{"id":2711,"date":"2025-06-11T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendycolegtm.net\/staging\/9199\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:16:06","slug":"big-gay-overalls-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendycolegtm.net\/staging\/9199\/big-gay-overalls-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Gay Overalls Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No More Hiding: Wendy Cole<br>Coming Out at 67 and Finally Living Free<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">with Lisa Kirkman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"BGO E36 - No More Hiding: Wendy Cole on Coming Out at 67 and Finally Living Free\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxjIDHCYpm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jun 5, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pxjIDHCYpm8?si=SvyDkZ5OrVTgmmTf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bgo-e36-no-more-hiding-wendy-cole-on-coming-out-at\/id1755502340?i=1000711727806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6EY0cx1iXXBzDipth8yLe3?si=Hc_QS4D2QrOEIZM1hArzaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">What does it take to finally choose yourself after a lifetime of silence? In this unmissable episode of the Big Gay Overalls podcast, I sit down with the fierce, wise, and wonderfully honest Wendy Cole\u2014transgender advocate, speaker, and transition mentor\u2014who came out at 67 years old and completely rebuilt her life from scratch. From facing down psychiatric cruelty in the 1970s, to surviving suicidal ideation, to walking proudly into the world as her full self, Wendy\u2019s story is not just one of gender identity\u2014it\u2019s a masterclass in courage, self-reinvention, and saying, \u201cNo more. I get to be me now.\u201d We dive deep into the emotional, psychological, and social layers of transitioning later in life, why self-awareness and self-acceptance matter more than hormones or presentation, and how she finally found joy, connection, and love on the other side of pain. This isn\u2019t just a conversation about being trans. It\u2019s a conversation about being human. 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