Hey y'all.

Hi.

Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole.

We are a weekly podcast where we have queer folks on from all walks of life.

They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.

Because who doesn't love a coming out story, et cetera?

Oh, that was the best one yet.

Et cetera really is an umbrella term that I can get behind or under, as the case may be.

I'm proud of that.

Today, we are so excited to have a fellow podcaster on, Palayo Alvarez, of the Forbidden Apple Podcast, which, as I said to him, going into this, is a podcast that literally could not be more up my alley if it tried.

So I feel as though it was created for me.

I know that's not true, but it feels that way.

So Palayo, thank you for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

And you're actually wrong.

It was created for you.

So I really appreciate finally being here.

Appalaya is a storyteller, podcaster, and YouTuber.

So Playa, tell us a little bit about that, about you and where people, well, we'll talk about where people can find you at the end.

But just tell us about what you do.

Definitely, yeah. I'm really happy to hear

that it's kind of like the first time that I do. I'm getting used to this new role. I actually

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