Episode 233: Amir Yass

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

We chat with the FABULOUSLY queer Amir Yass, a content creator and TikTokker whose self-described job is "to make straight white men uncomfortable!" Amir grew up the child of immigrant parents in a conservative Muslim household in Orange County. How conservative? Let's just say his parents not only pulled him out of sex ed in middle school, they also moved houses because their neighbor was an out gay man. Amir shares how both therapy and comedy have helped him to destigmatize the shame he felt for so much of his life, and discusses how "coming in" is not just an affirming practice in general; it can also be a real lifesaver for those in situations where it simply isn't safe to come out. All this, plus that full-circle Hallmark moment when Grindr reconnects you with someone from your distant past!

Follow Amir on Instagram and TikTok at @amiryassofficial, and feel free to DM him!

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0:00.0	Hi everybody.
0:07.0	Hey y'all.
0:09.0	Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole. We are a weekly podcast where we have on queer folks from all walks of life.
0:15.0	They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.
0:19.0	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:22.7	Y'all, today we are here with, I really am excited to say his name, we are here with Amir
0:29.1	Yoss.
0:30.1	I feel like if you're going to be queer, Yass is probably the best.
0:34.8	You couldn't design a better last name.
0:37.2	Amir is a content creator, a TikToker. He reached out to us and was like, hey, I'd love to talk to you. And we were so excited to speak to you. Hello, Amir. Welcome.
0:50.1	Hi. Thanks for having me, y'all. I love it. Is there anything in particular that you want our audience to know about you in terms of what you do, all that before we get into your story?
1:02.9	How much time do they have? I feel like I do 101 things, but that's kind of the Gemini in me. So it's good. It works.
1:12.2	Wonderful. Wonderful. So it's good. It works. Wonderful.
1:13.3	Wonderful.
1:14.2	And so, yes, we always are one like formalized questions.
1:18.7	We always like to ask our guests.
1:20.4	Amir, how do you identify?
1:23.2	So before I identified as gay, and I think that was very limiting.
1:26.7	So now I just, I go as queer.
1:29.3	And I think that it allows me to kind of design my life.
1:33.0	And I always tell people that when they're coming out of the closet.
1:35.5	I've helped lots of people navigate that journey.
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