In this unfiltered exchange, Crystal Stone — poet, educator, and TEDx speaker — revisits the years when cultural roles and financial security seemed safer than living authentically.

With striking honesty, she reflects on the tension between who she was expected to be and who she truly is, uncovering the fear, cost, and eventual freedom of naming herself openly as a lesbian.

This conversation lingers between vulnerability and liberation, leaving us with the haunting question: until when?

✨ Watch Crystal Stone’s TEDx Talk The Transformative Power of Poetry here:
https://youtu.be/quOciizfhIc

🌐 Stay connected and support her journey:
https://www.crystalbstone.com/