Trigger Warnings: Ostracization Homophobia Transphobia Violence towards people of the LGBT community Personal stories about the discovery of an identity ~Please be a responsible listener.~ It is an unfortunate fact that for LGBT+ people, coming out is often met with resistance—to say the least. In this episode, we discuss toxic environments, safe spaces, and get a bit personal. The blog at http://thenicklauseffect.tumblr.com/ has recently been archived and is no longer available. However, Klaus has a fantastic art blog at http://thealchemistofcalais.tumblr.com/. Credits Special Guest (G&S Specialist) : Klaus McHendry Monologue : Kyle Mitchell Sound Editing & Script : Cosmo Cavanaugh Hosted by, all the above, and : Anne Beaudoin and Tracy Music "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Let Me See You” by NAIMA NAIMA SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/adamnaima NCS Release: https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/naima-let-me-see-you-ncs-release NCS YouTube Video: https://goo.gl/XGZNsF http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Touching Story" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Social Media iTunes: goo.gl/bsW0Ab YouTube: goo.gl/3qMdwm Blog: goo.gl/3Y6NkO Twitter: goo.gl/vM5HUD SoundCloud: goo.gl/MjRcVt Reddit: goo.gl/6CcA7l Facebook: goo.gl/b0g3xA © 2015 Geometric Octopus Some Rights Reservedhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GeometricOctopusPodcast