Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

First, a little note to you, the listeners. Lez Hang Out will be taking a bit of a different direction with our Should’ve Been Gays this season in support of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. As such, we will not be covering any material from the struck companies until an agreement is reached with the studios. While this means you will be hearing a bit less about movies and TV shows for a while, don’...

It’s been a long time coming. It’s been a long time (It’s Ellie and Leigh!). It’s been a long time coming (It’s fearless). It’s been a long time coming (big reputation)...It’s been a long time coming (And they said, Speak Now). It’s been a long time coming. (We are Lez Hang Out and we were born in 2017!) It’s been a long time coming (Loving her was Red). It’s been a long time (Meet me at Midnight)...

We are officially coming up on the end of our summer hiatus! Before we dive into Season 7, we have one more LGBTQ+ podcast to share with you all, this time from our friend Leigh over at History Is Gay. It's time to go all the way back to the start and learn about the absolute legend that is Sappho! ... At long last, hosts Gretchen and Leigh are going back to the beginning, to the OG lesbian: Sapph...

Lez Hang Out will be back with Season 7 quicker than you can say 'mycelium'. But in the meantime, put on your detective hat and get ready to solve a mystery! This week we are sharing the pilot episode from one of our favorite fiction podcasts, Arden. If you are a true crime and comedy fan, then you will love Arden. Forced into an unlikely partnership, Bea, a committed radio journalist, and Brenda,...

We are officially midway through our summer hiatus leading up to Season 7 of Lez Hang Out! Today, we have a very special treat for our listeners as we release one of the full length bonus episodes from our Patreon exclusive series, Lez-tracurriculars. Today, Ellie and Leigh discuss Chasing Amy, a movie from 1997 that was considered very progressive at the time and that critics absolutely loved. It...

Lez Hang Out is still on summer hiatus, but don't worry! We would never leave you hanging. Join us all summer long for our Summer Spotlight series where we feature episodes from some of our favorite queer podcasts. This week we are sharing a recent episode from our friends over at The Gayly Planet, a queer media podcast from the folks at Hashtag Ruthless Productions: The Gayly Planet is a humorous...

Lez Hang Out will be back in a few weeks with Season 7! But first, join our friends Dayra and Jojo over at Les Chat Podcast for an episode about all the things they wish they'd known before dating women. We hear straight women say quite often "I'm going to start dating women" with the idea that women relationships are easier to handle. Little do most people know lesbian/wlw relationships require m...

Lez Hang Out will be back in your ears in a few weeks with Season 7! But don't worry, we've got some really fun, queer feed swaps to share with you in the meantime. So, while you wait for Ellie and Leigh to return, check out this episode from our friends Lauren and Nicole over at Coming Out Pod. Holy cats! It's our 100TH EPISODE!!!! We take a queer walk down queer memory lane with clips from some...

It’s fine-ally time to talk about the Target fiasco. This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out to wrap up Pride month and Season 6 with a look at what it really takes to be a good queer ally in 2023. As anti-LGBTQ+ hate increases across the country, it is no longer enough for allies to just be okay with queer people existing. Corporations that were previously known for perfor...

Check your toxic masculinity at the door and get ready for the skip day to end all skip days! This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with singer-songwriter and comedian Emma Jayne (@emmajaynegrams) to talk about the 1986 campy teen classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. This movie exists outside of the confines of heteronormativity (and the space time continuum). Nearly every...

Reality dating shows, for when therapy is just too expensive and you want to add a little chaos to your life. This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out and process the delightfully dramatic Netflix reality dating show, The Ultimatum: Queer Love. If you haven’t been watching this show or you are not that into #realitytv, buckle up, because this is a wild ride.  The premise is...

“Fate be changed. Look inside. All the gays are out for Pride!” This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Mexican American story artist and character designer Stephanie Rizo (@steph_rizo) to talk about the 2012 Disney Pixar hit film Brave. This movie is so gay! It is essentially a coming out story for Merida who is struggling to get her mom to understand that her sexual...

What if you met your wife for the first time in Paradise? This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about the 2016 episode of Black Mirror - San Junipero for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. If you haven’t seen this episode of Black Mirror yet, go watch it! It’s only an hour long and unlike most episodes,...

You know who else falls in love after just a kiss? Lesbians. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out to talk about the classic 1978 musical romcom, Grease. We really wanted to talk about this movie, especially with the recent release of the spinoff tv series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, which we honestly both really enjoyed!  Grease is, at its core, a deeply unserious...

It’s time to process some trauma together, buckle up as we bring you therapy with Lez Hang Out. This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with comedian and actor Liz Glazer (@lizglazer) to discuss processing and sharing #grief through the lens of storytelling and comedy. Liz’s debut comedy album, A Very Particular Experience, releases on May 12th and can be pre-ordered on iTu...

Will you take the red pill or will you take the blue pill? This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with trans author and screenwriter Tilly Bridges (@heckyeahtillybridges) to talk about the trans allegories and queer characters of The Matrix. Tilly is a Matrix expert having written an entire book on the topic - Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix which r...

Have you ever had an experience that you did not consent to but that was enjoyable, transformational, or even pleasurable? This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou (@avgolis98), queer psychoanalyst and author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia, to discuss queering consent. As part of our discussion, Avgi shares stories of times...

Dana Scully, causing the lesbian rate to skyrocket since 1993. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Ashley Ray (@theashleyray), Black, bisexual and polyamorous tv writer, comedian, and host of the podcast TV, I Say w/ Ashley Ray to talk about the science fiction television classic, The X-Files. If watching 9 seasons of Gillian Anderson strutting around in power sui...

Raise your hand if you were also a teenage witch with an unhealthy, obsessively close female friendship that completely took over your life. This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Maggie Lalley (@magslals), standup comic, writer, and performer of the one woman show, Sex Witch the Musical, a comedy show based on her real life journey spanning 2 years in a 2 person teen...

When you’ve got a drive that can kill the world, who you gonna call? 5 lesbians! This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out to talk about the 2022 action movie, The 355.  This movie has an amazing cast including Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, and Bingbing Fan. With a cast like this, we really had higher expectations. We love the Ocean’s 8 vibes, but it really...

If you’re looking to get back with your ex, have you considered shipping her your child? This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about the 2020 Netflix film Summerland for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. If you have not yet seen this movie, the plot essentially is this: Reclusive lesbian hermit Alice ge...

This one time in the early 2000s, Peyton Sawyer rocked a flannel over her Ramones tee and queer fashion has never been the same since. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with tv writer Layne Morgan (@laynemorgan) to talk about the early aughts teen drama sensation One Tree Hill. This show is 9 full seasons of total chaos and we dive into all of them to discuss how muc...

Are you the lone wolf that can’t be tied down or are you the relationship-seeking wooer that won’t take no for an answer? This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out to talk about the commonly seen media trope of a pairing that consists of one person who doesn’t want to be in a romantic relationship and one person who is 100% convinced they can change their mind. Media pretty m...

For a good time, dial 1-900-LEZHANG to hang with us, Ellie and Leigh, for only $5 per minute. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out to talk about the 2012 comedy For A Good Time, Call, which is currently available on Amazon Prime. This movie is an absolute fever dream of homosexual delight. It follows the story of Katie and Lauren, enemies turned roommates turned love of...

“I need a hero. I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night. She’s gotta be strong, and she’s gotta be fast, and she’s gotta for sure be a dyke.” This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out to talk about the ‘Dyke In Shining Armor’ trope, which we will forever be referring to as a DSA. The DSA shows up repeatedly in the media, but is also pretty prevalent within real l...