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Hudson Gaunt : Indy Pride, community care, & the importance of creating queer spaces for EVERYONE

·1 hr 7 min·5 clips

“Joy truly is the greatest act of resistance,” Hudson says while describing Indy Pride’s motto.

1. The Trans Narrative Podcast centers on Hudson Gott and Indy Pride’s work for Pride season in Indianapolis. 2. Caroline hosts Hudson Gott, with Athena and Jordan Braxton also present, and Hudson is introduced as Indy Pride’s office manager and an EMT. 3. The episode asks how Hudson moved from a conservative church upbringing into creating queer spaces that try to include everyone. 4. Hudson says he first heard queer language at age nine through the 'Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve' joke. 5. He recalls family negativity around Caitlyn Jenner’s coming out and says he grew up anxious and shy as a preacher’s kid. 6. Hudson describes being in church at least three days a week and on youth trips while trying to fit a religious life. 7. He says purity culture shaped him early, including a purity ring given by his father when he was eight. 8. Hudson remembers a Vacation Bible School kiss behind curtains with a friend when he was about seven. 9. He says Frida Kahlo mattered to him as a disabled kid dealing with pain that people did not believe. 10. He also points to Hayley Kiyoko’s 'girls like girls' and biology lessons about plants and animals that change sex. 11. Hudson says he brought a Bible into freshman biology to argue against evolution and flood geology. 12. He describes leaving church in the second half of senior year after kissing a guy and a girl at a party and hearing, 'you can just choose to be straight.' 13. He says the following six months included pretending to go to church while spending time elsewhere and smoking weed. 14. Hudson links holding everything inside to self-hatred, eating disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and heavy anxiety. 15. He describes his identity as coming together piece by piece, from bisexuality to gender identity, asexuality, paganism, and autism. 16. He says COVID quarantine gave him time for yoga, meditation, reading, and personal introspection. 17. Hudson says meeting trans and queer writers, including Elliot Page and Imani Blair, helped him see his own story reflected back. 18. He describes a university anti-protest against Westboro Baptist Church, a dance party on the lawn, and kissing a friend in public as a turning point. 19. The interview style is conversational and reflective, with Caroline and the cohosts asking long personal questions and Hudson answering with detailed stories. 20. Listeners who want trans faith stories, accessibility work, and Pride organizing will likely stay engaged, while people seeking a fast news recap may skip it.

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