Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 13 | Nita Agustin

Nita Agustin is a Queer and gender affirming clinical counselor based in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. Their jam is helping Queer youth and young adults find alignment within themselves so they can feel confident showing up in their own skin. This is accomplished by finding words to name their experiences and discover ways to live on their own terms. In this episode, Nita describes coming out in the pressure-cooker scenario of the pandemic, being Queer in Southeast Asian Indonesian culture, emerging and moving on from Catholocism, what it's like working with Queer youth, and much more!You can find Nita online and learn more about her work at nitaagustincounselling.comNita's coming out songs are You Need to Calm Down by Taylor Swift, and Born This Way by Lady Gaga.A book that inspired Nita is Me, Myself and They by Luna Ferguson. A show that has inspired Nita is I am Jazz.