Made It Out

This week, Mal is joined by her friend Kristi Gramlich who shares her story of being outed in her sorority while coping with the loss of a parent. Kristi discusses how the public outing experience shaped her and her relationship at the time, and where she's at with her sexuality today. Kristi also opens up about her lifelong struggle with OCD and how she copes with it as an adult.**Content Warning: This episode contains content that may be challenging to some listeners.**Follow our guest @kristigramlich and please remember to subscribe, rate on Spotify, review on Apple, and share this episode with your sorority sisters to remind them to be kind! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Ali Kolbert sits down with Mal to discuss her pattern of pursuing straight women. The two dive into Ali's high school obsession with her straight best friend and how the dynamics of that friendship affected her lesbian dating life. Ali opens up about why she found herself in these seemingly dead-end relationships and what steps she's taken to break the pattern. The two also discuss finding your queer identity, fitting into queer spaces and Anxious-Avoidant attachment styles.Listen to Ali's podcast, Breaking Down with Ali Kolbert: https://open.spotify.com/show/27KEFQNRq3kBf8uvH744bkFollow our guest @alikolbert and please remember to subscribe, rate, review and share this podcast with your massage therapist! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liz Tracy discusses struggling with internalized homophobia and accepting her sexuality, including catfishing with a fake male profile. Topics include aversions to sex toys, dating long distance to hide sexuality, and living a secret double life. Humorous conversations on personal exploration and self-acceptance are also featured.

Nicole from Dope Kitchen shares her journey of coming out, from crushing on straight friends to finding true gay love in a tent in Alaska. The podcast delves into exploring queerness in the dance world, relationships through psychedelic therapy, embracing personal growth, navigating moving in together, and relationship dynamics with fun relationship mind games.

Actress Jonica Booth shares her journey from corporate life to the big screen, discussing how sudden loss changed her perspective on life and love. She opens up about grieving for her brother while shooting Rap Shit, highlighting the importance of healing after loss and living life to the fullest. A touching and insightful conversation about overcoming personal grief and finding success in the face of adversity.

**Content Warning: This episode contains content that may be challenging to some listeners. Please check the show notes below for a detailed description.This week, Mal is joined by her friend Sierra to discuss toxic relationships: the signs, the patterns, and what to do if you think you might be in one. It was Sierra's first relationship with a woman that forced her to examine her past, and which brought up repressed memories of Childhood Sexual Assault (CSA). This revelation led to years of healing work and therapy, and Sierra found herself in various unhealthy romantic relationships throughout that challenging time. Sierra shares what she learnt during that time and reminds us that we all deserve a happy ending, no matter the circumstances we came from.Please see resources Sierra shared below:98Society: https://98society.com/Rainn: https://www.rainn.org/Darkness to Light: https://www.d2l.org/National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/Los Angeles - LGBTQ Center: https://lalgbtcenter.org/programs/community-support-groups/Follow our guest @sierradowd and please remember to subscribe, rate, review and share this episode with someone you suspect might be in a toxic relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Singer-songwriter-producer Chelsea Cutler discusses love, including finding 'the one,' falling in love, communication, and love evolving over time. The episode delves into relationship complexities, self-discovery, and sustaining bonds through shared experiences and communication.

Join Mal and model/author Chloe Mason in a conversation about taking a non-traditional path and doing everything in order to survive - especially as a young mom navigating sexuality later in life. For anyone who's had to overcome tough circumstances, this episode brings a message of hope - and will remind you that you're doing the best you can, and that is enough.Follow our guest @chloealexandraxo (stay tuned for her book launch announcement) and please remember to subscribe, rate, review and share this episode with your next door neighbor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They say the best ships are friendships... But what about queers that can sail the sea? Wait, what? Anyway - Lexi Dussi joins Mal this week to talk about her journey to finding a queer community, starting from the dark days of lying to her straight friends about where she was, to becoming fully integrated in a queer friend group she couldn't have dreamt up. This episode answers some of our most frequently asked questions - how do I make queer friends? How do I navigate being in the same friend group as my ex? Where can I find community? Why do gay people only hang out with other gay people? Tune in to find out!Follow our guest Lexi @lexidussi and please remember to subscribe, rate, review and share this episode with a straight friend to remind them that you still love them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If your New Year's resolution is to lose weight - maybe watch this episode first! Mal and singer-songwriter Maddie Zahm discuss a range of topics from purity culture in the church, to body image and weight loss fixation, and how all of these affected Maddie's journey to coming out and dating women. We hope this episode reminds you to be kind to yourself, to embrace your body, and that there will always be another donut.Follow our guest Maddie at @maddiezahm and check out her tour dates at https://maddiezahmmusic.com/home/Please remember to subscribe, rate, review and share this podcast with your choir director! Follow the show at @madeitoutpodcast and follow Mal at @malglowenke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices