The Lavender Lounge
Welcome to the Lavender Lounge: a podcast community discussing the latest in LGBTQ+ health and wellness. Hosted by Spectrum Medical Community Health Advocate Anna Kova, Lavender Lounge amplifies voices in conversations around LGBTQ+ health, identity, and resilience. Featuring care providers, local advocates, and individuals with lived experience in this space, we share real insights to empower you wherever you’re at in your health journey.
Episodes
5 episodes
The Right Size Shoes: A Conversation on Gender and Healing
Gender affirming therapist Dillon Mathew-Gilmore, LMSW (they/them) joins The Lavender Lounge to talk about what it really means to heal through community. Dillon shares their jour...
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Episode 5
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58:22
What Is Healthy Sexuality?
What does it actually mean to have a healthy sex life — and why does our culture make it so hard?In this episode, licensed clinical social worker and certified sex therapist Jennifer Monninger, founder of Oh My Pleasure, joins the Lavend...
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Episode 4
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Finding the You in Someone Else
Arizona’s #1 drag queen Barbra Seville talks about courage, connection, and empathy. From calling out double standards and challenging regressive policies to advocating for LGBTQ+ education and self-esteem, Barbra shares why embracing your auth...
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Episode 2
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57:58
Welcome to The Lavender Lounge
Spectrum Medical Care Center CEO Mark Moeremans introduces The Lavender Lounge and the clinic that’s served Arizona’s LGBTQ+ community for nearly 30 years. Mark shares his vision for best-in-class affirming healthcare, Spectrum’s legacy founded...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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12:23
You Deserve to Be Happy: Full-Spectrum Gender Affirming Care
What does it look like to receive gender-affirming care that is grounded in science and humanity? In this episode of The Lavender Lounge, Ari Kravitz, a family nurse practitioner at Spectrum Medical Care Center, joins us to unpack the what, why...
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Episode 3
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