Graying Rainbows: exploring the "messy middle" of coming out

Graying Rainbows: exploring the "messy middle" of coming out

Episode 38 of Graying Rainbows: Coming Out LGBT+ Later in Life features Minnesota educator Tress Ahles. She share the ups and downs of her coming out journey including the tension between the joy of embracing authenticity and the guilt of hurting those she loves.

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"Lesbian Epiphanies" (GR 28)

"Lesbian Epiphanies" (GR 28)

The most recent episode of my new podcast Graying Rainbows: Coming Out LGBT+ Later in Life is a solo episode in which I discuss the book Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life by the late Karol L. Jensen. We explore the question of why so many women do not discover their attraction to other women until after marriage. Jensen's book was published 20 years ago, but many of the cultural factors she identified remain powerful in women's lives.

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