The Coming Out Monologues 2025

Content Warnings & Glossary

This page provides audience care information for our live storytelling shows. We believe queer stories deserve both celebration and consent: content warnings help folks decide what’s right for them, and a playful glossary supports shared language and understanding.

Please feel empowered to step away from the theatre if you need to, and to return for the next storyteller.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th - Content Warnings by Monologue

Poster for 'The Coming Out Monologues' featuring grayscale images of eyes, with event details and guest performer from Drag Sings Live 'Holtasoli!'

MICHELLE
- Generational/historical homophobia

- Pathologizing of queerness (“mental illness” classifications)

- Identity anxiety / closet themes

VENESSA
- Trans identity & later-life transition

- Relationship breakdown

- Misgendering / “clocky” experiences (implied)

- Public disclosure

DAYN
- Misgendering

JON
- Racism

- Addiction

CHARLIE/SOFIA
- Religious homophobia

- Catholic context

- Trans identity & name/pronoun affirmation challenges

- Family conflict/conditional acceptance

- Migration/financial hardship (family support across borders)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11th - Content Warnings by Monologue

Poster for 'The Coming Out Monologues' featuring black and white photos of greyscale eyes and faces, with event details and guest performer from Drag Sings Live 'Ashtray Williams!'

AME
- Death, Grief and Regret

- Car Crash / Hospitalization

- Strong Language

JERRY
- Religious trauma

- Conversion therapy–adjacent interrogation

- Accusation of childhood sexual abuse from a church leader

- Homophobia; faith-community conflict over marriage equality

SAM
- Childhood homophobia/sexism

- Controlling or unsafe home dynamics (“frightful husband”)

- Catholic school pressures

ANTHONY
- Family confrontation / coming-out anxiety

- Alcohol / hangover

- Strong language

- Explicit queer language reclamation

EVA
- Physical transition surprises

- Car crash and related trauma

- Sibling death

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12th - Content Warnings by Monologue

Poster for 'The Coming Out Monologues' featuring black and white photos of greyscale eyes and faces, with event details and guest performer from Drag Sings Live 'MX Jendr!'

HEATHER
- Addiction & recovery

- Depressive episodes; suicidal ideation (car-crash fantasy)

- Divorce/confrontation

TR
- Rigid gender roles; internalized homophobia

- People-pleasing; risky sex/alcohol in youth

- Small-town religious pressure

CHLOE
- Anti-trans discrimination (denied service; media outing)

- Public outing

- Mention of past depression and suicidality “at times”

- Coming-out stress

CECE
- Autism mention

- Parental estrangement

- Trans misogyny

- Medical transition details; voice/presentation dysphoria

- Hate-crime context reference

Photos and poster design by Wilmer Aburto
Banner photo by Shannon Johnston

Monologue Glossary - Cute, queer & a little sassy!

Because shared language makes the world less weird.

- Coming Out — The ongoing “tell your truth” tour. Not a one-and-done; more like a world tour with surprise encores.

- Closet / Out of the Closet — Metaphorical storage unit for your truth. Key found, rent cancelled.

- Clocky — When cis folks think they can “read” a trans person. Spoiler: bad hobby.

- Trans Woman — A woman who is trans. That’s it, that’s the tweet. Some transition socially, medically, or both.

- Gender Dysphoria / Euphoria — Dysphoria: the ouch. Euphoria: the sparkle. The latter is the point.

- HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) — Medical transition that can bring curves, feels, and new mirror moments.

- Pronouns — Little words, big respect. “She/Her,” “He/Him,” “They/Them,” etc. Use what’s stated, not what you assume.

- Non-Binary — Not boxed into “man/woman.” Think spectrum, not switch.

- Bi-curious / Bisexual — Attraction to more than one gender; curiosity counts, identity is valid.

- Queer — Umbrella term reclaimed by many; community-made, community-owned.

- Chosen Family — The crew who love you on purpose. Sometimes the family that matters most.

- Outing — When someone shares your identity without consent. Not okay.

- Pussy — The body part, not the slur – think vulva, not vulgar!

- Ally — Not a title; a verb. Show up, listen up, level up.

If you need support, help is available:

Crisis & Mental Health Supports

 Distress Centre Calgary (24/7 Crisis line) – 403-266-4357 (HELP), distresscentre.com

 Talk Suicide Canada (24/7 National) – 1-833-456-4566, or text 45645, talksuicide.ca

 Kids Help Phone (24/7 National) – 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868, kidshelpphone.ca


2SLGBTQIA+ Supports

 Skipping Stone Foundation (Calgary) – trans and gender-diverse health, social, and family supports, skippingstone.ca

 Centre for Sexuality (Calgary) – counselling, youth groups, parent supports, centreforsexuality.ca

 Calgary Outlink – peer support groups, information & referrals, calgaryoutlink.ca

 Trans Lifeline – peer support by and for trans people, 1-877-330-6366, translifeline.org


Legal Information & Clinics

 Alberta Human Rights Commission – information & complaint process, 1-780-427-7661, albertahumanrights.ab.ca

 Calgary Legal Guidance – free legal advice clinics, 403-234-9266, clg.ab.ca

 Edmonton Community Legal Centre – free legal help (provincial reach), 780-702-1725, eclc.ca

To our Queer and Trans family:

You are seen, your story matters, and you belong here!