I have a secret to admit, but please don’t tell anyone. I used to have a very strong aversion to the word “coach”. My experiences with this word dates back to my non-athletic youth, when a parent would take on the responsibility of teaching a bunch of kids...
Like many queer people, my partner, Tonda, and I sat down to watch the lesbian romantic comedy, Happiest Season, on Hulu. Tonda has been out for thirty-five years and I am out for five; we are both in our mid-fifties. We found the movie problematic for so...
The last holiday I spent as the mom of a heteronormative family was in 2015, I really don’t remember it very well, most likely a typical holiday that happened every year. The following year was 2016 and at that time I knew my marriage of twenty-six years was...
Acknowledging our sexual orientation can be a long road for some of us. We dip our toe out of the closet and quickly withdraw it when this journey feels too difficult or scary to navigate. What I have learned in my years of individual and group coaching of women...
Architectural Photographer Tonda McKay is the guest author of this week’s blog. As a long time out lesbian, she has worked tirelessly for the LGBTQIA+ community. She believes deeply in the importance of National Coming Out Day not only for ourselves, but...
MY FRIEND MIRIAM GRACE AND I HAVE WORKED WITH WOMEN COMING OUT LATER IN LIFE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THE FOLLOWING IS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO OF US THAT EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH A CATALYST (THE WOMAN WHO OPENS UP OUR SEXUALITY FOR SOME OF...
https://youtu.be/_C3zcIkbRwI This week on CO&B, host Anne-Marie Zanzal welcomes somatic embodiment and sex coach, Ayce Kypton. Ayce's story relates a journey of coming into his authentic gender, embracing transmasculine identity, emerging from conservative faith...
https://youtu.be/nmQnq2MW3CE Anne Russo is a licensed clinical social worker, sex-positive therapist and founder of AMR Therapy. A therapist with over 20 years of experienced, she specializes in servicing marginalized communities, particularly in areas of sex...
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Several years ago I was desperate, I was in my third attempt to come out into the LGBTQIA+ community. I was fifty, married, mother of four, and a minister. I had struggled with my sexual orientation for most of my life, as glimpses of it would pop up like...
WHAT IS LATER IN LIFE? That is totally self-defined and I have worked with people as young as 25 and well over 70. BEFORE For some of us acknowledging our sexuality is a very difficult thing to do. Although I knew I was attracted to...
I am a coming out coach. What is that, you may ask? I work with people who are coming out later in life to the LGBTQIA+ community. I began coaching individuals after several years of running mutual support groups for this community. Some of...
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