Dear Queer,

Alena Papayanis & Lauren Hogarth
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A Podcast for your queer stories, questions & advice you wish your younger self had or you need right now. Hosted by Alena Papayanis and Produced by Lauren Hogarth

  1. 12/11/2025

    Happy Holigays: Listener question edition

    On this week's episode, we give the gift of dating advice What are we thinking about going into the holidays How to DTR a non-traditional relationship, and what is a QPR? Dating and kids: Is it a deal breaker? Green flags when dating a parent What to do if you are the only queer in your family over the holidays SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    24 min

  2. 11/27/2025

    Understanding Anger with Robin Lacambra

    On this week's episode, we learn all about our anger. What is it? What's going on in our bodies when we're experiencing anger? What can we do to get in touch with our anger before it gets out of hand? What are some physical/somatic things we can do for ourselves to expel or manage anger? Robin Lacambra (she/they) is a queer Filipinx creative, speaker, and facilitator. Drawing from somatic relational psychotherapy, mindful movement, and conflict mediation, Robin’s work aims to demonstrate how interconnected we are, highlighting our shared responsibility to co-create a just and liberated world. Alongside their roles as the creator of GOODBODYFEEL Movement & Therapy, the director of the Safer Spaces Project, and a counsellor at SACHA (Sexual Assault Center of Hamilton Area), Robin works with individuals, groups, and organizations to foster self-awareness, resilience, and healthier relationships. LINKS https://www.goodbodyfeel.com https://www.instagram.com/saferspacesproject/?hl=en SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    23 min

  3. 11/13/2025

    Sorry, Not sorry? Robin Lacambra on How to Truly Apologize

    Welcome to season two of Dear Queer. We will have episodes coming out every other Thursday. Please enjoy this episode with our favourite apologizer and relational psychotherapist, Robin Lacambra. This weeks Topics include: Why is it hard to apologize How do we apologize How to best set yourself up to get the apology you're hoping for Robin Lacambra (she/they) is a queer Filipinx creative, speaker, and facilitator. Drawing from somatic relational psychotherapy, mindful movement, and conflict mediation, Robin’s work aims to demonstrate how interconnected we are, highlighting our shared responsibility to co-create a just and liberated world. Alongside their roles as the creator of GOODBODYFEEL Movement & Therapy, the director of the Safer Spaces Project, and a counsellor at SACHA (Sexual Assault Center of Hamilton Area), Robin works with individuals, groups, and organizations to foster self-awareness, resilience, and healthier relationships. LINKS https://www.goodbodyfeel.com https://www.instagram.com/saferspacesproject/?hl=en SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    29 min
  4. Season 2 Home Opener: Is baseball queer culture? One Blue Jays fan tries to convince us that it is

    10/27/2025

    Season 2 Home Opener: Is baseball queer culture? One Blue Jays fan tries to convince us that it is

    Welcome to season two of Dear Queer. We are coming to you on a Monday for a very special opening-season episode because, well, the Blue Jays are in the World Series, and apparently that's a big deal. This week, Marco, tries to convince us that yes, the Blue Jays are in fact queer culture and we do need to pay attention.  Todays topics include:  Bandwagons, superstition in sports, baseball and reality tv, pride nights, pink washing and more!  We're excited for a really fun season. We will have episodes coming out every other Thursday for the next three months, and we can't wait to be coming to your ears.   SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    32 min

  5. 07/17/2025

    Queer Ultimatum: Our Recap and Spoilers

    Dev Matthews and Hailey Froese are back to talk reality TV with Alena and Lauren, and this time it's all about the Queer Ultimatum Season 2 with all our hot and cold takes! They give their definitive answers on what sex is, so if you are our parents.. "Go Away!" SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    34 min
  6. Gay and Dating

    06/26/2025

    Gay and Dating

    Our unsolicited advice about your dating life with Alena and Lauren, Happy Pride! _ _ _ SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    13 min
  7. Pride and Wedding Season

    06/05/2025

    Pride and Wedding Season

    We're back! Weddings and Pride and what to wear on this episode of dear Queer with Alena and Lauren _ _ _ Show some queer Orginizations some love this month if you can: Rainbow Railroad The 519 _ _ _ SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    15 min
  8. Late Bloomer Autism Edition

    04/10/2025

    Late Bloomer Autism Edition

    Alena talks about their later-in-life Autism diagnosis and what it's like to be queer and neurodiverse. _ _ _ READ Unmasking Autism Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity By Devon Price, PhD LINK Great resource for newly diagnosed people: https://awnnetwork.org/resource-library/ WATCH 5 TEDx Talks from Women with Autism https://www.myautism.org/news-features/5-tedx-talks-from-women-with-autism _ _ _ SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS! Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

    29 min
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A Podcast for your queer stories, questions & advice you wish your younger self had or you need right now. Hosted by Alena Papayanis and Produced by Lauren Hogarth

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  • Creator
    Alena Papayanis & Lauren Hogarth
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023
  • Show Website
    Dear Queer,

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