Hello! My name is Kristin Russo and I am a writer, speaker, educator and consultant with a focus on LGBTQ issues. I co-direct Autostraddle’s A-Camp, I co-founded Everyone Is Gay & My Kid Is Gay and authored This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids (Chronicle, 2014). I also worked as host and producer of First Person, a video series on gender and sexuality from PBS Digital and WNET & have a Master’s in Gender Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center.
Last but certainly not least, I co-host & produce of Buffering the Vampire Slayeralongside musician Jenny Owen Youngs, which was named one of Time’s Top 50 Podcasts of 2018 and selected as one of Esquire’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2018!
Queen of Bisexuality Kate Leth joined me in bed this week and talked about coming out as bisexual at age 11 via Sailor Moon (!!), feeling like you “aren’t gay…
This week we all looked each other in the eyes and screamed, HOW DO WE EVEN DO THIS AND WHO ARE WE, EVEN? We talked about life-goals and the patriarchy,…
I went all the way to New York to get in bed with Gabby Rivera last week, and we talked all about body image, summertime feelings, and America Chavez. It…
This week we talked about all-things-PRIDE, including what to do if you run into an ex, wearing flags as capes, DIY Prides, and hyyyyydraaating youuuuurselllllffffff. I also shouted about wanting…
This week on an AMA-version of #GIBWK, I gave advice about heartbreak, feeling good about sex, how to date, and oh-so-much-more, plus Jenny and I lost our entire minds during…
Jasika Nicole got in bed with me last week and helped me give advice on longterm relationships! We talked communication, couples therapy, and that way that your gf sighs and…
Kristin of Everyone Is Gay and My Kid Is Gay gives advice for a 16-year-old and her mom trying to deal with coming out as bisexual and gender nonconforming!
Brittani Nichols, world-renowned heartthrob, joined me in bed last week! We talked about Suicide Kale, Take My Wife, and I horrified Brittani with ghost stories and tales of oil pulling!…
This week we talked all about making friends, losing friends, coming out to friends, and even the television show F•R•I•E•N•D•S! Jenny joins to sing the theme song and inadvertently suffers…
Mara Wilson got in bed with me, and we talked metal health, the emotional memory of elephants, sandwiches, bisexuality, and Trunchbull’s stance on the LGBTQ community. Yup.
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