Tom Schwartz
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Like it was yesterday.
They were so juicy. Zach, tomorrow you find out that they're going to do an updated version. Uber Confessions. But it's a documentary on everything you've ever said. while drunk in the back of an Uber. On a scale of 1 to 10, how scared are you?
They were so juicy. Zach, tomorrow you find out that they're going to do an updated version. Uber Confessions. But it's a documentary on everything you've ever said. while drunk in the back of an Uber. On a scale of 1 to 10, how scared are you?
Let's not digress.
Let's not digress.
We're back in Kentucky. We're back in Kentucky. We're sipping Smirnoff again. Wait, did you, did it feel safe in your community? Let's, let's be honest. Kentucky doesn't have the best reputation, the most liberal progressive reputation, although they've come a long way for sure, especially certain parts like Lexington and stuff. But did you feel safe coming out in Kentucky? Yeah.
We're back in Kentucky. We're back in Kentucky. We're sipping Smirnoff again. Wait, did you, did it feel safe in your community? Let's, let's be honest. Kentucky doesn't have the best reputation, the most liberal progressive reputation, although they've come a long way for sure, especially certain parts like Lexington and stuff. But did you feel safe coming out in Kentucky? Yeah.
So you felt relatively safe. Did you have any overarching sense of shame or anything? Or do you had a good supportive group of friends and community and it felt like a pretty safe place to be Zach Wickham, be who you are, express your sexuality?
So you felt relatively safe. Did you have any overarching sense of shame or anything? Or do you had a good supportive group of friends and community and it felt like a pretty safe place to be Zach Wickham, be who you are, express your sexuality?
That's got to be some kind of record. Seven proms is egregious.
That's got to be some kind of record. Seven proms is egregious.
That's so funny.
That's so funny.
Now we have ChatGPT as our therapist. We have the internet. But before then, like, yeah, if you live in a small, any town USA, it could have been a scary time to be.
Now we have ChatGPT as our therapist. We have the internet. But before then, like, yeah, if you live in a small, any town USA, it could have been a scary time to be.
It was. No, it couldn't. No.
It was. No, it couldn't. No.
You mean for the uninitiated, the deep closet, transitioning into their own powerful sense of self.
You mean for the uninitiated, the deep closet, transitioning into their own powerful sense of self.
like gay bars are to the gay community but yeah no yeah i mean i've just yeah again in my 15 years i've heard so many yeah again uplifting stories but also really sad stories about people who are now estranged with their families they have zero communication with their mother their father because they just never accepted their lifestyle or who they were their sexuality and it breaks my heart well it's not easy coming out it's not easy coming out