My Dad Stole My Limelight
by Lauren Deborah⭐ "Powerful & funny & important, MDSML is a special & wonderful podcast! I’m so grateful for the stories that have been shared and to Lauren Deborah for creating such a meaningful and needed space for them." ⭐ "This podcast has charm and laughs!" ⭐ "This podcast is amazing, I’ve learned so much confidence and strength from the guests." 🌈 As seen live at Vancouver Pride, iHeart Podcast spotlight features and Elizabeth Bank’s WHOHAHA’s featured podcasts. Lauren Deborah (she/they) never had the 'coming out' they had their heart set on (the dramatic kind), as when she claimed she was ready, her Dad came out first…stealing Lauren's limelight. Lauren has since grown up and realized the world doesn't revolve around them (most days) and everything happens as it should. In each episode, Lauren sits down with someone to delve into their coming out journey, sometimes with a cameo from someone they came out to like their parents, BFFs, co-workers, partners, or exes. Listen along for amusing, relatable, and heartwarming conversations that normalize (and give a big hug to) every person's experiences and feelings coming out. We discover more about our most authentic selves each week and find ourselves being more visibly, comfortably, and wonderfully queer. Past guests include drag sensations Jerrilynn Spears, Amy Grindhouse and Rogue, comedians Katie-Ellen Humphries, Andrew Johnston, Andrea Jin, Al Val, and Eman El-Husseini, novelist and theatremaker Curtis Campbell, producer and writer Jason T. Gaffney, host of You Made Me Queer Trevor Campbell and Australian Idol's Jasey Fox.
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Episodes
S1 E9: Shawn with Anna
47m · PublishedLauren is joined this week by creator of the MDSML theme music, dear friend and "Anatomy Man to Baby Daddy" - Shawn. Shawn brings with him Anna and the episode focuses on them coming out to each other and the magic of decades of friendship.
Shawn and Anna met when they were seventeen in university and now share a family with each other. This conversation is full of amazing advice, lovely reflections and adorable anecdotes of awkward teenage years right through to present day. The soulmate type relationship that Shawn and Anna have is truly one we all hope to find.
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Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
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Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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S1 E8: Ella Maree with Gabby
38m · Published"Guys, gals, non-binary pals" - we love you all. This is a super special episode where Lauren interviews her niece Ella Maree, who came out to her recently as a fellow bisexual.
Ella is joined by her first Tinder date turned great friend Gabby, and Lauren feels super old around these two woke Gen Z'ers. We talk about how Tik Tok and High School Musical have been so helpful for Ella and Lauren discovering their sexuality and how this generation (and sometimes the internet) are changing the world for the better. (P.S Zac Efron 4EVA)
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Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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S1 E7: Dust with Kya Dubois
50m · PublishedHey Momma! This week's guest is drag artist and singer/songwriter Dust/David. Dust talks about their experience as a non-binary, pansexual, aromantic person and how they first came out in highschool to childhood friend Kya.
This episode explores (practically) life long friendships and the importance of lifting each other up in all aspects of life together especially when coming out and discovering sexuality. Kya and David's friendship is really special and this is a lovely conversation. (We may also talk about Star Wars a little... so there is that).
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Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
Photo of Dust by Mackenzie Jefferies
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S1 E6: Raphë with Liana
46m · PublishedThis week we meet Raphë - a queer performance and plastician artist who also happens to have designed the podcast logo and live downstairs from Lauren.
Raphë has an incredible story of overcoming expectations throughout your life and upbringing, and discovering yourself by expressing yourself - through art and performance. He is truly such a wonderful person to hear the perspective of.
Raphë is joined by one of his best friends Liana. Together they have shared world travel, homes and artist sharehouses, photography, art and more! This friendship is so lovely and a great example of where having the right people around you means you never have to explain yourself.
Email us: [email protected]
Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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S1 E5: Skye Portman with Sasha Mark
43m · PublishedThis week we have a very special episode for you. Some things are said for the first time during this conversation and it was an absolute honour to be a part of it and make the space for this to happen. Thank you to guest Skye Portman for your love, friendship and trust. (Check out Skye's stuff - she is a phenomenal photographer and videographer of music, portraits and comedy, and the creator of A Day In The Laugh photography project!)
Skye is joined by the lovely Sasha Mark (stand up comedian, GM of Blind Tiger), and we all have a giggle and send virtual hugs out to your ears with a truly pure and delightful chat about coming out. Wrap yourself in a blanket, pour a hot drink -- this episode is super cosy like you are chatting with friends, because you are!
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Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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S1 E4: The Established, Shanda Leer
40m · PublishedEver wondered what it would be like for Lauren to interview an even more iconic bisexual than herself, who also happens to be her longest running ever crush? Wonder no more! This week's guest is co-host of the podcast Where The Big Boys Game and an international drag sensation, it's @itsshandaleer!
In Lauren's first one on one interview we discuss coming out multiple times, love for Nova Scotia, the atrocity of bi-erasure and more. Listen along for a cute little chat and very likely the only time Lauren will ever feel lost for words.
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Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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S1 E3: Oz with Lexie
55m · PublishedThis week Lauren sits down with The Golden Girls' number one fan (?) Oz Weaver! Oz talks about coming out as a teenager - at the mall, in drama class and also to his girlfriend at the time over the phone (a cordless phone when they were brand new and cool). We also discuss the amazing people he looked up to in highschool, that paved the way for him to then step up and pave the way for the people after him too.
Oz invited Lexie along, who is one of his oldest friends ~thank you for being a friend~ of twenty years and counting, and his first girlfriend.
Pour yourself a vodka and OJ and enjoy this very fun chat.
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Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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S1 E2: Katie-Ellen Humphries with Amitai Marmorstein
54m · PublishedThis is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, and this week's guest is the best, BEST, best of the Aquarians - it's Katie-Ellen Humphries! Several times throughout this episode Katie-Ellen talks as if she is reading Lauren's journal (but in a much more profound way).
Katie is joined by her BFF and co-host of their podcast Horny Off Main - Amitai Marmorstein. This episode explores being queer without needing to label it, and the huge importance of having conversations about your sexuality with the person who will be there for you in the exact way you need them to be. Listen along for truly wholesome content from two lovely guests.
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Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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S1 E1: Jerrilynn Spears with Sera Kasikci
44m · PublishedJerrilynn Spears is an iconic 5'8 woman, co-host of @letscutthecrease podcast, and the love of Lauren's life. Jerri joined Lauren to talk about coming out as gay as a teen in a small(minded) town, and along for the chat is childhood BFF Sera.
It is clear why these two have been friends for so long and why they love each other so much. You will love them too after listening.
Email us: [email protected]
Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
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Take Me To The Pilot! with Lauren Deborah
38m · PublishedHost and Creator Lauren Deborah talks about her "coming out" as bisexual and how it never actually happened, as around the time she truly discovered this, her Dad came out as bisexual first, stealing her limelight.
This episode acts as a background on Lauren's experiences discovering her sexuality as both bisexual and demisexual - and how her Dad's coming out may have impacted that.
This episode has a very different tone to how the rest of the interviews will go in that it is a lot more serious, but it is honest and open and vulnerable. Out of respect and privacy for some of the people mentioned, some of the names have been omitted from the audio. Thank you so much for listening.
Email us: [email protected]
Host/Creator: Lauren Deborah Twitter / Instagram
Follow the pod: Twitter / Instagram
Audio Producer/Creative Advisor: Thomas Quirk Twitter / Instagram
Art: Raphë
Music: Shawn Kangro
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
My Dad Stole My Limelight has 81 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 73:31:55. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on December 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 12th, 2024 19:11.
