In this Part 2 episode Robin picks up where last week's cliffhanger left off, finding out what Daine decided to do with their hair. You’ll also hear how the other folx relate to their own head of hair, recalling past experiences as well as current day reflections.

You’ll hear the group members discuss topics such as:

• “...Cutting my hair shorter and shorter was a reclaiming of myself; a claiming of myself.”
• Hair is an essential aspect of our personal identity, self expression, and confidence, and that the right haircut can allow people to showcase their individuality.
• Going to a salon versus a barber: what’s the difference?
• “I wanna go by she/they, but a lot of people in my life don’t understand, because I look feminine. My hair has always been long; I love my hair long, and I don’t want to cut it, BUT, I wish my hair looked more like I feel on the inside.”
• So many of us received negative feedback from the males in our lives when we wanted to cut our hair shorter; so we grew to love our hair long.
• Feeling dysphoria about our hair from a gender aspect, AND an aging aspect. “I don’t want to dye my hair anymore - I want it to go grey!”
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COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (Aug. 15-18); Philadelphia, PA: (Aug. 22-25); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

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• Hair is an essential aspect of our personal identity, self expression, and confidence, and that the right haircut can allow people to showcase their individuality.
• The value people place on their head of hair is complex, and includes an interplay of cultural, psychological and personal factors. It is also deeply ingrained in both our societal norms and our individual identity.
• Has their relationship with their hair changed at all, since coming out?
• Why do other people say to us, “your hair looks great, but I could never do that…”?
• “Stepping out of the male gaze”, and having long hair for our family members and the men in our life.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this week’s episode of Coming Out Late, Robin & Chris continue their conversation with Jules Heron, Founder & Owner of Hair for Humans. Hair for Humans is a hair salon in Portland, OR and Jules, (who goes by they/them), is a stylist who specializes in gender-affirming hair cuts.

Today, you’ll hear Robin, Jules & Chris talk about:

• The “in’s” and “out’s” of taking “T” - testosterone.
• Does Jules feel like their insides match their outsides better now?
• What does Jules mean when they say, “No, no, no, no. I’m not a part of your crew. I’m different and we’re not the same.”
• Medical and non-medical ways to visibly increase the look of a masc (masculine) physique.
• Hair is an essential aspect of our personal identity, self expression, and confidence, and that the right haircut can allow people to showcase their individuality.
  
  
• Not all licensed hair designers are created equal in Oregon.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

Links to Resources:

HAIR FOR HUMANS
Jules Heron, Founder - hairforhumans@gmail.com
https://www.hairforhumans.com/
IG: @hairforhumans Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hairforhumans

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COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com, expressing WHICH Retreat you’re interested-in. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (August 15-18); Philadelphia, PA: (Aug. 22-25); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

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In this week’s episode of Coming Out Late, Robin & Chris talk with Jules Heron, Founder & Owner of Hair for Humans. Hair for Humans is a hair salon in Portland, OR and Jules, (who goes by they/them), is a stylist who specializes in gender-affirming hair cuts.

Today, you’ll hear Robin, Jules & Chris discuss:

• Scoring a Hair for Humans cut appointment.
• How does Jules identify and what is their story?
• Top surgery, losing sensation, and gaining sensation.
• What is dysphoria and dysmorphia?
• What happens when our bodies align with how we feel?
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

Links to Resources:

HAIR FOR HUMANS

Jules Heron, Founder - hairforhumans@gmail.com

https://www.hairforhumans.com/

IG: @hairforhumans Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hairforhumans

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday Evening - 75-minutes; 8:00pm EST / 5:30pm PST, in Zoom, via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp every week. Register each week using this link:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday Evening - 75 - minutes; 8:00pm EST/ 5:00pm PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp every week. Register each week using this link:

https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday Afternoon - 75-minutes; 12:30pm EST/ 9:30am PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp, every week. Register each week using this link:

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COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com, expressing WHICH Retreat you’re interested-in. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (August 15-18); Philadelphia, PA: (Aug. 22-25); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS

Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP:

If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link: www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this week’s episode Robin shares with us her perspective on the frequently asked question, “Am I Less Gay Because I Was, (or Am), Married to A Man?”. Robin also answers the question, “How did you know you were gay? Did you waiver? Did you need ‘an experience’ to know for sure?”

Some of the topics you’ll hear Robin share with you are:

• Contempt prior to investigation; and how does that relate to being newly gay?
• What is ‘sexuality’? And could it really be fluid?
• Your truth is yours to define; if you say you’re gay, you’re gay! No one else gets to weigh-in or decide for us.
• “The fears we don’t face become our limits.”
• Heterosexual women do not lay awake at night fantasizing about other women.
  
  
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THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday Evening - 75 - minutes; 8:00pm EST/ 5:00pm PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp every week. Register each week using this link:

https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday Afternoon - 75-minutes; 12:30pm EST/ 9:30am PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp, every week. Register each week using this link:

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COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com, expressing WHICH Retreat you’re interested-in. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (August 15-18); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS

Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST:

Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP:

If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link: www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this week’s episode, “Things to Consider When Coming Out Late”, Robin shares with us a smattering of subject matters and insights that relate to coming out late.

The five insights that Robin shares with us are:

• There’s power in the pause.
• Don’t compare yourself to other people.
• Your coming out late journey is yours; it doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s.
• Participating in Pride Events.
• Expect the unexpected and be prepared for the highs ‘n lows.
  
  
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

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THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday Evening - 75 - minutes; 8:00pm EST/ 5:00pm PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp every week. Register each week using this link:

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NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday Afternoon - 75-minutes; 12:30pm EST/ 9:30am PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp, every week. Register each week using this link:

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COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com, expressing WHICH Retreat you’re interested-in. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (August 15-18); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS

Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST:

Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP:

If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link: www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this week’s episode Robin continues fielding questions from her partner Chris about what it was like for Robin, to come out gay, nine years ago. Robin reveals that it had really been a ten year process before that; a process of noticing the breadcrumbs, ignoring the breadcrumbs, then noticing more breadcrumbs - over and over again - until ultimately finding herself standing in her garage with a proverbial full loaf of bread in her basket, saying to herself, “Holy Sh!t! I’m Gay!”

You’ll hear Robin respond vulnerably to topics like:

• Robin embraces the belief that her journey happened exactly as it was meant to; that it was divine-timing.
• Take advantage of ALL of the resources available today: podcasts, books, Robin’s Coaching, therapy & Robin’s 3 weekly Support Groups.
• Expect the unexpected during the coming out process AND divorce.
• Create a small tribe of trusted people who can love and support you.
• Do you come out to everyone, or keep it to yourself for a while?
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

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THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday Evening - 75 - minutes; 8:00pm EST/ 5:00pm PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp every week. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday Afternoon - 75-minutes; 12:30pm EST/ 9:30am PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp, every week. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: fF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. Spaces are limited, so act now! Retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (August 15-18); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING: Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link: www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this week’s episode, “Wait, what? I’m Gay? Why Didn’t Anyone Tell ME?” Robin continues the conversation and walks us down memory lane, recapping the deeper details of her own coming out late process as Chris asks her some deeper, vulnerable questions. Listen and follow along as Robin & Chris take you on her coming out late journey which is full of twists, turns, breadcrumbs and potholes galore!

Chris asks Robin some deeper, more vulnerable coming out late questions like:

• The point of change comes when we can longer stay the same.
• How did you know you were gay? How did it feel? How comfortable were you and are you with your identity as a queer person?
• How did you know for sure? How long did it take to accept yourself as gay? How did you come out?
• Did you tell anyone right away? If so, who? And how did that go? If not, why? Who did you feel supported and accepted by?
• Which came first? Robin’s queerness? Or a declining and eroding marriage?
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

Links to Resources:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

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https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday Evening - 75 - minutes; 8:00pm EST/ 5:00pm PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp every week. Register each week using this link:
https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday Afternoon - 75-minutes; 12:30pm EST/ 9:30am PST, in Zoom via Buy Me A Coffee, $5 pp, every week. Register each week using this link:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:
Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. Interested in attending? Email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. Spaces are limited! Retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (August 15-18); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS
Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST:
Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP:
Join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link: www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .