🎙️ Be the Glitter: Kammie Flips the Script and Interviews ME

In this special role-reversal episode, my guest Kamryn Fraser decided she wasn't going to let me get away with just asking the questions this time. She turns the mic around and interviews me — so you get to hear a lot more about my own story than usual, including the dark place that led me to OPEN Foundation, why safe spaces matter so much to me personally, and what it really means to be an ally.

💫 KEY TOPICS:

• Why safe spaces matter — and what it's like living without them
• How community and self-love create a "ripple effect" of confidence and joy
• The Watertown HS Wind Symphony story — standing up when a school board banned a piece honoring Marsha P. Johnson
• How OPEN Foundation's affirming career fairs are changing lives (90% of one event's applicants were trans or non-binary)
• The dark spiral that led me to found my path with OPEN Foundation
• What allyship actually looks like — small, simple, everyday acts
• Kammie's journey navigating identity as a kid of the '70s, and reclaiming her name

🌈 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Omar Thomas — composer of "A Mother of a Revolution," dedicated to Marsha P. Johnson
• Watertown High School Wind Symphony concert (hosted by Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church)
• OPEN Foundation's "Ready, Set, Glow" affirming career fair
• Skipping Stone Foundation (Calgary) — support for trans people
• Sponsor: New Valley Labs — hello@newvalleylabs.com

⏱️ TIME MARKERS: (placeholders — adjust to your final edit) 0:00 – Intro & welcome 1:30 – "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" 6:00 – Why safe spaces matter 14:30 – Sponsor message: New Valley Labs 15:30 – Self-love, community & the "ripple effect" of joy 18:00 – The Watertown Wind Symphony story 26:00 – OPEN Foundation's origin story & "Ready, Set, Glow" 33:00 – Subscribe/share reminder 34:00 – Kammie's story: identity, allyship & small acts of kindness 44:00 – Wrap-up & what's next (listener Q&A idea!)

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