Sydney Rae Chin joins us to share her personal experience as a closeted queer woman who grew up Chinese-American-Catholic. She shares some really valuable advice on how to navigate emotional consent and leaves us with tools for navigating boundaries and honouring our own values.

They dive deep into conversation around polyamory, monogamy, and coming out to their family answering these questions and more!

Can you have monogamous relationships as a polyamorous person?
Can polyamory & monogamy co-exist in a relationship?
How do you cultivate emotional consent and communicate emotional boundaries?
How do you come out to family — as polyamorous or queer?
How do culture and gender intersect with experiences of polyamory?

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Episode 219: Polyamory, Coming Out & Emotional Consent

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You're listening to the Sex with Dr. Jess podcast. Sex and relationship advice you can use tonight.

Brandon (00:17):

Welcome to the Sex With Dr. Jess podcast, I'm your co host Brandon Ware here with my always lovely other half, Dr Jess, who is currently squeezing my nipple.

Dr. Jess (00:26):

I just wanted to see if he could keep going, and he did.

Brandon (00:28):

I did, I threw you a curve ball by telling everybody what you were doing at the beginning.

Dr. Jess (00:34):

How you doing today babe?

Brandon (00:36):

I'm great my nipples little sore. But otherwise I'm great. Thanks for asking, how are you?

Dr. Jess (00:41):

I’m good. I feel like your nipples have played a prominent role in the podcast the last few weeks. Because you were talking about I don't know, pinching nipples on my instagram and people were having a good time with that. I think my family unfollowed us, but we're okay with that. And I don't know, I feel like things are going really well right now because life is getting back to normal here in Canada. They're opening up some restrictions. Or I guess they're loosening the restrictions around travel. We are fully vaccinated, you and me. I got a pinch in my vaccination. The pharmacist pinched my arm and said “I like to pinch,” then she pinched my arm and then she gave me the jab. And I'm unclear as to whether or not she liked to pinch for the sake of the vaccine or she just generally liked to pinch and took the opportunity to pinch me, but either way I'm happy because I'm vaxxed.

Brandon (01:29):

Got my jabs in, and it feels so good.

Dr. Jess (01:34):

Anyhow, lots going on, just wanted to mention that my new show on CityTV presented by TSC is still running Friday nights here in Canada at midnight on CityTV. And it's called Intimately You With Dr. Jess and we’re already, I don't know almost two thirds through the season. We're at least halfway through season one and it's going pretty cool. I think it's so much fun to get to hawk sex toys on national TV. And I've got honestly, we have the coolest guest tonight. We're joined by Shanae Adams,