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Jun 2020
29m 27s

Coming Out While Staying In: Dealing Wit...

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<p>How do you maintain a relationship with your homophobic family when you&#39;re financially dependent on them? How do you manage these relationships while sheltering-in-place? We talk to a queer college student who&#39;s out at school but feels unaccepted at home. Wise One Steven Canals, co-creator of FX&#39;s Pose joins us to discuss growing up g ... Show More
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