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
9 episodes
Why I Chose Yeztugo
Listen to the latest in HIV prevention innovation. Ray Delgado, Senior Director of Communications and Community Development at SMCC, talks about his experience being one of the first patients to receive Yeztugo, the new long-acting injectable P...
Finding the Ladder
What does it take to climb out of the pit? For Jericho Galindo, also known as Phoenix drag artist Gray Matter, the answer has involved a long, ongoing practice of self-care and finding meaning through art. This conversation is about what it mea...
Living In Your Truth
Speaking up for your health is one of the most powerful things you can do. In this episode, we talk with public health advocate Carrie Grant about her journey from rural Georgia to Arizona and how her experiences shaped her passion for health e...
Nothing About Us Without us: Queer Healthcare in Rural America
Dr. Kyle Gresenz is a queer theorist and rural healthcare scholar working to expose how systems fail LGBTQ+ communities. We dig into the four domains of health...
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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...
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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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...
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...
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...
