“My Gay Playlist & Stories From Outside the Closet” explores the lives of LGBTQIA+ identified people and their allies. During each episode, singer-songwriter-storyteller and host, Liv Lombardi, chats with musicians, writers, actors, comedians, and advocates from all over the world about their coming out stories and the music that shapes their journeys. For Liv, “coming out” is an act of honesty that we all undertake when we decide to live life as authentically as possible. It's a decision we make everyday. To start, we ask this: What are your stories and what are your songs?
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“My Gay Playlist & Stories From Outside the Closet” explores the lives of LGBTQIA+ identified people and their allies. During each episode, singer-songwriter-storyteller and host, Liv Lombardi, chats with musicians, writers, actors, comedians, and advocates from all over the world about their coming out stories and the music that shapes their journeys. For Liv, “coming out” is an act of honesty that we all undertake when we decide to live life as authentically as possible. It's a decision we make everyday. To start, we ask this: What are your stories and what are your songs?
On this week's episode, Liv sits down with Musician and Scholar, Lazarus Letcher to discuss music and the many ways coming out has shaped Laz's life. Their stories touch on affirming queer, trans and nonbinary identities, the challenges of growing up as a BIPOC queer person in the Midwest, sobriety, and the endless longing experienced within the LGBTQIA community. Music featured on this episode's playlist include songs by Laz's band Eileen and the In-Betweens, Death Cab for Cutie, Nina Simone, Johannes Brahms, and many more.
This week's music discovery portion features the Madison, WI based queer-synth-pop-rock band, Kat and the Hurricane.
My Gay Playlist
“My Gay Playlist & Stories From Outside the Closet” explores the lives of LGBTQIA+ identified people and their allies. During each episode, singer-songwriter-storyteller and host, Liv Lombardi, chats with musicians, writers, actors, comedians, and advocates from all over the world about their coming out stories and the music that shapes their journeys. For Liv, “coming out” is an act of honesty that we all undertake when we decide to live life as authentically as possible. It's a decision we make everyday. To start, we ask this: What are your stories and what are your songs?
