Naked & Inside Out

 *Stay Tuned. More to come soon.* Naked & Inside Out is an LGBTQ+ podcast, highlighting individuals in the community doing some incredible things with their lives and careers. We're here to share their stories.   http://nakedandinsideout.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

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In this episode, I’m at Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn spending the morning with Stephanie Tamez. We discuss her career, tattooing and being LGBT. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

In this episode, I sit down with Robyn Kanner who is killing it in all around. If you don’t know Robyn here are some of the basics. Robyn is an Art Director at Amazon, co-founder and designer for MyTransHealth and recently worked with the Obama administration to run a Queer Tech panel. She is heavily involved in the LGBT+ community, widely published and a speaker. Deep creep on Robyn and I’s real talk in this episode of Naked & Inside Out. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

Today I catch up with an old friend, John Colucci. We chat about the past, the current and the future. :14 Intro to John! 1:59 Going down memory lane 4:30 A typical day for John 6:57 Digital Detox 10:16 Twitter, Facebook... 12:33 Is Twitter Going Away? 5:10 The Success of Social Media Platforms and Why? 18:00- Improving the Election Process 20:34 The 2016 Election 22:00 News, The Facts 23:22 Receptiveness to being LGBT 27:25 Coming Out 30:43 The future for the LGBT community 35:39Where to find John: Twitter @johncolucci IG @johncolucci Facebook John has been a social media strategist in the media industry for the past couple of years - from local TV news to tech journalism. He lives in Seattle, WA after 10 years in the San Francisco Bay Area - but hails from Edison, NJ - much like the host of this podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

Today I sit down with Jamie Chung, an engineer currently at Dropbox in SF. We discuss tech, what it’s like to be transgendered and non-binary as well as the future for the LGBTQ+ community. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

Today I chat with Elaine Bennett about being a speechwriter and coach and all the stories in-between.  :13 Intro to Elaine Bennett :58 Elaine - A day in the life 3:02 Evolution of being a speechwriter 6:01 Free range writing 7:50 Life Work Balance 8:29 Coaching & Freelancing 11:00 The Scandal 13:26 Adapting to the Wall Street life 14:58 Biggest Risk 17:28 Listening to your own writing 19:53 Writer’s Block is a huge myth 23:20 Have you ever struggled because of being LGBT? 27:09 The future of the LGBT community// The election 35:16 Where to find bennettink.com/naked-podcast ebook - Make them listen to you… twitter: https://twitter.com/bizspeechwriter http://bennettink.com/ http://bennettink.com/tag/blog/ https://www.facebook.com/BennettInkCoaching mentioned links: Robert Cialdini -Pre-suasion https://www.influenceatwork.com/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

Today I chat with Brian Pelletier, Matty Frazier and Brandon Salerno about everything from the inspiration to create Outlicious TV to their favorite series and episodes! :14 Intro to guests :31 Brian Pelletier [founder/owner of the channel] :57 Matty Frazier [Brian’s partner and performer in the series] 1:07 Brandon Salerno [performer in the series] 1:22 Outlicious - idea and how it evolved 3:00 Webseries 5:13 Evolution of the website, building out the team, the in-between 8:00 The audition: Brandon 9:00 LGBT and being LGBT in an LGBT series 11:39 How do you people find you? Social Media, fame, breaking down analytics 17:00 Feedback 22:10 Flying High With Charlie 24:09 Brandon’s take:Flying High With Charlie 25:03 The Halloween episode 25:48 Behind the scenes: Are the cast LGBT? 28:10 Everyone’s sexually fluid now. & coming out 29:30 The Future: LGBT community 34:15 Where to find Outlicious: http://outlicioustv.com @outlicioustv on Twitter and... For information regarding your data privacy, visit

Today I chat with Andrea Guspie and get the low down of genderbender.ca's instagram. We discuss how it all began as well as the importance of treating humans like humans. { Interesting concept! :14 Intro to Andrea 2:43 Genderbender.ca on insta 4:38 Growth & aesthetic of gender bender 10:54 Behind the scenes, feedback and a little UX 14:58 Labels 16:21 Why Instagram? 19:28 The future of gender bender 23:04 In addition to our “9 to 5” 29:11 The future of the LGBT community 31:49 Where to find Andrea Instagram: genderbender.ca Email: genderbender416@gmail.com Andrea Guspie is the creator of Gender Bender. Along with a full time career in the Quartz industry, she has a passion for fitness. Having competed in several Ironman Triathlon races and the grueling Ultraman competition. Andrea currently lives in Toronto. Running Gender Bender from anywhere her and her phone go. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message:

Today I sit down with Tracey Kaplan, Territory Sales Manager at Google who also is extremely passionate about all things LGBTQ+. She is involved with Lesbians Who Tech and often fundraises for many LGBT initiatives. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

Today I am talking with Joey Stern, Founding Member and President of Geeks OUT, a not-for-profit group that rallies, empowers and promotes the queer geek community. He is diligently working on Flame Con 2017 and hopes you'll come. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

:15 Intro of the creators of the Gender Book 3:29 The idea! 5:10 Gender vs. Sex Groupings and Labels 9:23 Behind the Scenes 16:23 The Book and How to utilize it 18:07 Feedback on the book 20:44 The future of the LGBT community 32:22 Where to reach Mel, Jay and Robin For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

Today I am talking with Tony Norris who is also known as Mighty Tony a artist with a comic-esque style and boldness to his work. Join us as Tony shares about his transition from fine art and coming back to his love for comics, his current exhibition in NYC, "Mighty Tony and the Asstronauts” and what's next! :17 Intro to Tony 2:42 Transition to fine art and coming back to comics 8:58 Commercial vs. Artstic 10:44 “Mighty Tony and the Asstronauts” exhibition 15:39 - Mighty Tony’s art went full circle 19:07 - Being Gay 22:16 - Trans - Scooby painting 27:44 - What’s Next? 33:55 - Where to find Mighty Tony For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

Today I am on-site at Google Mountain View, talking to one of the “Gay-glers” (Googlers that are gay), Saurabh Madan. Saurabh is currently a product manager for Google, and was born and raised in India. Join us as Saurabh shares about his life in India, career at Google, and being part of the LGBT community. 7:32 Intro to Saurabh 12:55 Coming out to himself and others 15:50 Being out at Google 21:35 Saurabh’s career path and support in the US 25:41 Saurabh’s job at Google 26:47 Saurabh’s life outside of work and digital detox 30:40 Future technologies and career plans 33:47 LGBT youth in the future and Saurabh’s advice for difficulties coming out 41:41 Thoughts on the LGBT community Find Saurabh on Instagram or email him at s.s.madan@gmail.com. Saurabh was born in a mid sized town in India, to a middle class business family. He was encouraged to pursue higher education from a very young age. He left home at the age of 17 to study engineering and left India for Michigan in 2006, at the age of...

Today I’m talking with Marnie Florin, a Global Process Manager at Google who also holds diversity trainings around the nation. Marnie is the co-creator of a two-person Trans 101 training team at Google. Marnie previously served in the Peace Corps in Gambia, and upon returning to the U.S. did advocacy work at the LGBT center in Los Angeles. Join us as Marnie shares their path in the LGBT community, their career development and their diversity training work today. 00:15 Intro to Marnie Florin 1:07 Marnie’s time in Gambia and getting started in the LGBT space 9:57 Coming out as gay and accepting oneself as gay 16:19 Coming to terms with being trans 18:15 Returning to the US from Gambia and finding community 21:00 Growing up gay and societal pressure 26:16 Marnie’s work at the LGBT center in LA and using male or female pronouns 31:58 Starting business school at Columbia and choosing gender-neutral pronouns 35:05 Marnie starts Trans 101 training at Columbia and Google For information regarding your data privac

Today my guest is Lisa Congdon, an amazing illustrator and fine artist best known for her colorful abstract paintings, intricate line drawings, pattern design and hand lettering. She works for international clients including MoMA, Harvard University, Martha Stewart Living, Chronicle Books, The Land of Nod, Simon & Schuster, and Cloud9 Fabrics. Her work is shown in galleries around the nation and she also writes a popular blog, Today is going to be awesome. She is the author of 6 books including Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon. 00:25 Intro to Lisa Congdon 1:57 Lisa’s background and starting her art career 6:31 Lisa on Flickr and Instagram 10:45 Changing careers and building a following 17:03 Lisa’s blog Today is going to be awesome 19:32 Getting started in writing and illustrating 25:06 Time management on multiple projects 33:58 Contract negotiations and working with a spouse 40:15 LGBT influences on life and career ...

Today I’m talking to multi-talented musician Isobel Morris about her artistic career and life as a transgender woman. Isobel began her musical career as a bassist, guitar and writer in a self-described “terrible teenage band”. She is now a composer, songwriter, singer and skilled music producer. As a multi-instrumentalist, she performs psychedelic music both solo and as frontwoman of Whipping Girl and the Analog Birds. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

This episode of Naked & Inside Out was recorded from our live podcast at The Center in NYC. In this episode we have an intimate discussion with previous guests of the podcast around what it means to be a member of the LGBTQ+ community and coming out. 0:16 Intro of the panelists 2:00 LGBTQ+: Labels & categories are they helping us or boxing us in? 12:00 Is there a degree of outness that you feel is important and what does that mean to you? 32:02 Who are people you look at who you consider to be iconic who made a difference for you? 35:13 How would the teenage you respond to where you are today? The Moderators: Robb Leigh Davis Janine Toro The Panelists: Alyx Baldwin Debbie Millman Jeffrey Marsh Sean Apparicio For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

0:16 Intro: Kristen Baker 2:52 I first knew I was gay when… 6:20 Judgements & Assumptions 7:49 Fear and Coming Out 10:58 Spreading the Word to Be Kind and Non-judgmental 12:50 Transition from Commercial Real Estate to Being A full-time Entrepreneur 15:05 Being a full-time entrepreneur 16:52 How it all began 21:32 How to successfully be multi-passionate 25:26 Multi-platforms & Reach 28:45: The Future - Co-working B&B 31:40 Advice & Risks 37:31 Where to find Kristen: www.convertidealclients.com www.kristenbakercoach.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nakedinsideout/message

:12 Intro to Robb :54 How his work is Centered Intersectionality/Robb’s background 2:45 minority diversity initiatives, Community and The Center 6:00 Day to Day at The Center 9:00 - Advice to take the first step to go to an LGBT community center & Coming Out? (Janine & The Center) 14:10 - 17 year old Robb 16:55 - Bachelorette parties in gay spaces 19:32 - Gay men and groupings & labels 22:40 - Dating Sites & Spaces 26:04 - How Robb got to where he is today 32:11 - Coming back to The Center 33:37 - Feedback & ways to implement it 36:50 - Thomas - Photo Series Project 38:24 - Rejuvenation 39:03 - Society Praising for not sleeping but for working non-stop 40:35 - Theater 42:03 - Meditation on a Theme 49:00 Where to find Robb Website Meditation on a Theme The Center The Center Events and Talks Facebook The Center https://www.facebook.com/lgbtcenternyc https://twitter.com/LGBTCenterNYC https://www.flickr.com/photos/thecenternyc/sets https://www.instagram.com/lgbtcenternyc/ For info