39. Honey, I Shrunk the Baby Gay!

Published: June 29, 2021, 6 p.m.

On this week\u2019s episode, Chatrice and Luis invite Courting Cutie Rachel to discuss Pride Month, relationship fuzzies, and the term \u2018baby gay\u2019. Our hosts discuss Philadelphia travel (including their highs/lows), the travel bug that bit Chatrice again, Luis rants on the current state of the service industry. With Rachel, the discussion revolves around male gaze in relationships, first queer relationship, exploring dating outside of cishet men, and demisexuality. 

If you would like to see Rachel\u2019s section of this week\u2019s episode, you can watch it on Youtube! Visit https://youtu.be/TPRNawOfQpY. The video has closed captions as well!

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:19 - Hello and Welcome

0:39 - Catch Up: Recapping Philadelphia Travel

3:58 - Travel bug biting Chatrice again

8:09 - Pay people a liveable wage; frustration at restaurants/service industry

9:05 - Chatrice visits Ishkabibble\u2019s! It\u2019a real place refernced in \u201cLiving Single\u201d

11:13 - One \u2018me\u2019 moment for our hosts 

13:05 - What is our COVID body, accepting our COVID body as it is  

14:04 - Shout Out for the Culture: Sha\u2019Carri Richardson

18:11 - Guest Cutie: Rachel

18:55: Rachel Introduction\u2019s 

21:09 - Describing the dating scene of where Rachel lives

23:57 - Guest describes current dating/relationship status

25:58 - Discussion of the term \u2018baby gay\u2019

26:39 - Who do you date, who do you find attractive, and who did you date in the past?

28:02 - Luis\u2019 discusses how they define demisexuality for them

29:02 - How do you identify across sexuality spectrum

31:28 - Exploring dating outside of cishet men, talking to all gender idenities on Tinder

32:44 - \u201cYes, I\u2019m straight but I haven\u2019t necessarily tried anything else so I don\u2019t know\u201d Chatrice recalls Rachel saying something akin to this

33:32 - Urban dictionary definition of \u2018baby gay\u2019

34:30 - Does Rachel identify as a baby gay?

36:38 - Cultural immersion of \u2018baby gay\u2019

37:06 - \u201cYou can be queer and not really be in the culture\u201d was something said during a recent conversation Luis and Chatrice were a part of 

39:30 - Love Story recollection

46:36 - Lessons learned in this relationships - lesson learned about the relationships, lessons learned about self

48:11 - Relationship benefit: doubling the wardrobe 

53:04 - Rachel\u2019s coming out story

56:08 - Attending pride festivals

57:25 - Queer Bucket List for 2022

58:14 - Queer representation, visibility; would it have been helpful for queer youths to see queer adults?

58:49 - Feeling a responsibility to be queer and visible

1:01:30 - To Luis: Advice to baby gays, those new to their queer identities 

1:03:00 - Advice: attend a Pride

1:03:36 - New Merch Ideas?

1:03:46 - Advice: Find queer mentors

1:05:08 - The Old Gays - Youtube Channel: https://www.instagram.com/theoldgays/

1:05:40 - \u2018Old Gays\u2019 and \u2018Baby Gays\u2019 we are using as an endering terms

1:06:55 - Gay fairytale: not meeting someone on the app

1:07:45 - To Rachel: Advice to someone new to their queer identity: (1) dive head first; (2) if someone isn\u2019t into you, they aren\u2019t; (3) dating is dating, talking to someone, hanging out; (4) don\u2019t feel the need to define yourself, if you don\u2019t want to

1:09:08 - Rachel\u2019s sexual orientation is\u2026bad ass!

1:11:01 - Queer or not, dating woes are universal, don\u2019t pile on the pressure, you are getting that from elsewhere

1:12:59 - End of show 


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