Second Adolescence

Feb 20 2025 67 ep. 45 mins 27

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Conversations about Second Adolescence - the messy, exhilarating, awkward, healing-filled LGBTQ+ adulthood that comes after growing up in an anti-queer world. Hosted by Adam James Cohen, a licensed psychotherapist and a fellow human who navigated his own Second Adolescence. For more, visit: www.secondadolescencepod.com

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Ep. 63: Brandan Robertson (he/him) on Being Queer & Christian

Feb 20 2025 35 mins

On today’s episode, we have Brandan Robertson (he/him). Brandan is known on the internet as the “TikTok Pastor,” with lots of folks tuning into his inclusive theological digital content across social media. I was curious to have Brandan come on to add to the conversation we’ve been having about queerness - I’ve gotten to speak with lots of folks whom as part of their heal

Ep. 62: Help and Healing From Male Escorts: One Man’s Story of Stepping Into His Queerness While Grieving His Late Wife

Feb 06 2025 50 mins

Our guest on today’s episode is a man we’re going to call "David" - David is not his real name, he’s using a pseudonym. We recorded this conversation about a year into his uncovering his bisexuality in his early 60s, something he started doing alongside grieving the passing of his wife of over 40 years. Prior to passing, his wife encouraged him to live a happy life when she's

Ep 61: Valerie Baker (she/they) on Late Blooming After Fundamentalist Religious Upbringings

Jan 30 2025 37 mins

This week’s guest is Valerie Baker (she/they). In this episode, Valerie shares with us about her experience coming into her queerness in her 30s after growing up within a culture of religious fundamentalism. They share with us about childhood, and how due to the level of conservativeness within the fundamentalist religion she grew up within, she felt like she missed out on her fi

Ep. 60: Lucas Wilson (he/him) - From Conversion Therapy to Queer Liberation

Jan 16 2025 61 mins

This week's guest is Lucas Wilson (he/him). Lucas is the editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy, which features personal essays written by survivors about their experience in Conversion Therapy (CT). Lucas is also a survivor of CT and this is the focus of our conversation today - his own personal journey as a survivor of conversion therapy, and his

Ep 59: Steve Spencer (he/him) on Navigating Biphobia and HIV Stigma

Sep 05 2024 46 mins

September is Bisexuality Visibility Month, and I’m excited to kick it off with this week’s guest, Steve Spencer (he/him). Steve is award-winning bi+ and HIV advocate, researcher, and consultant. Steve is a bi, HIV positive man who is doing so much work to advocate for bi+ visibility and action against HIV stigma, and I was eager to have him on to give voice to all of this. In t

Ep. 58: Tyler Tetreault, MD (he/him) on Creating Spaces We Didn't Have Access To

Aug 22 2024 34 mins

This week’s guest is Tyler Tetreault, MD (he/him). In this conversation, Tyler shares with us about his journey as a transgender man who transitioned during his residency, and how his personal experience has lit a fire to create more space for LGBTQ+ folks within orthopedic medicine. I was so touched by Tyler and his story and the work he’s doing now, and am excited to invite y

Ep. 57: Morgan Henry Kerr (she/her) on Trying to Conceive as Queer Prospective Parents

Jul 25 2024 49 mins

This week’s guest is Morgan Henry Kerr (she/her). Morgan joined us to talk about all things ups and downs of being a queer person trying to conceive. Morgan shares her own personal journey creating her family, and shares about the work she's doing to support other queer people through the Trying to Conceive (TTC) process. This conversation is particularly helpful for those of you

Ep: 56: Archie Arnold (he/him) and The Joy and Grief of Finding Ourselves Later

Jul 11 2024 32 mins

This week’s guest is Archie Arnold (he/him). Archie has a powerful story of being someone who just recently in his early fifties came to full understanding of his identity as a gay trans man. Archie lets us into his own story of uncovering his true self during the COVID pandemic and what his process has been like to deconstruct and reconstruct his experience of identity. We talk

Ep 55: Rohan Shirolkar (he/him) on Healing the Shameful Differentness Our Younger Selves Internalized

Jun 28 2024 42 mins

This week’s guest is Rohan Shirolkar (he/him). As a husband and new father, Rohan’s story has taken him to a place he didn’t see possible at its beginning, growing up as a gay boy in India in the 1980s/1990s. On this episode, Rohan shares with us his story and journey of navigating and understanding his identity, confronting and healing from anti-queerness, and eventually get

Ep 54: Mod Becher (he/they) on Navigating Internal and External Conflict on the Path to Ourselves

Jun 13 2024 40 mins

This week’s guest is artist and actor, Mod Becher (he/they). I actually met Mod out in real life while being a patron at his workplace, which we go into, and it eventually led to me sharing about the podcast and unbeknownst to me Mod was navigating a pretty pivotal time and would go on to become a listener of the show and eventually wanted to come on to offer their own story as a