Life (UN)Closeted: LGBTQ+ Coming Out Stories & Advice for living out and proud!
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Jim Fielding is an acclaimed retail and media industry veteran whose expertise combines storytelling, product innovation, merchandising, and consumer experiences. He is a partner at independent media company Archer Gray, and president of its Co-Lab Division. Having led consumer products groups at the world’s largest media companies, Jim served as president of Disney Stores Worldwide, and transformed global consumer experiences at DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, and more. His early career experience has included top global brands, from The Gap to Lands’ End, where he mastered vertical specialty retail, product design, store operations, visual merchandising, and supply chain management. Jim later served as CEO of Claire’s Stores, Inc., a leading jewelry and accessories retailer.
An active community leader and philanthropist, Jim is a founder of the Queer Philanthropy Circle, the nation’s premier fundraising and advocacy group for the queer community. He also participates in the Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle and the Black Philanthropy Circle. Jim serves on the board of directors for the Indiana University Foundation, and has served as an executive-in-residence for IU’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and as a board member for GLSEN, Make-A-Wish International, and American Red Cross. He lives in Atlanta with his partner, Joseph.
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449: Six Habits That You Can Use To Be Free of Your Closet – Laura DiBenedetto
448: Embrace The Uniqueness of Being LGBTQ – Rick Clemons
447: Coming Out of the Boy Band Closet – John Chandler
446: Why Being You Makes You Stronger – Colton Ford
445: Big Ol’ Baptist, Big Ol’ Gay – Tim Seelig
444 – Coming out at work & late in life – Peter McGuire
443: Kicking It With Struggle Guru – Kirsten Beverly Waters
442: Coming Out of the Dieter Closet – Tyler Hall
441 – Voting For Your Life – Ashley Morgan & John Flanagan – Faultlines
440 – Gay and over 40 does not mean you’re put out to pasture – Will Smith
439 – What Scares You Most About Coming Out – Trent Park
438: A Bisexual Perspective for National Coming Out Day – Melissa DaSilva
437 – Breaking Out of The Music Closet as a Boomer – Michael Fairman
436: Tiny Leaps, Big Changes – Gregg Clunis
435: Uncloseting your Hidden Demons – David Clive Price
434: Creating Radical Alignment To Come Out of LIfe’s Closets – Alexandra Jamieson & Bob Gower
433: Tapping into your soul wounds to uncloset your personal destiny – Deneen Joyner
432: Managing the Uncertainty of Coming Out – Virginia A. Campbell
431: How to not let a worldwide pandemic limit you! – Laura Gassner Otting
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