Episode 85: Youstina Feb. 5, 2020

from Coming Out with Lauren & Nicole· ·

This week's guest has never shared her story publicly, but wanted to today because she believes it could help people (and she's right). Youstina (podcaster; QFX Public Relations) was born into a homophobic family in Egypt, where homosexuality is still criminalized. To make matters worse, her first same-sex experience involved her being severely lied to. Thankfully, Youstina emerged with one of the healthiest perspectives on queerness and acceptance we've ever heard (and, spoiler: Carmilla was involved). NOTE: Youstina has an updated Twitter handle from the one she gives out at the end of this episode! Insta is the same, but …



This week's guest has never shared her story publicly, but wanted to today because she believes it could help people (and she's right). Youstina (podcaster; QFX Public Relations) was born into a homophobic family in Egypt, where homosexuality is still criminalized. To make matters worse, her first same-sex experience involved her being severely lied to. Thankfully, Youstina emerged with one of the healthiest perspectives on queerness and acceptance we've ever heard (and, spoiler: Carmilla was involved).

NOTE: Youstina has an updated Twitter handle from the one she gives out at the end of this episode! Insta is the same, but follow her on Twitter at @moonstiina.