Episode 296: 'A Stubborn of Queers' (Kelli Dunham)

When you're incapable of an emotional connection, can hookups fill the gap? When Nonbinary Polyamorous Storyteller Nurse Comedian Ex-Nun Kelli Dunham loses multiple partners to cancer, she looks for community in a Brooklyn LGBT Grief Support Group, and ends up loafer-deep in anonymous sex among the scrubby pines of Fire Island. Plus, Dixie talks Sex Geek Summer Camp, Bawdy in Portland and her new How to Be Bawdy virtual workshop. #GriefSex   "We must make love in between the bombs" - Paul Monette   Song: 'F*ck the Pain Away' (Peaches)   About the Storyteller:   Kelli Dunham is the nonbinary ex-nun polyamorous storytelling nurse comedian that's so common in modern Brooklyn. Kelli has appeared on Showtime and the Discovery Channel, PBS Stories From the Stage, the Moth Mainstage, the Cinderblock Comedy Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, and nationwide at colleges, Prides festivals, fundraisers, at oh so many nursing conferences and even the occasional livestock auction. Kelli's latest show, Second Helping, is coming to Ithaca, NY this week (July 12th) to Ann Arbor Michigan on August 2nd and OshKosh, Wisconsin on August 16th.   Hate live shows? Second Helping with Kelli Dunham, Kelli's hilarious and earnest new podcast–inspired by all the questions she gets about asking for, receiving and learning how to accept help– is produced by Kinehora Production and debuting early this fall.  Sign up to be the very first to know when it premiers!   You can also find Kelli on substack, youtube, instagram, tiktok and facebook.   Grief l Gay l Nature l Queer l Anonymous Sex l Hookup l Cruising l LGBT l Twink l Death l Raw l Play Party l Dungeon l Loss l Public Sex l Emotionally Devastated l Fire Island l Lookout l Bottoms Up l Condom l Lube l Buttplug l Dildo l Penis l Anal Hook l Human l Scholarship l Mental Health l Budget Cuts l Meat Rack l Subway l Appetizer l Wilderness l Lesbian l CisGender l Healing l Beach l Star Trek l   Episode links:   'How to Be Bawdy' Storytelling Workshop - learn Dixie's complete 5-Step System & Learn the Craft of Sexy Stories from Award-winning Story Coach and Professional Storyteller Dixie De La Tour.   Have you ever listened to a story at a live performance or on a podcast, and wished that you could share your own personal stories in such a well-crafted, relatable way? It's easy, if you have a System...and Dixie De La Tour has one. She's taught thousands of new and experienced storytellers to tell their story at Bawdy Storytelling. And now YOU can learn her simple system, too. Join Dixie for her all new workshop: 'How to Be Bawdy: Dixie's Secret System for Uncensored Storytelling', a 6 week hands-on storytelling intensive. It starts next week! You'll engage in group & solo exercises in a sex-positive, community-based environment as you find & refine your own stories under Dixie's expert direction. Try our your own most intimate stories in a positive, supportive setting. 'How to Be Bawdy' includes special topics in sexuality, kink and gender-related storytelling, to help you articulate your stories clearly. With live sessions, weekly office hours, best practices for NSFW stories, performance tips, storytelling-related neuroscience, a custom workbook, coaching from Dixie - and a final storytelling performance for you and your friends.   WHEN: Mondays, July 22 - August 26th, 2024</p