Lesbian Chronicles: Coming Out Later in Life

Lesbian Chronicles: Coming Out Later in Life

Lesbian Chronicles is a podcast for people who’ve realized their true sexual identity later in life. Alli and Melisa share their own experiences of leaving their heterosexual marriages to be their true selves in an effort to help others find their own way and feel a little less alone in the process. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lesbian-chronicles-coming-out-later-in-life--5601514/support.

Episodes

April 20, 2025 47 mins
New York Times "Wirecutter" sexual health journalist Bianca Alba, MPH joins the show to talk sexual positivity, feeling safe in your body and topics like lube recommendations and how to get confident in your own body before being intimate (ahem, masterbating)
Trust us, you definitely want to listen to this episode!

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Our friend Robin shares her take on kissing techniques -- her story of coming into her own as a mother of three, and her life now co-parenting/"nesting" with her ex-husband. 

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April 6, 2025 48 mins
Anna shares her coming out journey, her feelings around imposter syndrome as a newly out queer person and the life-changing news she got shortly after coming out. 


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March 30, 2025 42 mins
Alli and Melisa discuss how to handle things when your relationship starts to get a little boring and how to push through from the lust phase to long-term love. We also put a few friends in the Hot Seat to share their celebrity crushes and a lil peak into their ultimate fantasies! 

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March 23, 2025 28 mins
If you were the main character in the movie of your life, what would the audience be screaming at you to do? Melisa and Alli share how they think the audience would react to moments in their lives -- and how to hush the noise of people whose opinions really don't matter. 

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Melisa and Alli discuss how some people have the optimism of a baby bird -- and address if there is a "mean girl" mentality from lesbians towards bisexuals. 

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March 9, 2025 43 mins
Alli and Melisa reflect back on what life was like during the transistion of knowing they were gay and figuring out what to do about their marriages. Also, how to cope with "PTSD" from past relationships. 

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Alli and Melisa cover a wide variety of topics this week...
-Melisa's co-parenting trip to Colorado
-The internet's infatuation with Loretta Bush (the FBI agent from Netflix's Gabby Petito doc)
-When/how to introduce your partner to your kids
-How life feels so insecure when you're early on in your coming out journey
-Late in life coming out support group in Atlanta (Melissa Lester, LCSW Coming Out Support Group)

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February 23, 2025 33 mins
How do you pursue someone you're interested in? Do you slide into their DMs? Or send a hot pic right out the gate? Melisa and Alli explore this topic -- and their own success (ahem, failures)

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February 16, 2025 37 mins
Melisa and Meredith are in the hot seat to talk the reality of dating long distace -- with Melisa in Atlanta and Meredith in Austin.

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February 9, 2025 42 mins
Alli and Melisa discuss age gaps in romantic relationships and what factors to consider when it comes to moving forward with an age gap relationship. Also, what happens to a friend group when a couple within the group breaks up? The percieved feeling of "keeping your friendships" in tact while also losing your friend/ex all within the confines of a social group.  

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February 2, 2025 57 mins
Alli and Melisa discuss questions you should ask yourself about your relationship... 
  1. If someone said, "You're just like your partner," would that feel like a compliment?
  2. Are you truly fulfilled by this relationship or just less lonely? 
  3. Can you unapologetically be yourself? 
  4. Are you in love with who they are right now? Or the potential of who they could eventually become? 
  5. Would you choose a relationship like this for your child as...
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January 26, 2025 51 mins
Kayla Bellman, Owner and Founder of Finca to Filter, joins the podcast to share her coming out story and how she started her very own coffee shop in Atlanta. 

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January 19, 2025 46 mins
Actress and comedian Julie Birke joins the show to share her Loves, Lies, Lesbians story from TikTok. Buckle up for gaslighting, breadcrumbing and a random bath in the midst of a breakup! 

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January 12, 2025 38 mins
Vanilla ice cream is fine... but what if you never tried anything else? Alli and Melisa dive into the misconception that it's a prerequiste to be repulsed by men to consider yourself a lesbian. We also bust the myth about a woman's "scent."

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Kristin shares her coming out story that includes undoing deep religious trauma, internalized homophobia and how she's keeping a positive relationship with her ex-husband. 

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December 22, 2024 42 mins
Alli and Melisa address the Native American parable, the Tale of Two Wolves and how that weaves into life today. Feed the good wolf!

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December 8, 2024 35 mins
The holidays are a tough time... and they haven't gotten any easier for us over the years. Alli and Melisa talk about how to prepare for the hard moments during the holidays -- and how to compromise with ex-husband and/or your partner on time spent with family.

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December 1, 2024 48 mins
"You can't be the cause and the cure."
Meredith (Baby Gays ATX) joins the show again to talk about how sex therapy and EMDR helped uncover her true sexuality, learning to sit in discomfort of coming out -- and what life has been like coming out to her family and co-parenting with her ex. 

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November 24, 2024 54 mins
Melisa and Alli chat about how we're all a little weird when we're first coming out. We all have our own Answering Machine Meltdowns a la Jon Favreau in Swingers. And Meredith from Baby Gays ATX joins the show to talk about how she has created a late in life group in Austin, Texas. 

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