is resistance. Perfect for fans of Nancy, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, and ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.


    ๐Ÿ”— Resources mentioned:

    ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐๐จ๐‹๐š๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ.๐จ๐ซ๐  | ๐‚๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ


    #LGBTQMentalHealth #TampaTherapy #AffordableCounseling #QueerTampa #ProjectNoLabels

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    52 min

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Welcome to The Skittle Squad Podcast โ€“ Your Go-To Source for LGBTQ+ News, Events, and Laughter in Tampa Bay!The Skittle Squad Podcast, is a bold and vibrant new voice in the Tampa Bay LGBTQ+โ€ฆ