Happy Pride! This week on Experience This Podcast, Josh speaks with Perry Cohen, founder of the Venture Out Project - a nonprofit organization in Western Massachusetts that leads backpacking and wilderness trips for the queer and transgender community. They also conduct transgender inclusion workshops for educators, adventure professionals, summer camps and more! We also nerd out with our Creative Producer Myka about Mount Monadnock!

You can find the Venture Out Project here!

The Trevor Project is a an impactful LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention organization that found that one supporting adult in the life of an LGBTQ+ young person decreases their risk of suicide by 40%.

And please check out the Black Visions Collective here!

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Experience This Podcast is hosted and produced by Joshua Croke. Our Creative Producer is Myka Papetti. Our Audio Rockstar is Giuliano D’Orazio. The show’s music is by Rob Flax. Artwork by Mags Munroe. Thank you to Perry Cohen for being on this episode. If you’re just tuning into Experience This Podcast, check out Season One at XPThisPod.co or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening!

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