Straight to Gay

Welcome to the Straight to Gay Podcast. This episode is about heartbreak, and accompanies the four stories in the series.In this podcast, we discuss the process of letting go. How writing can be a tool for discovery and making more informed choices going forward? What are the lessons learned from riding the rollercoaster, and living through the experience of heartbreak?Don't forget to leave a comment here with your questions, thoughts or experiences with heartbreak after you listen. If you are enjoying the Straight to Gay podcast and stories, please spread the word, and share it with your friends - straight and gay! You can also support this project by becoming a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amysiskind.substack.com

Welcome to the podcast version of About the Dreaded B-Word. In this story, Amy asks “how can a label be given so much cred when our generation can't even agree on the basics of what it means?” After writing and rewriting the story, Amy discovers: it's not the label, it's the person!Stretch your mind and join the discussion. After you listen to the podcast, share your thoughts, opinions and experiences on the topic!Straight to Gay is Amy Siskind's passion project to tell the stories of LGBTQ women, and create community. Please consider supporting the project by becoming a subscriber. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amysiskind.substack.com

Welcome to the podcast version of Love At First Sight. Was it really love at first sight, or something else? Listen to story of Amy meeting Nicole at an LGBTQ event in 2010, and their connection and reconnection years later.Don't forget to RATE and REVIEW the podcast after you listen! And join the discussion with your experiences with love at first sight on the open thread!If you are enjoying the Straight to Gay stories and podcasts, please share it with your friends! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amysiskind.substack.com

Welcome to the podcast version of From Russia With Love. This story takes place in July 2017, while Amy was working on The Weekly List project, and Russia state media and bloggers were attacking her online. Then suddenly, Anna, a beautiful Russian woman, entered her life. Was Anna sent as a KGB Bond girl?Enjoy listening to this adventure, and a post script about Straight to Gay's tie to Eleanor Roosevelt and archiving the list project.Don't forget to RATE and REVIEW the podcast after you listen!If you are enjoying the Straight to Gay stories and podcasts, please share it with your friends! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amysiskind.substack.com

Welcome to the podcast version of one of the most popular stories, The Lesbian Handbook. After you listen, please check the open thread and join the conversation by sharing your thoughts or comments.Please don't forget to rate and review the podcast after you listen!If you want to read this story, or the story it is paired with, Do Not Disturb, pleased sign up as a paid subscriber. If you have financial hardship, message me and I will happily comp you!Straight to Gay is Amy's passion project to elevate stories about LGBTQ women and to create community. Please consider supporting the project by becoming a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amysiskind.substack.com

Welcome to the podcast version of Baby, I was born this way. After you listen, please check the OPEN THREAD and join the conversation by sharing your thoughts or stories. Please don't forget to rate and review the podcast after you listen!If you would like to hear PODCAST #2, My First Time, please consider joining as a paid subscriber, which will give you access to all stories and podcasts.If you are enjoying the Straight to Gay stories and podcasts, please share it with y our friends! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amysiskind.substack.com

Welcome to the podcast version of the first story, Coming Out on Wall Street. I am also thrilled to announce that Straight to Gay is the #1 on Substack for LGBTQ newsletters! Thank you all for your support!I heard your feedback on the desire to have the stories in podcast version, so we are going to give it a try! If you would like to be notified when podcasts drop, please subscribe below. Stories that are for paid subscribers only, will be the same for podcasts. If you are enjoying the Straight to Gay stories and podcasts, please share the series with your friends!Don't forget to rate the review the podcast! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amysiskind.substack.com