And Here You Are Podcast

Episode 14 is a conversation between host Effie Dusoleil and Dr. Kelsey L. Smoot. During this conversation you’ll hear Effie and Kelz discuss how childhood knowings became adulthood truths, how love itself is something to be proud of giving and receiving and how we can rebuke society’s messages around how we should be or look. You’ll hear Kelz share more about his research, their practices of centering joy & community, and their experience of growing up as a black queer person moving thro...

In part two of episode 13 you hear the continuation of the conversation between host Effie Dusoleil and Drea Bustamante. The second part of their conversation covers the beautiful variety of ways the LGBTQI+ community exist in the world, how vital and important it is to have queer role models that exemplify being honest about who they are and can share their identities openly, the experience of being an immigrant and how they both agree that community is often a lifesaver. They also tal...

In part one of episode 13 you hear the beginning of the, very personal, conversation between host Effie Dusoleil and Drea Bustamante. You'll hear them talk about their past as a married couple, the choices that they made and continue to make to stay close throughout it all, the idea that unconditional love has the potential to literally change communities and the world- starting with each of us. They discuss the plot twist of being happy things didn’t work out as expected, how life is f...

In this episode you’ll hear host Effie Dusoleil talk with Jo Vee. In this conversation they discuss how it has felt to be a part of the community as a masc lesbian and how it feels to be in spaces that celebrate the spectrum of lesbianism, the vital realization that we don’t have to fit into a box that doesn’t work for us, how we find inspiration all around us and how curiosity can open doors that we never knew existed. Jo Vee is a Washington, DC based content creator who shares about g...

To celebrate Pride month we’re releasing two episodes in June! Happy Pride my friends!!! In this beautiful conversation, Effie Dusoleil talks with Salimah Kassim-Lakha. They discuss their experiences as people existing outside of the gender binary, how their inner knowings were very present from a young age and the idea of queerness opening doors to possibility rather than being a limitation. Salimah Kassim-Lakha is a queer South Asian Kundalini Yoga Therapist and spiritual elder with over tw...