Hey, y'all. So we have, like, an absolutely ridiculously delightful guest on today.

Gem of a human.

Gem of a human.

Yes. And in true queer lady fashion, she has a cat. And so we just, we wanted to let you know that in the first, like, 10 to 12 minutes, her adorable all black with a tiny, tiny, like, white patch cat is playing with a toy in the background until she confiscates the toy.

So we're only saying this because if you can hear it in parts, don't worry.

After about 10 to 12 minutes, the toy is taken away. And you will not hear it for the rest of the episode. We just didn't want anyone to be like, oh, my God, the toy. I can't take it. I can't take the cat toy. Listen, y'all, it's fine. Cats are going to cat. You know how it is. Cats are going to cat. That's it. Enjoy the episode. Bye. Bye. Bye. Hey everybody.

Hey, y'all. Welcome to coming out with Lauren and Nicole. We are a weekly podcast where

we have on queer folks 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?

Y'all, we are here today with Elena Joy, who is an online content creator, and I suspect a number

of you are familiar with her YouTube channel. Hi, Elena.

Hi.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you so much for being here.

Yes, so Elena is coming to us from Vancouver, Canada.

And we have been trying to schedule this little episode for many, many months. And thank you for being so patient with our,

we had time zones for a while where you were in England and we were in L.A. And that was fun.

And then, you know, there's just life. But we stuck with it. We did it. Follow your dreams.

Yeah. And do you do you want to, like,

for, for anyone who, who may not be familiar with you, do you want to just like get myself a little intro? Yeah. Um, well, hello everybody. My name is Elena Joy. Um, yeah, I make online content.

I talk mostly about the queer community.

Sometimes I try stuff, make videos just for fun, but mostly I do LGBTQ-centered content.

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