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How To Be Queer

Chief DEI Officer
Public Broadcasting Service
Country or state 
United States (Colorado)
Available to 
North America
City 
Denver
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
No

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Bio

"How To Be Queer" started out as a podcast (available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts) on one rainy, spring break day in March. Together because they're married, Kim Salvaggio and Alex Vaughan were lounging around and decided, "What the heck...let's start sharing share some of our experiences as queer people who came out midlife. Maybe it'll help someone else come out. Maybe it'll just let someone know they're not alone. Maybe it'll help a parent understand what their kid who just came out is going through..." How To Be Queer began to chronicle their lives as members of the LGBTQIA community while living in the heteronormative, cisgender world.

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Within 6 months of launching the podcast, Kim and Alex were being listened to in 27 different countries around the world which led to opportunities to top clients in the world.

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Kim and Alex decided to UHaul It (*queer reference) in January of 2020 and got married in November 2021. Alex, pronouns they/them, is a nonbinary trans-masculine human. Kim, pronouns she/her is a cisgender lesbian woman.

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Sadly, only 30% of couples stay together through a gender transition. Kim and Alex committed to each other, their 4 children and of course, their trusty animal side kicks bring their unique of blend of humor, crass and some serious understanding of ‘How to Be Queer’ podcast in a world that consistently says, ‘Can you not?”

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When not podcasting or presenting, Alex Vaughan works with an organization, YouthSeen, supporting to connect LGBTQIA youth and their families to wellness. Kim is the Chief DEI Officer for Rocky Mountain PBS.

Current position (2)

Chief DEI Officer

Public Broadcasting Service

Founder

Alex Vaughan LLC

Degrees (2)
Mass Media and Communications
Pennsylvania State University
1994 to 1998
Sport and Leisure Studies
Ohio State University
1998 to 2001

Presentations

Presentations (1)
How To Be Queer

You may be asking yourself, ‘Is this training for me?” And the answer is: Do you find yourself insisting they/them is plural and not fit for pronoun usage? Does the word nonbinary leave you with a blank mind? What's the alphabet mafia? Why do I need to add pronouns to my email?
Do you hear yourself saying, “I was just told to love everyone?”
Do you manage a team of people and want to understand better?
OR, maybe you are QUEER AF too and just want your organization to up their level of support and empathy? Kim and Alex make it fun and weird...this presentation gives the audience immediate takeaways in creating a safer more colorful world.

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Books & Articles (1)

Transgender Day Of Awareness

Expertise (8)

Health & Well-being
Education
Media & Marketing
Social & Political
LGBTQ LGBTQ inclusion LGBTQ STUDENTS LGBTQ family caregivers

Clients

Canada Life
Maxar Technologies
Regis University
Recommendations
Why choose me? 

Kim and Alex are queer AF, podcast frequently on "How To Be Queer" and launched www.howtobequeer.com

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