Life (UN)Closeted: LGBTQ+ Coming Out Stories & Advice for living out and proud‪!‬ Rick Clemons - LGBTQ+ Expert

Here' the naked truth about being in a state of confusion. You can't get out of confusion until you get naked with your truth!

Whether you are coming out of the closet, walking away from a bad relationship, going for a promotion, or letting go of people in your life that no longer serve you, you have to get fully naked with the truth behind that decision or situation to leave the confusion behind.

In this episode you'll

Find ways to embrace the truth without shame
Learn how to use a simple process for embracing being naked in your truth
Embrace the self-love of being naked with yourself, in your truth

Before you can step out of the confusion of your life's closets, you have to do this one thing! Admit your closet is a mess.

It's in the messiness of our life's closets hat we find the path forward. We reveal the hidden secrets so that they are out in the open, and we free ourselves to be ourselves.

In this episode you'll

Learn how own that your closet is messy so that you can thrive
Organize the messiness and prepare to leave confusion behind
Uncover the best way to focus on getting out of that closet once and for all

We're kicking off a new series entitled "Living your life (UN)Closeted.

Designed to make you think and to guid you out of the closets of your life, host Rick Clemons guides you by the hand to the freedom of living your life (un)closeted. We kick of the series exploring desire and freedom.

In this episode you'll

Learn how to get real with your desires
Awaken to the vision of what true freedom means for you outside your life's closets
Unlock the doorway to living by your desires, not your needs


About Rick


Rick is a life and business coach, speaker, author, and podcaster. With his husband by his side and two grown children, life looks dramatically different than it did more than 20 years ago.

“I started living by my expectations rather than others, and gained the confidence to love me.

“Instead of seeking out hidden sexual experiences and lying about who I was, I found love with a man who embraced me and my kids.

“Of course, none of this was easy. I wouldn’t bullshit you. That’s not my style.”

In addition to speaking from stages around the country, today Rick helps men who are struggling with their sexuality to learn to be themselves, to stop making excuses, face their fears, and commit to living an unapologetic life.

“The truth of who you are is far more powerful than the false truth you are pretending to be, so let’s work together to show the world WHO YOU ARE!”



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For too long the voices of Christians have tried to silent the LGBTQ+ community. But what happens to their voices when Christian music artists sing the Lords praise, and those performers happen to be members of the LGBTQ+ community? Do they abandon them? Call them fake Christians?

Film producer Ry Levey brings his newest documentary to life - Song Silenced - where he explores the intersectionality of Christian Musician and the LGBTQ+ performer.

In this episode you'll

Discover how quasi-Christians treat LGBTQ+ Christian Musicians
Unlock power of what it takes to be Christian and LGBTQ+
Learn why these types of documentaries are so important in our current social climate


About Ry Levey


Ry knows that music is a vital expression for many people, and a powerful part of the faith community—it's a form of celebration of that belief. But what happens when your voice is silenced, for living your truth?

In his new documentary, SONG SILENCED: COMING OUT IN CHRISTIAN MUSIC, Ry features beloved classic and current music artists and personalities like Marsha Stevens, Ray Boltz, Flamy Grant, Semler, Billy Newton-Davis, Jess Grace Garcia, Azariah Southworth, Rev. Diedre Gray, Jason & deMarco, Ricky Braddy, Trey Pearson, Derek Webb, Deacon Ross Murray and Ronté Pierce. The documentary tells the stories of faith-based music professionals, who took a great risk in coming out of the closet and faced silencing, and "Out" artists in the space, who share their message of love, faith, and inclusion far and wide, on a mission of equality and for the right to be who you are without sacrifice or silence.

Ry is an Award-winning director of OUT IN THE RING.



Support the film if you feel compelled
Song Silenced Website

As we wind up Pride Season, why not think about your next beach read. Even more provocative, why not think about the importance of having LGBTQ+ representation in our fiction life. After all, art imitates life...right?

Proving that point, author Christopher Rice, writing under the pen name of C. Travis Rice shares a sizzling romance between two gay men in a luxurious coastal beach setting that not only enables you to be taken away in your fantasies, and also reminds us that we are queer, we're here, and we are not going away.

In this episode you'll

Discover why C. Travis Rice believes that gay romance deserves a place on your book shelves
Learn why gay mentors should still be a part of growth for any queer person
Unlock how to embrace the challenges of shifting perspectives as you grow into a mature gay adult

Imagine being a young, closeted TV newscaster trying to make your way during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Then because of one innocent move out in public, your whole world shatters.


Joining us today on the podcast is three-time Emmy® award-winning anchorman and best-selling author turned actor, Mark Pettit, to share his journey of coming into being himself in a world hellbent on telling him he would never work again because of his sexuality.

In this episode you'll

Hear the moments that most impacted Mark's life to help him live his truth
Unlock hatred that existed and still exists towards the LGBTQ+ community
Learn how live your truth, anything is possible