Life Uncloseted With Rick Clemons

One of 6 children. Surrounded by a family of pastors. Drawn to theater. Is it any wonder why one might be GAY? Well bless your heart. When grow up in White Settlement, Texas (yes that is a for real city deep in the heart of Texas), and you're called (he hates that term BTW) to the arts and theater, you just gotta let your gay shine and shine it has for Tyler Martin. Join us on a fun filled, spiritual, and religious romp through being gay, deep in the heart of Texas, even though he now resides in little 'ol New York, New York! About Tyler Tyler Martin is an award-winning actor, writer, comedian, singer, and podcast host. Originally from small town Texas, he now works out of NYC. He began acting professionally at a young age and has continued into adulthood, receiving a BFA in Musical Theatre with an emphasis in Acting and Directing. Since his move to NYC, he has worked in multiple Off-Broadway and Regional shows, performed as a stand-up comedian, and worked in independent film. Tyler wrote, directed and is th

It happens every October 11th, since 1988 - National Coming Out Day. The day was founded in 1988 by Richard Eichberg, a psychologist and Jean O'Leary, a gay rights activist, to raise awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and its civil rights movement. They chose October 11th to mark the anniversary of the second major National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place 1987. With estimates of half a million people participating, it was nearly five times the size of the first march in 1979. National Coming Out Day is observed throughout the U.S. and other countries around the world. Today we celebrate all those who have come out, and those who have yet to come out. It is a personal choice and one to be celebrated when the time is right. Here's support for those how need it and those who want to celebrate coming out. You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()   https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.s

It's one thing to come out, but to do it again...oy vey. That takes guts, bravery, and courage. Yet, when we are who we are, the world is so much easier to navigate. That's why, we, Jenna Slaughter and I believe it is important to have the conversation about being exactly in the world just as you are. Jenna is a non-binary individual who first came out as Lesbian (which is about sexual orientation), then they came out as non-binary (which is about gender identity). It's the perfect authenticity conversation about being your most authentic self as we head into National Coming Out Day - October 11th. About Jenna Self-love Coach, Speaker, Holistic Embodiment Educator, Podcaster and LGBTQ+ Mental Health activist. They help perfectionists and people pleasers get out of cycles of self-sabotage so the can gain momentum to take off! Connect With Jenna http://www.jennaslaughter.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/itsjennaslaughter/ (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/itsjennaslaughter/ (Instagram) http://linke

It's been 22 years, since I finally made the brave step to come out of the closet after living for 36 years in the closet. It was scary, exciting, worrisome, and joyful. Here are a few things I've since learned about coming out of the closet, that I hope will inspire some of you to take the brave step to just be yourself...YOU'RE WORTH IT! You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()   https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()   http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()   https://bit.ly/2FVH55j ()  

What do you do when you need some help? Call a super hero. But what do you do when you've been medically laid up, off work, and then jsut as you come out of that challenge, COVID-19 hits? You finally let your dream to be a superhero come to life...or you create your Drag Super-SHERO. Anthony Hand let the solitude of COVID-19 bring his dream of creating a comic book character come to life by introducing the world to the first Drag Super-Shero - Maxxie LAWOW. He's sharing his journey and the impact he hopes to have on the world when you know what the world needs is SHERO! About Anthony Hand Creator, Director, Producer: Anthony Hand is a product designer and former entrepreneur in Silicon Valley where he puts his storytelling skills to use on a daily basis. Anthony has seen every season of RuPaul’s Drag Race since Season 1, frequents local and national cabaret and theater, and is a recovering comic book geek. Drag legend Dina Martina is his spirit totem. Anthony is the president of the San Francisco Gay Men's Ch

Today I celebrate 20 years with my guy, my man, and I don't mean that in an ownership sort of way. I mean it in a "look what we've created" way. It takes love, work, patience, understanding, and getting each other, to make it this far. Here's my insights about what I have learned over the last 20 years with my man, George Solis to make it work, work, work. You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()   https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()   http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()   https://bit.ly/2FVH55j ()  

It's time for the "sex shame" brigade to sashay away. For to many years, those ashamed of sex, except for the purpose of procreation, have tried to shame the rest of us into submission. Well, "Buh-bye, and buh-bye, to you pent up angry sex-deprived individuals!" We're queer and we're here because God made us to be humans and sexual humans and to enjoy our sexual selves not be shamed into hating sex. Rant over, not over, so listen to my take on sex shaming the LGBTQ community to hell. You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()   https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()   http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()   https://bit.ly/2FVH55j ()  

Relationships are wonderful and ho hum. Loving and conflicted. Easy and challenging. Then add a dose of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, polyamorous, or any of the other sexual orientations, gender identities or ways of being in a committed relationship, and the plot thickens. Or does it have to? Bring their own unique sense for awakening relationships to make quantum leaps of success - regardless of your sexual orientation, gender identity, or form of your intimate relationship, Jennifer and Stephanie PageWise want your intimate partnerships to thrive - using three primary pillars. Listen as they guide us to be open to their formula for creating a relationship that is grounded in learning, loving, and leaning into the unknown. About Jennifer and Stephanie Jennifer and Stephanie PageWise are Quantum Relationship Coaches who work with the LGBTQ+ community.  Their mission is to bring more love to the world, one relationship at a time.  They focus on creating holy relationships through teaching self-l

Whether you're 30, 40, 50, 60, etc. , it's never too late to come out and there are actually huge benefits to coming out and being authentically you in your sexuality. Here's a few of the most common reasons to come out and be who you are, even when you think you are to old, or have wasted too much time. You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()   https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()   http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()   https://bit.ly/2FVH55j ()  

Stuttering, and one arm About NickNick is an incredibly unique individual. Born with only one arm, Nick was forced to turn what many would call a handicap into an unforeseen opportunity. Nick grew up playing sports and was blessed with the opportunity to play football at both the collegiate and professional levels. He has been featured in many local and national publications and TV shows including USA Today, FOX SPORTS LIVE, ESPN, and The George Michael Sports Machine. In 2004 he founded a kicking and punting school - https://www.4thand10kickingandpunting.com/ (4th and 10) - where he now trains and works with specialists at all levels including NFL, NCAA, and High School. Over the years his clients began to ask questions regarding motivation, nutrition, and life skills. In 2017 he decided to enroll and join the Institute of Integrative Nutrition earning his certification. Seeking further knowledge, Nick received additional certifications in nutrition through Precision Nutrition in 2019. Connect With Nickhttp:

In the midst of the lovely and unexpected pandemic - COVID19 - love can was found and lost. It was a season. A season that brought to a head by a clear cut understanding that you can think and feel one way about the person you are in a relationship with, only to find out they are thinking and feeling a completely different way, and suddenly - GAME OVER - or in this songwriter/singers case - THAT'S THE END OF THIS SEASON! Yet, seasons are meant to start and stop, come and go, and that's why for Asian American singer songwriter, Christine Sako, the season of falling in and out love during a pandemic helped her realize you gotta be real with the journey and the situation if you are ever going to grow. Her new song Seasoned, takes us on a journey to her truth of being exactly who she is meant to be in the world. https://open.spotify.com/album/5nBExQBQJO8JcgHgzpzrfw?dl_branch=1&si=4zdPUW5mTwGE2Y4dBP5NHQ&nd=1 ()About ChristineAsian American indie synth pop artist unveiled a fresh chapter of her music career

We're all flawed, all complicated, and all hunger to be accepted to be just who we are in the world. But, we also desire to feel safe. The bigger question is, "How do you feel safe when everyone sees you as flawed or complicated?" You don't let them IMPACT your life. You live you, and share your flawed and complicated life, even if that means you admit you've been abused - physically and emotionally...because someone else needs to hear your story. Benji Carr, author, journalist, and performer, takes us on his journey to come out of his closet - gay and otherwise - to embrace his flaw with making it complicated journey. https://www.amazon.com/Impacted-Novel-Benji-Carr-ebook/dp/B08QDYMWLJ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=impacted&qid=1622836034&sr=8-1 ()About BenjiAs a child growing up in the South with cerebral palsy, Benji Carr developed an eye for the bizarre and quirky, which provided all of the stories he told his friends and family with a bit of flavor. Working as a journalist, storyteller and pla

Dating is either an adventure or a thorn in your side. Then add to the mix being LGBTQ and all that comes with dating the same sex, dating both men and women, or trying to explain the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity, and the dating world needs a whole new way to interact. Well how about connecting with connection and having a real conversation on that first encounter rather than depending on the standard, tried and true - posed profile pic, short description, likes/dislikes, and then swipe right or left. Enter Teleport.co. Stop swiping, start dating from the comfort of your own space, with real online connections...not just a photo. It's a new way of brining connection to your dating adventure and helping you get where you're trying to get - meeting your people, finding your person. Founder, Tyler Greenberg shares their idea and his candid views on what is wrong with the dating environments today, and how Teleport.co is getting ready to shake up the dating world - regardless of sexu

From being an obese young man who was bullied, to bullying himself into a job that everyone else - including himself - thought was the perfect path for him, Travis Daigle just couldn't come out to be himself, until he realized, the Army was calling. Tricked into joining and being told they would teach him how to swim, Travis takes on his own coming out journey to live life on the other side of abuse, obesity, misery in a corporate job, to step into the world as an Army Green Beret which has now lead him to be a speaker who values the journey of living your life on your own terms. About Travis Travis Daigle overcame a childhood haunted by physical, sexual, and verbal abuse.  Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, he battled obesity, weighing over 300 pounds at 17 years old.  After years of failed attempts, in the midst of constant bullying at school, he lost over 100 pounds, as he began his college career at the University of Houston.  There, he would spend 5 years grinding out sleepless nights spent studying, dea

you Do you ever wish your parents were as accepting of you as Betty DeGeneres was of Ellen? Or maybe you wish you could just accept that your parents our on a journey, just like you, when you make that grand announcement that you are LGBTQ? We all have our moments where we wish, wish, wish we could have more acceptance - one family at a time. Banding together, in true LGBTQ fashion, Angel Briones - creator and host of the "They Can't All Be Betty" podcast - and I take you a dual podcast recording venture to talk about families, coming out, and how we can all be Betty in our own way when we allow open-minded conversations to take place in the coming out process. About AngelaAngela Briones is the creator and host of the podcast They Can't All Be Betty, where she flips the lens on the coming-out story, invites families into the conversation, and opens the closet one story at a time. You can follow her on Instagram at @theycantallbebettypodcast. You can also listen to the podcast on…https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()htt

Whether you're coming out of the closet or leaving a job that is sucking the life out of you, as you make that decision, your ugly little saboteurs are going to show up, you know those inner critics, to throw you off track. They don't want you to do what you want to do most. Instead they want to throw you curve balls to play it safe. That all ends today. Or at least let's try to make it the beginning of the end with your inner saboteur. Fellow coach Yannick Picard and I take on our inner saboteurs and guide to the work of Shirzad Chamine’s, New York Times bestseller and Stanford lectures about the 9 Ways We Self Sabotage. If you're ready to move forward out of your stuckness, this is the podcast to kick start your journey and to kick your saboteur in the ass. About YannickYannick Picard was only 16 years old when he was bitten by the coaching “bug”. He was watching a late-night infomercial and actually purchased the Tony Robbin’s Personal Power audio cassette program. He was blown away with what he learned fr

So why is it that gay men say they want love, success, happiness, but they let fear and and failure get in the way? Surprisingly it stems from a lot of internalized shame and beliefs that we are simply "not enough!" To prove that theory wrong, burned out teacher and fellow life coach Matthew Raymond and I dive deep into the world of liberated living as a gay man, as we explore what you can do when you dump your fears, excuses, shame and guilt for being who you are. About MatthewMatthew Raymond is a gay life coach and the creator of Liberated Living. He brings his former experience as a teacher and community organizer into his coaching practice. Matthew works primarily with individuals in the LGBTQ+ community, supporting them to unpack their shame, stop performing, and live more authentically. He loves working with anyone who has a vision of who they want to be, but are held back by thoughts of who they “should” be. More than anything, Matthew is a lover, a healer, and a great listener. He currently lives in L

There's a crazy correlation to coming out of the closet and coming out to be an entrepreneur. As we wrap up the month of celebrating pride, let's not forget to celebrate who you are in all aspects of life, especially in your life's work. Jacob Ratliff, is a client attraction coach who helps LGBTQ entrepreneurs build their dream businesses, to be out and proud in the world, doing the work that that they love - regardless of their sexuality. About JacobJacob Ratliff is a Client Attraction Coach and entrepreneur based in Asheville, North Carolina. Using his identity and lived experiences as the catalyst for creating his business, Jacob uplifts people and helps them to grow their businesses by leaning into their authentic, confident, empowered selves. With over five years’ experience in growing clients’ businesses as well as his own, Jacob is uniquely positioned to help high impact coaches build intimate relationships online to attract high-paying clients. Over the past five years he has developed the Organic Cli

What started from his own experiences on the playground and in his familial unit, has led to those moment. A moment where sexuality and gender identity need to be viewed as sacred space for each and everyone of us and human beings. A moment where we can all be eased into a healthy sense of sexual and gender identity, without the messages from the playground of life damaging us at our core. Author Chris Tompkins, shares insights from his new book, Raising LGBTQ Allies, an awesome guide for the non-LGTBQ ally to learn how to squelch the wrong messages that cause scars that deeply wound individuals in the LGBTQ community. About ChrisChris Tompkins is a teacher, TEDx speaker, spiritual life coach, and LGBTQ inner-advocate based in Los Angeles, CA. He’s also the author of the forthcoming book, Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent’s Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground. The book is available for purchase at most book retailers. Connect With Chrishttps://www.aroadtriptolove.com (Website) https://www.facebook

Never one to walk away from a fight or a belief system, Buck Angel is coming out swinging this PRIDE Season letting everyone know that TRANPA is in the house. But what is TRANPA? An elder TRANSMAN who is not going to be told, " Go sit down TRANPA and let us younger TRANSMEN take the lead now!" All Buck is asking for is some respect. Respect for those who've gone before us all in our fight for equality rights and voice as we celebrate pride season this year. AboutBuck Angel is a world-renowned motivational speaker, pioneering filmmaker, and a human rights activist. Buck Angel's message of empowerment through self-acceptance and the mission to encourage everyone to be comfortable in their own skin - whatever that means to them - has struck a passionate chord with people around the world. Buck was born female on June 5,1962. He never felt female and struggled through life until he had the life-changing opportunity to transition from female to male and finally live life authentically. He had many obstacles during