#161 Uncut Video w/ the WHGS Family

📱📱 📧 💩 Finally watched the video version of this episode - y’all as a trio are fantastic. Obviously the episode was amazing for all the reasons everyone else here commented back when it originally aired. 🥰

‼️THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH‼️ Thank you MADI‼️‼️ Being a-gender, gender fluid, or whatever the fuck does NOT mean you have to present masc if you’re AFAB This made me question whether I was a-gender “enough” for YEARS!

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I’m so happy that Jen is back!!! Also amazed by the storytelling skills required to make lesbians getting back together seem like a plot twist 💕👏🥂

Shannon

😂😂😂😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💩💩💩

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I was trying to figure out if it would be weird to say "like I can't put my finger on it but Maddie you're properly glowing in this episode" and then we got to your sharing corner and it all makes sense so I'm gonna go ahead and say it! You are GLOWING, everything is. There is a lightness to you I havent seen before (but didnt know was missing) It's phenomenal how much our energy changes and shines out of us when we start to speak our truth!! I know Maddie doesn't read the comments but sometimes they get passed along and just wanted to say I am so so happy for you. Truly! I don't want it to (again) sound weird from a total stranger but I am so proud of you too for going on this journey of discovery and being brave enough to break away from the expectations of an old society that is sooooo firmly throwing its toys out the pram and doubling down on its offensive views around trans/non-binary especially in America right now (I'm in the UK) because through your bravery you're making it easier for the next person and as a queer Mum to a non binary 14 year old I cant tell you that is a gift I don't receive lightly, it is HUGE to me. Enormous and I am so so grateful for it. I'm 35 which to me still feels young but to Arlo it's the people in their early to mid 20's that they are looking up to and anyone willing to step into that space right now I am so grateful for and so proud of! I save this podcast for my really bad days (I have EDS too along with a bunch of its comorbiddities and live with a huge amount of physical pain) and it's this podcast that I'll listen too at like 3am when I'm in pain and it just lightens everything up, I am so deeply grateful to you all for that. This episode is something special, I really think I am going to come back to listen to it again! I'm really happy you're in such a secure and happy relationship Ashley and that it has come along with a family who have respected the journey you've been on together and welcomed you into the fold. When you grow up with dysfunction and finally get that straight forward accepting family it must be really overwhelming (in the best sense of the word!) Maddie your comment about social media and medical court dating *chef's kiss* Awesome job too Bri! Loved hearing about you and your gf just having fun making tiktoks no pressure no BS. OK I'm gonna go! This is gonna get embarrassingly long otherwise but geat episode....amazing!!

So so happy for both of you (all of you including Jen of course), thank you for sharing❤️❤️❤️

To all the lovely hosts ♥️♥️ I don’t usually comment because it makes me self-conscious (trauma, working on it, shush). I know that the purpose of your art/creativity may not be to facilitate a space for people to figure out who they are and to be perfect all the time and everything else that gets put on you for doing what you do, but just by being authentically you and compassionate and kind and curious like you all have been, you’ve made a space for people to discover things about themselves and to feel a sense of community that is deep and real and needed. The catharsis, self-acceptance, and little realizations (that should have been obvious to me and are so funny now looking back) that I’ve experienced while listening to this podcast (and Bree’s!) are so important to me. It’s not your responsibility to do that for people, but it happened naturally because of who you are, and for people like me who don’t feel like they can safely access the queer spaces where they are, or who have been really hurt by the community and lack of intersectionality, inclusion, and understanding, being here and getting to feel like you’re a part of the conversation, and getting validation back (as well as damn good comedy btw 😂😂) has been a joy. It’s been healing, and so much fun, and I am grateful to you. As for the reveals, I SUSPECTED AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING OMG 😂 It was gorgeous and sweet to hear both, and as always, thanks for sharing it with us. And fucks sake get Maddie and Bree together more 😂 this was hilarious and the host trio vibe was👌

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As long as the closeted ex and the "open relationship" engaged girl aren't also secretly Jen XD

Jaw dropping reveal to say the least!! Fucking loved this episode and seeing the trio together for the first time was THE BEST! 💛💛💛💛

Andi Rae

Truly so ecstatic for you Ashley! You all deserve the utmost happiness and what a fucking true love story for you and Jen 👏🏼 Also we need Maddie AND Bri ALL THE TIME! Vibes are just too perfect 😅

Kae

📱📱📧💩 Congrats Ash and Maddie! So so happy for you both!! Also for the record, Bre is SO funny!

YAY MADDIE!!! We ♥️ you!! I knewwwww it was Jen 😅 the constant “we’re open because she just has so much going on” gave it away. So happy for y’all!

Gorgeous episode with all the tears! I love hearing such respect and honor around the fluidity of gender (sexuality, expression, etc.) on this podcast. Andrea Gibson has a quote, "I hope to always be coming out and out and out." We are always learning ourselves. <3 Ashley, thanks for sharing so much of your heart. What a joy to see how happy and loved you feel.