A Real Conversation About Growing Up Gay & Figuring It Out | Yip To My Yap

Hello hello darlings!

In this episode, Erica Star and Joshua De La Cruz have a candid conversation about coming out, the road to self acceptance and how perceptions of different genders and sexuality shape our beliefs.

They also get into the differences in experiences between heterosexual women and gay men with nothing but curiosity and respect.

Happy Pride my loves!

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0:00 Intro
0:37 Identity nuance & “straight phases”
1:33 Early attractions & dating girls
4:22 Discovering Grindr
9:52 Why hookup culture feels different in queer spaces
11:46 Attraction vs. romance (men, women, trans men)
13:00 Realizing I'm straight
15:00 First gay date: Olive Garden
16:53 Homophobia in public
17:53 Coming out
20:51 Childhood “aha”s: Lizzie McGuire & Selena
22:44 Nature vs. nurture: growing into yourself
35:29 Pride presentation, fashion, and pop-diva fandom
38:05 Slurs, safety, and blending vs. flamboyance
39:03 Love languages & hetero roles in gay dating
43:29 Word-choice feedback
57:14 Hookups to real love
1:03:06 Part-2 tease