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The Renaissance Room Podcast
I'm Katie Karlberg, boudoir photographer and professional myth-buster and host of The Renaissance Room podcast. This podcast is about bodies, the patriarchy, diet culture, and everything they don't want you to know. Your body isn't a problem to solve. It's a masterpiece to celebrate.
The Renaissance Room Podcast
EPISODE 7: MY COMING OUT STORY
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I didn't think I was queer. Not in my teens, not in my twenties — not even when friends tried to tell me otherwise. It wasn't until I was 30, deep in a pandemic TikTok spiral, that something started to unravel.
This is my coming out story. And yes, The L Word is involved.
In this episode I'm talking about why my perfectionism kept me from ever considering existing outside the lines, the deconstruction that happened when I started learning about the full spectrum of sexuality, why I didn't think I could be queer because I didn't "look" gay, and the story of meeting my partner at a New Year's party. I also share why I still don't have a neat label — and why I'm okay with that.
Late is not the same as wrong. You're allowed to be in the middle of becoming.
The Renaissance Room is a podcast for women who are done shrinking. New episodes every other Monday.