On this month's episode of Asking for a Friend, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with Sarah Luna, a Texas-born sociocultural anthropologist, professor, and award-winning author, to discuss her coming out experience in San Antonio, her research on migrants, sex work, and missionaries, and her latest project on sapphic and transfeminist activism in Mexico City.…
On the Pride month episode of Asking for a Friend, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with Sunflower Summit, a queer Latinx artist, producer, and mental health professional, to discuss finding wholeness in their queer identity, how their music and mental health journeys have intertwined, and the importance of storytelling.…
On this episode of Asking for a Friend, host Dr. Laura McGuire welcomes the podcast's first international guest, queer and trans Jewish scholar Orlando Meier-Brix, to discuss his conversion to Judaism, queer inclusivity in the Jewish faith, coming out as non-binary in his home country of Austria, and evolving trans rights in Europe.…
On this episode of the Asking for a Friend podcast, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with sex educator, Ph.D. candidate, and disease intervention specialist Jasmine Phillips to discuss being a Black LGBTQ researcher, sexual satisfaction and communication among partners, healing generational trauma, and how to meet communities where they're at when it comes to sex education.…
On this episode of the Asking for a Friend podcast, host Dr. Laura McGuire chats with David Hayward, AKA the NakedPastor, about moving past the “love the sinner, hate the sin” narrative, blending art with spirituality, and making change through cartoons.…
On the season two premiere of the Asking for a Friend podcast, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with Susan Wright, executive director for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, to discuss defining kink and consent, eliminating fears around our sexual fantasies, and the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon.…
On the season one finale of the Asking for a Friend podcast, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with Agnes Jimenez, sexuality educator, doula, and Marine Corps veteran, to discuss her experiences growing up as a Puerto Rican lesbian in the military, how she found her calling as a sex educator, and how she’s actively fighting the generational stigma around sex and sexuality within Hispanic and Latinx communities. Agnes Jimenez (she/her) is a sexuality educator, is of Taina Afro-Caribbean descent,…
In this month's episode of the Asking for a Friend podcast, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with G and Kei, founders of BEYONDEEP Productions, to talk Black, queer representation in porn, living as a married, kinky, and polyamorous couple, preconceived notions of erotica, and more.…
In this month's episode of the Asking for a Friend podcast, host Dr. Laura McGuire chats with Mirakel Mayoral-Goodwin, sexual trauma coach, emotional support mentor, and empowerment specialist, about her intersecting identities as polyamorous, a gray asexual, and Latina.…
How well do you really know your partner? How sustainable is your relationship long term? Are you blinded by those rose-colored glasses? Dr. Laura McGuire lays out the five tough questions you should be asking your partner. Test your compatibility with this month's Asking for a Friend!…
