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

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

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

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!