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 and 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? Today we are here with

Shantelle Yasmin Abadira, aka Yaz, of Girls Like Magic, among other things. She's a content

creator. She's an actress. She's a musician. She wears all the hats. And we are so happy to

have her here. Thank you. I'm happy to be here. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah, we have, well, there are several people out there who are fans of girls like magic. So thank you for bringing that to the masses. Yeah, you're very welcome. Yeah. I know, I mean, we can talk more at the end about it when we do plugging, but you do have a second season coming

up of it. We do. We do. Rumor has it. You'll be hanging out with me for a little bit. It'll

be good. Rumor has it that I might be involved. Yay! Also, Amber, who we recently on Amber of

Amber's awesome. I'm just collecting. We're just like, we're just going, we're going through the community and plucking out a bunch of people that we think are wonderful and that was it. I was like, you know, there was a bunch of people that I was like, I think that person's really cool and really talented. So now that I have a show that went viral, what if I just called them? And you're like, yeah, it worked, actually. It was great. Well, it's something that I have a show that went viral. What if I just called them? You're like, yeah, it worked, actually.

It was great.

Well, something that I loved about, like, when you and I spoke about it on the phone,

was just that you were really interested in working with actors and creators

who were also activists, which I just think is so great.

Because it is one thing to play roles like this. It is another thing to

make it part of your life's mission. And I'm not saying that those actors who just play the

roles are wrong in any way, you know, everybody lives their life the way they got to. But it is

really special to be included in that group. So yeah, I think that, you know, it's, yeah, you're right.

It's perfectly fine for anyone that is just an actor and that's what they want to do.

But I think that part of being grassroots and indie is that you want people that are so completely involved.

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