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Pride didn't start with a parade. It started with a stand. In the Pride Month launch episode of Ty in Progress, queer storyteller Ty Pollock walks through the past, present, and future of Pride — from Sappho to Stonewall to the Pride flag flying year-round on his Salt Lake City house through every threat. A celebration of where we've been, where we are, and where we're going. Don't dim your light. Be true. Be you.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Welcome and a warning
(01:36) The Past: queer people have always been here
(03:28) America 1953 and the federal firings
(04:09) Frank Kameny: the man history forgot
(06:40) Stonewall opens: the Mafia bar that became a movement
(07:24) Stonewall wasn't a drag queen bar (in Sylvia's words)
(08:38) Meet Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson
(09:25) June 28, 1969: the night Stonewall fought back
(10:30) Sylvia: "I have to go off"
(11:44) 1973: Sylvia booed off the Pride stage
(12:43) Ty visits the Stonewall Monument
(14:05) AIDS, marriage equality, and Ty's 2019 wedding toast
(15:25) The Joy of Pride
(16:42) Why we still need Pride: GLAAD, suicide stats, 62 countries
(17:55) "Take your husband off your profile"
(19:35) "That's the past" — the line that broke me
(21:11) Five things you can do for Pride
(23:32) In the Group Chat: Rachel's first Pride
(26:11) Crisis resources
(27:23) Be true. Be you.

ABOUT TY:
Ty Pollock is a queer storyteller from Salt Lake City. He hosts Ty in Progress, a 30-minute couch conversation that drops every Tuesday. Some weeks it's just Ty. Other weeks, he pulls up a chair for a guest you'll be glad you met. Don't dim your light. Be true. Be you.

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The first guest of Ty in Progress is Mallory, a queer ex-Mormon from San Diego who came out to her dad at 30. Ty and Mallory talk about cultivating chosen family, why "people get the version of you they deserve," coming out as a forever journey, and the line that became her mantra: stay curious not certain. Pull up a chair. New episodes every Tuesday.

CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Cold open
(01:00) People get the version of me they deserve
(02:20) Cultivating a queer family
(03:07) Existing in 2026
(04:39) Curiosity over certainty
(07:00) Growing up Mormon in San Diego
(10:10) Mom is a light
(10:58) Coming out is a forever journey
(13:00) The porn confession
(16:25) Coming out to dad at 30
(19:34) Why I say partner
(20:00) I don't subscribe to cringe culture
(21:09) The country singer in her
(22:00) The mantra: stay curious not certain

ABOUT TY:

Ty Pollock is a queer storyteller from Salt Lake City. He hosts Ty in Progress, a 30-minute couch conversation that drops every Tuesday. Some weeks it's just Ty. Other weeks, he pulls up a chair for a guest you'll be glad you met. Don't dim your light. Be true. Be you.

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Follow Ty in Progress:

Instagram: @tyinprogress
TikTok: @tyinprogress
YouTube: @tyinprogress
Threads: @tyinprogress
Facebook: @tyinprogress

New episodes every Tuesday, 5 AM MT.
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Don't dim your light and share it! Be true. Be you.