LGBT+ Family & Games [EP 2] - Beanie Babies? LGBT+ Representation in Bly Manor and Lovecraft Country

This week we talk to Lyn Christian.  Lyn Christian, MCC, CFCC, CCmBIT, is an ICF-certified master-certified coach and author with over 25 years of experience working with corporate and personal clients. Christian was the Director of Innovation at Franklin Covey and Ambassador for The World Association for Business Coaches. Today, Christian is a trusted advisor to companies such as Proctor and Gamble, The Paul Mitchell School, and Zartico and has been a featured keynote speaker on stages such as TEDx. To learn more about Lyn Christian

Check out Lyn's site for their latest Amazon #1 Best Selling book "Soul Salt: Your Personal Field Guide to Confidence, Purpose, and Fulfillment"

https://soulsalt.com/book/

Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up.      

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
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This week we talk to Heather Hester about her experience as a parent of LGBTQIA+ teenagers and ally.  We discuss her son's roller coaster ride through coming out as gay at 16 and the perils of apps like Grindr and laws like the "Don't Say Gay" bills cropping up throughout the United States.

Heather Hester is the founder of Chrysalis Mama which provides support and education to parents and allies of LGBTQIA adolescents, teenagers, and young adults. She is also the creator and host of the podcast Just Breathe: Parenting your LGBTQ Teen. As an advocate and coach for parents and allies , she believes the coming out process is equal parts beautiful and messy. She works with her clients to let go of fear and the feelings of isolation so that they can reconnect with themselves and their child in a meaningful, grounded way. Heather creates a space where growth and shifts can occur through education and empowerment, instilling the confidence that anyone can move through the coming out process with understanding and love. She is a writer, married to her best friend 27 years, the mother of four extraordinary kids (two of whom are LGBTQIA), and a student of life who believes in being authentic and embracing the messiness.

Your can find more about Heather on her website:

https://chrysalismama.com/

Heather also mentioned great resources for parents of LGBTQIA+ teens:

The Trevor Project
Human Rights Campaign
GLSEN

Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up.     

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
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Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

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This week we are joined by special guest Chad Peevy,  best-selling author, award-winning speaker on the topic of human behavior, and founder of the Institute for Human Progress and Development. He has worked with thousands of high-performing professionals from around the world  - helping them achieve greater clarity, perspective, and overall well-being.

This week he shares his origin story with us, talking about his journey to where he is today. He explores how it began in rural Arkansas, where he grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home with a cruel father and transformed into him becoming "the mayor of Gayville" in Austin later in life.

With a master's degree from The University of Texas at Austin, founder of the Austin PRIDE Foundation, founder of the PS Foundation for the Arts, Director of Marketing for the world's largest real estate company, and coach to business owners, he is widely respected by high-achieving professionals the world over.   

Grab a free copy of Chad's book,  "Break & Untangle: Discover the Freedom to Be You Despite the Inherited Mindsets Holding You Back" at his website:

https://chadpeevy.com/freebook

The book explores his 12 Mindset Methods, including:
• Purpose
• Internal Dialogue
• Identity
• Connecting Mind, Body, Spirit
• Becoming
• Money
• Mindfulness
• Productivity
• Belonging
• Help
• Ambition
• Legacy

Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up.    

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
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This week we are joined by Mars and Xavier. We discuss Jason Momoa's pink bath robe, Beyoncé's MASSIVE tax bill, the new Hunger Games movie, Ed Sheeran plagiarism, Racism, and dating shows? It was a wild ride!

Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up.   

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/lgbtfam_org
INSTAGRAM ►► https://instagram.com/lgbtfam_org
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This week we are joined by special guest Karl Beckstrand the best-selling author/illustrator of twenty-seven multicultural/multilingual books. Karl discusses his book "Abundant Paths: Beyond Either/Or Thinking to Fulfilling Same-Sex Relationships That Last" with us and how he is practicing what he preaches! We also discuss his other books, touch on the difference between going through a publisher and self-publishing, and Karl sticks around to talk about some current events.

Book Karl Beckstrand for podcasts, speeches, workshops, and roundtables/publishing panels at PremioBooks.com. Follow him on Goodreads, Bookbub, YouTube, and Amazon. You can find his diverse work via Amazon/Kindle, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Biblioboard, Brodart, Perma-bound/Hertzberg, ChildrensPlusInc, EBSCO, Flipkart, Follett, Gardner’s, Ingram, Inktera, Kobo, Library Direct, Mackin, OverDrive, SCRIBD, txtr, Target.com, Walmart.com, and Premiobooks.com (FREE online books)

https://premiobooks.com/book-author-beckstrand

Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up.  

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/lgbtfam_org
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This week we have a very special guest join us. Victoria Pelletier, award winning executive leader, #1 best selling author, in demand professional public speaker, corporate executive, board director, entrepreneur, #1 social seller/public brand worldwide per LinkedIn for her F500 employers, sought out for discussions on motivation, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, women in leadership, culture, workforce and more.

Victoria shares her story from the perspective as a queer, female executive. We discuss her upbringing, her motivations, and her journey through adversity to where she is now. We also talk about her views on the current political climate in relation to LGBT+ rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workforce.

Find out more about Victoria on her website:
https://victoria-pelletier.com/

Victoria is an in demand public speaker on a variety of business, culture and motivational topics - please head over to her website to read her articles, order a copy of her book or book her for speaking engagements

Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up.  

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/lgbtfam_org
INSTAGRAM ►► https://instagram.com/lgbtfam_org
FACEBOOK ►► https://facebook.com/lgbtfam.org

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/lgbtfam_org
INSTAGRAM ►► https://instagram.com/lgbtfam_org
FACEBOOK ►► https://facebook.com/lgbtfam.org

We start out the episode talking with Jolly about a few LGBT+ topics submitted on the Discord. We then talk about the Restrict Act and how invasive it is with its thousands in fines for using a VPN. A special guest, Scythe629, joins us to talk about his TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube content and why Overwatch is clearly better than Paladins. Hela rudely interrupts us (kidding) to round out the episode with some college dorm war stories and RA debauchery.  Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up. 

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/lgbtfam_org
INSTAGRAM ►► https://instagram.com/lgbtfam_org
FACEBOOK ►► https://facebook.com/lgbtfam.org

This week Hela and Jolly join us to discuss the recent book bans in the U.S. along with a clever clap-back in Utah to ban the Bible for it's "pornographic content". We hear words of wisdom from a 100 year old mother of liberty, and a much younger drag queen about recent events. We also report back on Strange World after giving it a good watch and talk about a few Anime that should be on your watch list. Join us EVERY Saturday at 7 PM Eastern for the LIVE recording of this show. You can even call in and join the conversation, or submit topics in the community Discord server so we can bring them up.

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/lgbtfam_org
INSTAGRAM ►► https://instagram.com/lgbtfam_org
FACEBOOK ►► https://facebook.com/lgbtfam.org

This week we are joined by Hela again to talk about Mike Pence's homophobic comments towards Pete Buttigieg, the potential Trump indictment, religion in politics, and Tiger King's presidential bid for 2024. We also recap some of the Qweerties Award winners, Strange World and other cartoons with LGBT+ couples, and the new Super Mario Brothers Movie.   You can now join our live recording sessions every Saturday at 7PM Eastern and lend your voice to the community. 

Features clip from Bruce W Bracket on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bwb.positivity/
Features clip from Jolly Good Ginger on TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@jolly_good_ginger/

LGBT+ Family & Games is an LGBT+ nonprofit organization that creates safe spaces for LGBT+ individuals to be themselves. We have a very active and growing community on Discord and continue our efforts to grow elsewhere online.

We record our podcast episode live SATURDAYS at 7 PM EASTERN
JOIN US LIVE ►► https://riverside.fm/studio/lgbtfam

Find us on your favorite social media platform or join the community on Discord to be part of the conversation!

WEBSITE ►► https://lgbtfam.org
TWITCH ►► https://twitch.tv/lgbtfam_org
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/lgbtfam
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/lgbtfam_org
INSTAGRAM ►► https://instagram.com/lgbtfam_org
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