https://youtu.be/tq_7fDwlahI This week on the pod: pull up a chair and lean in as host Anne-Marie Zanzal and her fellow coming-out coach, Barbara Rowlandson, unpack all things 'comp het.' Compulsory Heteronormativity (sometimes used interchangeably with 'compulsory...
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Podcast Season 6
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 38 | Values in Action: Maxine Kroll’s Life of Acceptance, Sex-Positivity & Activism
https://youtu.be/s0ObCRYJOiM Note: This episode contains content about sex and is NSFW. Listener discretion is advised. ‼️SPECIAL FOR COMING OUT & BEYOND LISTENERS! This episode's guest, Maxine Kroll, founder/owner of Provincetown's renowned sex shop &...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 37 | Dakarai Larriett’s Fight for Fairness in Alabama!
https://youtu.be/asq7mE1XZNM Wing Women Weekend | Annual Conference in Provincetown, MA, during Women's Week | https://wingwomenweekend.com/ "Strengthening Love: Building Secure Bonds for Lesbian Couples" https://healthylesbianrelationships.com/...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 36 | OK, I’m Gay, Now What? With Anne-Marie & Barbara Rowlandson
https://youtu.be/BsDNX8eeERc Reclaiming Your Sexual Self Workshop | with Mallory Hanfling, LCSW | Friday, Oct. 17th, 2025 | The Provincetown Inn, Provincetown, Massachusetts during Women's Week | 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. | Reclaiming Your Sexual Self Tickets, Fri, Oct...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 35 | Shine Bright, Fireflies! Connecting with Authentic Sexuality & Shedding Compulsory Heterosexuality With Mallory Hanfling
https://youtu.be/KG57mpuuZDU Reclaiming Your Sexual Self Workshop | with Mallory Hanfling, LCSW | Friday, Oct. 17th, 2025 | The Provincetown Inn, Provincetown, Massachusetts during Women's Week | 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. | Reclaiming Your Sexual Self...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 34 | #WLW: How to float – not sink – in the dating pool!
https://youtu.be/Q4T15KzfPmI "Strengthening Love: Building Secure Bonds for Lesbian Couples" is a comprehensive course for lesbian couples who are seeking to build a better relationship. Designed by lesbian psychologist and couples therapist, Dr. Robin Sesan,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 33 | Understanding Coming Out in Adulthood With Dr. Samantha Winterberg
https://youtu.be/RI3AAkUuzU8 "Strengthening Love: Building Secure Bonds for Lesbian Couples" is a comprehensive course for lesbian couples who are seeking to build a better relationship. Designed by lesbian psychologist and couples therapist, Dr. Robin Sesan,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 32 | “No Tea, No Shade” – Tennessee Drag Queen Kennedy Ann Scott’s Lessons of Acceptance
https://youtu.be/sUkXFdseMqE "Strengthening Love: Building Secure Bonds for Lesbian Couples" is a comprehensive course for lesbian couples who are seeking to build a better relationship. Designed by lesbian psychologist and couples therapist, Dr. Robin Sesan,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 31 | How Can Lesbian Couples Build Secure Bonds?
https://youtu.be/4gWkudVN9ME "Strengthening Love: Building Secure Bonds for Lesbian Couples" is a comprehensive course for lesbian couples who are seeking to build a better relationship. Designed by lesbian psychologist and couples therapist, Dr. Robin Sesan,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 30 | What No One Tells You About Divorce (But We Will) – 8 Pieces of Crucial Information You Need to Know
https://youtu.be/WjwWhYp0vn0 Wing Women Weekend, October 15-18, 2025, Provincetown, MA - a conference for women/non-binary persons who are new to the LGBTQIA+ community! This conference is all about connection, finding queer community, and having a whole lot of FUN!...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 29 | One Person, Two Coming Out Stories!
https://youtu.be/q-KB1y6npWI Wing Women Weekend, October 15-18, 2025, Provincetown, MA - a conference for women/non-binary persons who are new to the LGBTQIA+ community! This conference is all about connection, finding queer community, and having a whole lot of FUN!...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 6 Episode 28 | LGBTQ Healing, From the Inside Out! With Lonay Halloum
https://youtu.be/B5ivBbOIepw Wing Women Weekend, October 15-18, 2025, Provincetown, MA - a conference for women/non-binary persons who are new to the LGBTQIA+ community! This conference is all about connection, finding queer community, and having a whole lot of FUN!...
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