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Speaker 5 (03:08):
Okay, So, Kimberly, who do we have to sit next
to us? Okay? Today on the show, we're joined by
a leader who's made it his mission to empower and
uplift black and LATINX LGBTQ plus youth in Los Angeles
and beyond. He is the chief operating officer of reach LA,
a dynamic nonprofit organization that's been at the forefront of advocacy,
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health education, creative arts, and community empowerment for over thirty years.
His passion is creating safe spaces where young people can thrive,
express themselves, and access the resources they need to live healthy,
authentic lives. Please welcome to the show, the amazing Greg Wilson.
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Great how to folks who wish you do?
Speaker 7 (03:58):
Okay, know a little of every thing. My name is
Greg Wilson, forty three years old, single, Capricorn. But besides that,
besides that, I've been working in nonprofit for over twenty years.
I do a little bit of everything. I'm a writer,
I'm a creator. I actually do a lot of work
with a lot of celebrities as well to kind of
help them get their lives in order. To help them
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keep things orchestrated and flowing properly. I just really want
to make sure I find ways of doing servitude and
providing service to people. That's been part of my passion
all my life, and so that's what I do.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Okay, Well, since you mentioned you single, tell the folks
who are you looking for?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Okay, so let me tell y'all.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Good conversation, good eye contact, good confidence, a job. Those
things are really the greatest thing to get started with me.
Of course, I am definitely gay. So if you are
a man that is single that ain't got no drama
swinging my way?
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Okay? Wait?
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Literally, and.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Right where should we go from there?
Speaker 5 (05:05):
God?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Where should we go? That was your worst dating story ever?
Speaker 7 (05:11):
The worst dating story ever is me showing up to
a dinner. This person that called asked me on a date.
We sit at the table. They try to disappear during
the restaurant, like, I gotta go to the restaurant quick.
It was almost time to pay the bill, and so
I made sure I went to the restroom first. I
was like, you know what, let me go first. I'll
be right back because I know what they're trying to do.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I paid for my part.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
You went to the standing, like, pay for your part,
my part only.
Speaker 7 (05:35):
But the reality is you can tell that you get
the sign, you know when somebody's gonna try to dip
out on you. And so what I did was I
made sure I went to the host stand, paid my part,
and I left, let them sit there by themselves and
figured it out that.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
It wasn't a good day. It was not a good day.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
It was some one of them situations where you got
to force the conversation. It was one of them things
where no eye contact, they're like distracted, But the distraction
from me shows me like, okay, these are some red flags.
You're trying to figure out what it is about. And
it's like, you know when somebody I don't know, you
can tell in the conversation with somebody just ain't for you.
That was that situation for me and I never ever
ever went on a blind date again.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Can I can I ask you some questions because I'm
a little ignorant on the space in space I got
you anything, okay, because I haven't experienced that in the
men I'm dating, right, Is that something that happens with men?
Because I don't I haven't even met a woman that
has felt the vibes where she got to pay her
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portion and like leave.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Let me tell you, Okay.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
It is harder in my situation because of course, when
with male dating and other man sometimes we don't really
know who's going to try to front the bill first,
you know what I mean a lot of times it's like, okay,
let me do it. That's like a gesture that we
will kind of put forth to kind of say, hey,
you know, this is what I want to do, to
show you that I'm trying to step it up and
do all that kind of stuff. But with women, it's
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like you're automatically in position to where you're asked, and
you're automatically in position where it's expected for the military
care of it.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, in my situation, you got to.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Read the science because that's what I'm wondering work.
Speaker 7 (07:06):
It's difficult. But also I'm not a person that needs
anybody to take care of me, you know what I mean.
So it's also in a place where I'm a giver naturally,
but if something ain't right, then I ain't giving you nothing,
you know, So it's got to be right.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
I gotta feel right, That's it, I guess we could
talk about it for you know.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I'll give you any open books.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Okay, go ahead, can be okay.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
So that was such a fun conversation. I do I
want the people to know about the work that you
do at RECHLA. So for people who aren't familiar, what
is the mission behind REACHLA and what is it all about?
Speaker 2 (07:41):
I'm glad you asked. So REACHLA is.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
The mission of LA is to empower, engage, and but
ultimately celebrate LGBTQ plus youth. A lot of things that
we do is around arts and arts, education, health, and
we really want to celebrate people's personalities and individuality because
a lot of times in our everyday lives, we realize
that people are ostracided or push the side, and so
we want to find a place where they can come belong,
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know that they can have support, have resources, whatever their
needs are. That's what reach ALA's intention is.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
I want to talk about the health part of it, Yes,
the focus. You know, it's interesting because I'm going to
bring up HIV and AIDS and how it continues to
affect obviously people of all races, but particularly our community
people of color disproportionately, you know, compared to the rest
of the community. So I'm curious how does reach LA
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approach issues such as health equity, particularly around HIV and
AIDS prevention and care.
Speaker 7 (08:43):
I think what makes us a little innovative in the
ways in which we approach HIV equity and healthcare is
we don't try to just have a one size fit
all kind of approach. We really meet each person where
they are. We kind of have them come in, say
what their need is, gauge what their reality is in
regards to what's realistic for them, and then we then
apply a packaging that will work for them. We provide
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free mental health services, We provide HIV testing, we get
them linked in to care, we do SED testing and screening.
We then treat it for that as well. We do
everything that we really feel individuals need. If they need housing,
we provide support for that. We really want to make
sure when somebody comes to the door, whatever their need is,
we can really meet them where they are. So what
is different about us is that we see the disparities.
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We really go into the community and really meet people
that don't know where we are and who we are.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
We bring them in.
Speaker 7 (09:34):
A lot of times people just expect you to just
pop up in in the organization if you want help,
but we really meet them where they are. We go
out to the streets, we go out to the events,
see what their need is, let them know what we
can provide, provide an offer for them, and then even
get them an override to our organization if they need to,
just so we can service them. So I think it's
really about being extremely intentional and making sure that we
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really are making sure that people know that we're really
in it for them and not for a number are
trying to meet a goal. It's like it's really about
the individual. And most of our services and programs that
we offer it comes from our general funds. We get
fundraising and donations that provide what the need is because
a lot of the grants won't supply it, so that's.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
What we do.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
I'm curious around awareness. So I've seen recently commercials about
HIV and AIDS and they seem very intentional that people
in the commercials are very diverse from an age perspective,
a race perspective, and I'm just curious what you think
of those commercials and if you feel like they're really
hitting home, if they're really reaching people that need to
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be reached because I think there's still people aren't aware
of the fact that AIDS is still out there and
you can still contract the you know, the virus, and
so I'm just curious. Do you think that the commercials
are helpful? Is it enough to educate? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Some are I think good questions. Good questions.
Speaker 7 (11:03):
I think when I think about the commercials, first, I
would say this, we got to recognize and realize. I'm
not saying we like we are the ones, but I'm
saying we have to realize that young people are on
their phones, they're not really watching TV like that. So
that's the first part. So, yes, they're creating all these
great commercials. That's beautiful and waste a lot of money.
That's cool, but who's who is it for? I think
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the audience that is really meant to hit is not
really hit. It's not hitting as hard with the ones
that really needed. If we found ways to utilize our
social media platforms to kind of gauge how we can
get more commercials there, or the ads when they go
to different sites, like if they're on Instagram all the time,
there should be ads there where people see that there.
I don't see that as often as it should be,
or when it comes down to TikTok and all that,
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there should be ads there, so when they scroll they
start seeing the ads there. I think that would be
more impactful. When it comes to commercials, I do think
that the intentionality has gotten better because before when we
used to see HIV commercials are commercials about prep and
all that kind of stuff. I think we did not
see the diversity. We did not see a lot of
that because they were trying to make sure people felt
comfortable with what they were seeing. I think the messaging
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is not about comfortability, it's about the reality. And so
when it comes to the fact that we're impacted, yes,
they're trying to place people together, but then they're placing
people that don't look like it's authentic relationships together. So
then it's like, Okay, you can tell they put these
people together, like you know what I mean. So it's
really it's a hard place to put it because they
want to make sure they're incorporating every aspect of diversity.
But then at the same time, what feels real, right,
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you know, and I don't know that that's felt. I'm
all about the real feeling. I'm all about the emotion.
I'm all about intentionality, and I think they're doing better
with the best way they can, but I think they're
missing some marks. But the fact that the word is
out there is something that I can't complain about because
it's a starting point and it ignites conversation and it
allows us to have the dialogue that needs to happen.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yeah, so it's like the commercials as plus, what you're
doing is work in the community.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Right.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
So you publish your first book, Metamorphois of the Heart
that talked about depression, homelessness, suicide, racism, and your HIV diagnosis. Yes,
you shared a lot on your personal journey. When did
you decide that you wanted to share it? When did
you decide or when did you find out that you
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had HIV? And how do you encourage people to get tested?
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So threefold got you good questions.
Speaker 7 (13:25):
So I was diagnosed in two thousand and five, So
I've been twenty years ago, twenty years ago, HIV positive
for twenty years. I remembered when I first was diagnosed,
I didn't even know what HIV was. So that that
speaks to why I'm talking about.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
The many years ago, twenty years ago, you didn't know.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
Because I lived in Lancaster Palmdell, which is like a
the desert, you know what I'm saying, and out there
at the time, they didn't have anything that was really
focused our specific around education around HIV or aides. So
with that, when I find out my diagnosis, I didn't
know what was going on. I didn't know what it meant.
And I then had to even go way down to
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LA in order to get proper services and get taken
care of. But ultimately find out I'm HIV positive, don't
know what it means. That's when I'm first getting educated
about it, and I'm like, Wow, all these people that
I'm around daily don't even speak about this because of
the stigma. At that time, the stigma was way worse
than it is now, where people didn't even want to
talk about it. Now people see it so often everywhere
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they go, where they hear PREP, they see HIV. They
see these things on billboards and everything. So PREP prep, Yes,
it's pre exposure prophylaxic. So basically people will take PREP
in order to prevent themselves from getting HIV that infected.
And so ultimately it's a and who should take that
anyone that's having risky sex that can potentially get them HIV.
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I say anyone, because before they used to consider the
gay disease, which never was just that, but now that
we find that the rates are with women with.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
Trans is risky, unprotected sex risk.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
It depends on how you define it, because people define
it differently. I don't think.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
Protecting sexes risky all the time, but some people might
say anything that is unprotected is risky. So it's ultimately
how a person to choose to engage in the sexual
behaviors that will bring them to risk for possibly getting infected.
If I'm a person that is at an undetectable place
where I'm making sure I've taken care of my medication
and I'm not in a place where I can infect
another person, then some people will qualify that as not
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being risky. But then for me as an individual, me
knowing that I have HIV and someone may not, I
still will consider it to be a risky thing where
I will want to protect them no matter what. So
it's really based on how another person defines it. But
I will say risky sex is ultimately any kind of
sex practice with somebody that you are not completely aware
of their status. You want to make sure you're aware.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
You don't know.
Speaker 7 (15:42):
Somebody might get tested three months ago and say I
had a negative diagnosis and it might have been in
the window period to where they might be HIV positive
and someone's not aware, so they think that they're safe
to have unprotected sex. So I think it's really for
each individual to define. But I just tell everyone just
act or treat everything as if everyone has some things,
so that where you can protect yourself from.
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Speaker 3 (16:33):
All right, how do you approach conversations with you know,
partners about your your status?
Speaker 7 (16:40):
I'm so direct, Like, what are you saying In the
first conversation, I'm like, Hey, I was like, so, look
this is going pretty good.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Talk about dates, not the last date. I talked about
baby's going pretty good.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
So you know, I just want to let you know
that if we decide to engage in any type of
sexual behavior, I mhr be positive. I am a detectable
and I just want to make sure that you are
aware of that and make sure that you are aware
of what that means.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
That's what I do.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
So what if they say, what does undetectable mean?
Speaker 7 (17:03):
What I will tell them is undetectable as a person
that has adhere to their medication to a point where
they have well close to no viral load viral load
indications inside their body and systems. So it means that
they're unlikely to be able to infect another person with
HIV due to the low viral load.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
And that's what I would let them know.
Speaker 7 (17:20):
And then my antibodies are so high to where I
can fight off anything that might come back in. That's
that's considered the virus in my system to where I
can maintain a healthy placement in my life.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
So we're gonna have a little fun. Okay, So it's
called yes or not, So I'm gonna remember yes. I'm
going to say a phrase and you're going to say
yes or not, and we're all going to play all right,
let's go. So the first one, letting love this question
because he said he was a I know, I know,
I know. Okay, letting your horoscope guide your life choices?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, well no, wait wait what not the life choices part?
Let me tell you. I like that to be the introduction.
Speaker 7 (18:02):
I like to I like to give me a little
glimpse of what I'm going to be expecting from a person.
But I don't guide it, and I don't base everything,
and I'm like, oh, you're a scorpios. I'm messing. I
ain't dealing with you. I like to kind of say, okay, this,
this is what to expect. And then sometimes people prove
me wrong.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
Every time.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
A cancer world prove me right every single time, and
that does guide my life decision on dealing with that.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Right.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
But men and women are different, right, So my answer,
short answer.
Speaker 5 (18:30):
Is yes, I'm aa okay offering life advice to strangers.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Nope.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
I don't give anybody anything unless they ask me, because
the thing is, who am I to tell you what
to do with your life? But now if you ask me,
you're gonna get nothing but the truth. So don't ask
me a question you don't want the answer.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
To so, so for me, if I think I know
a little bit about something that you're in, I'll share
it because you never know if the person has a
guidance or not.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
So yeah, yep, like that, okay, carefully, carefully.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
I usually will wait until i'm asked, unless I think
that there's a real opportunity there, and then I will
just try to gently throw something out there.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Can I share something too? Okay?
Speaker 7 (19:15):
To add to that, there's there's moments when I'm like, okay,
you really need this perspective. What I'll do is like, hey,
if you happen to need any if you like some perspective,
let me know. I'll say that to kind of gauge,
like I got some perspective, you got to tell me
you want it. Sometimes I will do that.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
I love it. Okay, snapping instead of clapping for performances,
to me, that's fake.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
So now so you're wrong, you're wrong because at what
level are we clapping? Are we clapping?
Speaker 5 (19:51):
How are we clapping? That's fake?
Speaker 3 (19:53):
So a snap is like all right, y'all, okay girl
or whatever, like that's how I snap.
Speaker 5 (19:58):
So I do not clap. I'll be snapping.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Got you me when I see people. Snap. That's like
I'm acting like I care about what you did did,
but I want you off the stage. That's what it
gets to me.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
I do snap.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Yeah, the clap in his fake Yeah exactly.
Speaker 5 (20:17):
I feel the same. Okay with the face, Okay, let
it speing a face. Let a dog lick your face.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Hell nah, I know that wasn't the answer, so I'll
say nah.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Okay, no, I mean no, okay, you know what dogs do,
what they know, but your partners't.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
No, well, they do that if it's mine, that's different.
But they're not gonna be looking at everybody's or every
dog they passed by.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
They looking their brash.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
Yeah, I get it.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Yes, and they don't brush your teeth as often.
Speaker 7 (20:55):
As we do.
Speaker 5 (20:58):
Okay, I'm definitely yes, we're.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Dog when y'all let dogs lick y'all, you can't see
all this stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
There are babies.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
I have five, Okay, the only one of mine can't
because I've seen them do stuff can't.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
But the four can't because they don't do the same stuff.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Got you, Okay, All right, here we go. Have packages
delivered to your neighbor so that your partner doesn't see them. Yep, no, no, no,
just bring them, just bring them.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
No that way you open it up, BacT like you
already had it.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
Okay, I can see that. I can see that. Okay,
a sake Instagram account.
Speaker 7 (21:42):
I have one even though I'm single, and I got
one because if somebody needs to be trolled and I
want to leave comments and I don't want to you
know what, Absolutely you.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Got to fence that course, Yes, what should fince the profile?
Oh what's the profile?
Speaker 7 (22:00):
It's really okay, no judgment. It's a white woman. Is
it's a white woman? Nobody would ever.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Real talk?
Speaker 4 (22:11):
Okay, no fences for me, No fence does Is your
page built out?
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Is it like you got like just one?
Speaker 7 (22:19):
I have like six pictures on there, but it's of
cats and dogs and literally and then that's.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
It, and so that it's a public Yeah, it's a.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Public for file. That would not be like adding myself
to people's pages.
Speaker 5 (22:32):
Yeah, absolutely, Okay, get your hair cut every week, but
will not exfoliate.
Speaker 7 (22:41):
First of all, that costs too much, so I'm not
I'm not doing none of that. Some time I get
my haircuts when I'm going somewhere. To be honest with you,
it looks good. That's only my haircut, but not throw
a hat on.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
You're through the days.
Speaker 7 (22:57):
You know what I'm saying. It's not that deep to
spend all that money for that, but like foliate, I
do that all the time. I was told you kind
of do that, not every day every other day, so
I make sure that happens. But I need some sunscreen
so I can get.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
It coming, and it's coming. We're taking care of you.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Okay, So get my hair done every week. But next no, no,
I'm nona.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
Okay, wear the same cologne from college because it still
works for you.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
It's still heads I have, Like if you see my
Colonne closet, it's ridiculous.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Does you smell very nice?
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Thank you?
Speaker 7 (23:27):
Yeah, I appreciate. I like to wear it based on
how I feel. So different fragrances for different emotions.
Speaker 5 (23:32):
Yes, yeah, But.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
We're coming from like an Ardent Elizabeth Arden type you
know era like now.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Nah, like cool water and all that, Nah for sure.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Okay, sleep on one flat pillow.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Nah, I need like five pillows because I'm saying, you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
But I feel like the question was like it's like
we're guys. They were just having one pillow. Yeah, it's
just like it might even be yellow underneath the pillow.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
That's the wrong guy. I think.
Speaker 5 (24:08):
It's just against old. Maybe a little bit not your
on your pillow. I mean.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
They're probably doing a lot with the pillows. It is yellow,
ye what.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
What? What?
Speaker 5 (24:26):
So you've got to put the pillow maybe under the
bomb then underneath them more than that.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Okay, imagine how because he brought a stare Kimberlie's happening,
how to get yellow?
Speaker 5 (24:39):
It's old? Okay, alright, so I'm guessing it's an for you.
It's a no for me. Okay. Pineapple belongs on pizza, absolutely.
Speaker 7 (24:50):
Pineapple belongs anyway, Chinese dot ty rice feel anywhere, want
to Pineapple is good for all things, if you know
what I mean.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Okay, I actually love pineapple. Two so yes, I have
danced alone in the mirror to Beyonce.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
I do every day about to say more than one
sometimes okay, depends.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
Maybe try to chair challenge.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
I will not. Y'all will see me on the floor
for two days because they can.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Do.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
I dance a loan and marriage to you?
Speaker 5 (25:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Your song? What's what's your songs?
Speaker 4 (25:33):
Move out the way?
Speaker 6 (25:36):
Okay?
Speaker 5 (25:38):
All right, I can survive without coffee percent me to.
I secretly enjoy reality TV dating shows.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
I get bored. I watched the first three episodes and
I watch the last two episodes. Strategy, get to the point.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
It's a great strategy. Okay now yeah, uh okay. I've
gone to a party just for free alcohol.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Absolutely is the party.
Speaker 5 (26:09):
Nope, Okay. Do you believe in love first sight?
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 7 (26:16):
I believe in strong like in first sight, but not
love because I think it's a little deeper than that.
I think because once you won't start loving a person's
things that they're not showing you. It's a representative. I
need to know all of it before I say I
love every aspect of a person.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
So no, yeah, for the same way. Yeah, same way. Yeah.
I love a good TikTok dance challenge. No, no, nope,
me neither. Last one. I believe socks and sandals can work.
I've styled it.
Speaker 4 (26:51):
No, you're wrong. No, you're wrong for that because I
wear my socks and birks every day.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
If you're in the house, it's okay.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
Outside what a fit and think I'm fly, but you
are fly, so.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
You might be able to pull it on you, but no, yeah,
she pulls it off. Thank you, Yes you do.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
I appreciate that whatever. I don't care.
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
You so inspirational. I love your energy, love that you're
so upbeat regardless of anything. I think people listening to
this episode will have many takeaways and be inspired.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Thank you for doing this.
Speaker 7 (27:28):
Thanks for having such an authentic, amazing show where people
can really be authentically themselves, unapologetically. I think it's important
that you have the different conversations you have, allow people
to come and share the different stories.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
I think that is what is That's what's missing.
Speaker 4 (27:41):
What's next for you?
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Oh you mean today?
Speaker 5 (27:45):
O give today?
Speaker 4 (27:51):
You got your haircut and.
Speaker 7 (27:53):
About to find a date. I'm about to go to
find me a day. How do you do walk and
just kind of hey, you just start talking to everybody.
I was doing that on the hallways and everything. Start
walking out the hallways saying hi to all the key people.
I'm telling you, that's what you do. And then if
they linger a little, that means they want to linger
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (28:10):
But besides that, I have a bag coming up tomorrow. Actually,
so I know you heard about the house and bottom
scene buge runway I'm actually throwing a ball, caught the
unique Ball, and I'm doing it for the college students
at Los Angeles Community College District, so I'll be at
Trade Tech.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
I'm doing a ball for the community.
Speaker 7 (28:26):
Is really about making sure that we give a space
and a place for young people to amplify their their
uniqueness and so I'm doing that.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
So also I'm gonna be preparing for that. That's what
I'm doing tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
And fantastic good luck on all of us the things
you just said and uh to get the full scoop,
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Speaker 4 (28:45):
You're listening to Shamelessly Shante.
Speaker 5 (28:47):
Bye, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
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Speaker 5 (03:08):
Okay, So, Kimberly, who do we have to sit next
to us? Okay? Today on the show, we're joined by
a leader who's made it his mission to empower and
uplift black and LATINX LGBTQ plus youth in Los Angeles
and beyond. He is the chief operating officer of reach LA,
a dynamic nonprofit organization that's been at the forefront of advocacy,
(03:33):
health education, creative arts, and community empowerment for over thirty years.
His passion is creating safe spaces where young people can thrive,
express themselves, and access the resources they need to live healthy,
authentic lives. Please welcome to the show, the amazing Greg Wilson.
(03:56):
Great how to folks who wish you do?
Speaker 7 (03:58):
Okay, know a little of every thing. My name is
Greg Wilson, forty three years old, single, Capricorn. But besides that,
besides that, I've been working in nonprofit for over twenty years.
I do a little bit of everything. I'm a writer,
I'm a creator. I actually do a lot of work
with a lot of celebrities as well to kind of
help them get their lives in order. To help them
(04:18):
keep things orchestrated and flowing properly. I just really want
to make sure I find ways of doing servitude and
providing service to people. That's been part of my passion
all my life, and so that's what I do.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Okay, Well, since you mentioned you single, tell the folks
who are you looking for?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Okay, so let me tell y'all.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Good conversation, good eye contact, good confidence, a job. Those
things are really the greatest thing to get started with me.
Of course, I am definitely gay. So if you are
a man that is single that ain't got no drama
swinging my way?
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Okay? Wait?
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Literally, and.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Right where should we go from there?
Speaker 5 (05:05):
God?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Where should we go? That was your worst dating story ever?
Speaker 7 (05:11):
The worst dating story ever is me showing up to
a dinner. This person that called asked me on a date.
We sit at the table. They try to disappear during
the restaurant, like, I gotta go to the restaurant quick.
It was almost time to pay the bill, and so
I made sure I went to the restroom first. I
was like, you know what, let me go first. I'll
be right back because I know what they're trying to do.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I paid for my part.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
You went to the standing, like, pay for your part,
my part only.
Speaker 7 (05:35):
But the reality is you can tell that you get
the sign, you know when somebody's gonna try to dip
out on you. And so what I did was I
made sure I went to the host stand, paid my part,
and I left, let them sit there by themselves and
figured it out that.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
It wasn't a good day. It was not a good day.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
It was some one of them situations where you got
to force the conversation. It was one of them things
where no eye contact, they're like distracted, But the distraction
from me shows me like, okay, these are some red flags.
You're trying to figure out what it is about. And
it's like, you know when somebody I don't know, you
can tell in the conversation with somebody just ain't for you.
That was that situation for me and I never ever
ever went on a blind date again.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Can I can I ask you some questions because I'm
a little ignorant on the space in space I got
you anything, okay, because I haven't experienced that in the
men I'm dating, right, Is that something that happens with men?
Because I don't I haven't even met a woman that
has felt the vibes where she got to pay her
(06:31):
portion and like leave.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Let me tell you, Okay.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
It is harder in my situation because of course, when
with male dating and other man sometimes we don't really
know who's going to try to front the bill first,
you know what I mean a lot of times it's like, okay,
let me do it. That's like a gesture that we
will kind of put forth to kind of say, hey,
you know, this is what I want to do, to
show you that I'm trying to step it up and
do all that kind of stuff. But with women, it's
(06:55):
like you're automatically in position to where you're asked, and
you're automatically in position where it's expected for the military
care of it.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, in my situation, you got to.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Read the science because that's what I'm wondering work.
Speaker 7 (07:06):
It's difficult. But also I'm not a person that needs
anybody to take care of me, you know what I mean.
So it's also in a place where I'm a giver naturally,
but if something ain't right, then I ain't giving you nothing,
you know, So it's got to be right.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
I gotta feel right, That's it, I guess we could
talk about it for you know.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I'll give you any open books.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Okay, go ahead, can be okay.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
So that was such a fun conversation. I do I
want the people to know about the work that you
do at RECHLA. So for people who aren't familiar, what
is the mission behind REACHLA and what is it all about?
Speaker 2 (07:41):
I'm glad you asked. So REACHLA is.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
The mission of LA is to empower, engage, and but
ultimately celebrate LGBTQ plus youth. A lot of things that
we do is around arts and arts, education, health, and
we really want to celebrate people's personalities and individuality because
a lot of times in our everyday lives, we realize
that people are ostracided or push the side, and so
we want to find a place where they can come belong,
(08:04):
know that they can have support, have resources, whatever their
needs are. That's what reach ALA's intention is.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
I want to talk about the health part of it, Yes,
the focus. You know, it's interesting because I'm going to
bring up HIV and AIDS and how it continues to
affect obviously people of all races, but particularly our community
people of color disproportionately, you know, compared to the rest
of the community. So I'm curious how does reach LA
(08:34):
approach issues such as health equity, particularly around HIV and
AIDS prevention and care.
Speaker 7 (08:43):
I think what makes us a little innovative in the
ways in which we approach HIV equity and healthcare is
we don't try to just have a one size fit
all kind of approach. We really meet each person where
they are. We kind of have them come in, say
what their need is, gauge what their reality is in
regards to what's realistic for them, and then we then
apply a packaging that will work for them. We provide
(09:06):
free mental health services, We provide HIV testing, we get
them linked in to care, we do SED testing and screening.
We then treat it for that as well. We do
everything that we really feel individuals need. If they need housing,
we provide support for that. We really want to make
sure when somebody comes to the door, whatever their need is,
we can really meet them where they are. So what
is different about us is that we see the disparities.
(09:28):
We really go into the community and really meet people
that don't know where we are and who we are.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
We bring them in.
Speaker 7 (09:34):
A lot of times people just expect you to just
pop up in in the organization if you want help,
but we really meet them where they are. We go
out to the streets, we go out to the events,
see what their need is, let them know what we
can provide, provide an offer for them, and then even
get them an override to our organization if they need to,
just so we can service them. So I think it's
really about being extremely intentional and making sure that we
(09:54):
really are making sure that people know that we're really
in it for them and not for a number are
trying to meet a goal. It's like it's really about
the individual. And most of our services and programs that
we offer it comes from our general funds. We get
fundraising and donations that provide what the need is because
a lot of the grants won't supply it, so that's.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
What we do.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
I'm curious around awareness. So I've seen recently commercials about
HIV and AIDS and they seem very intentional that people
in the commercials are very diverse from an age perspective,
a race perspective, and I'm just curious what you think
of those commercials and if you feel like they're really
hitting home, if they're really reaching people that need to
(10:38):
be reached because I think there's still people aren't aware
of the fact that AIDS is still out there and
you can still contract the you know, the virus, and
so I'm just curious. Do you think that the commercials
are helpful? Is it enough to educate? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Some are I think good questions. Good questions.
Speaker 7 (11:03):
I think when I think about the commercials, first, I
would say this, we got to recognize and realize. I'm
not saying we like we are the ones, but I'm
saying we have to realize that young people are on
their phones, they're not really watching TV like that. So
that's the first part. So, yes, they're creating all these
great commercials. That's beautiful and waste a lot of money.
That's cool, but who's who is it for? I think
(11:24):
the audience that is really meant to hit is not
really hit. It's not hitting as hard with the ones
that really needed. If we found ways to utilize our
social media platforms to kind of gauge how we can
get more commercials there, or the ads when they go
to different sites, like if they're on Instagram all the time,
there should be ads there where people see that there.
I don't see that as often as it should be,
or when it comes down to TikTok and all that,
(11:45):
there should be ads there, so when they scroll they
start seeing the ads there. I think that would be
more impactful. When it comes to commercials, I do think
that the intentionality has gotten better because before when we
used to see HIV commercials are commercials about prep and
all that kind of stuff. I think we did not
see the diversity. We did not see a lot of
that because they were trying to make sure people felt
comfortable with what they were seeing. I think the messaging
(12:08):
is not about comfortability, it's about the reality. And so
when it comes to the fact that we're impacted, yes,
they're trying to place people together, but then they're placing
people that don't look like it's authentic relationships together. So
then it's like, Okay, you can tell they put these
people together, like you know what I mean. So it's
really it's a hard place to put it because they
want to make sure they're incorporating every aspect of diversity.
But then at the same time, what feels real, right,
(12:31):
you know, and I don't know that that's felt. I'm
all about the real feeling. I'm all about the emotion.
I'm all about intentionality, and I think they're doing better
with the best way they can, but I think they're
missing some marks. But the fact that the word is
out there is something that I can't complain about because
it's a starting point and it ignites conversation and it
allows us to have the dialogue that needs to happen.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yeah, so it's like the commercials as plus, what you're
doing is work in the community.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Right.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
So you publish your first book, Metamorphois of the Heart
that talked about depression, homelessness, suicide, racism, and your HIV diagnosis. Yes,
you shared a lot on your personal journey. When did
you decide that you wanted to share it? When did
you decide or when did you find out that you
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had HIV? And how do you encourage people to get tested?
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So threefold got you good questions.
Speaker 7 (13:25):
So I was diagnosed in two thousand and five, So
I've been twenty years ago, twenty years ago, HIV positive
for twenty years. I remembered when I first was diagnosed,
I didn't even know what HIV was. So that that
speaks to why I'm talking about.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
The many years ago, twenty years ago, you didn't know.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
Because I lived in Lancaster Palmdell, which is like a
the desert, you know what I'm saying, and out there
at the time, they didn't have anything that was really
focused our specific around education around HIV or aides. So
with that, when I find out my diagnosis, I didn't
know what was going on. I didn't know what it meant.
And I then had to even go way down to
(13:59):
LA in order to get proper services and get taken
care of. But ultimately find out I'm HIV positive, don't
know what it means. That's when I'm first getting educated
about it, and I'm like, Wow, all these people that
I'm around daily don't even speak about this because of
the stigma. At that time, the stigma was way worse
than it is now, where people didn't even want to
talk about it. Now people see it so often everywhere
(14:21):
they go, where they hear PREP, they see HIV. They
see these things on billboards and everything. So PREP prep, Yes,
it's pre exposure prophylaxic. So basically people will take PREP
in order to prevent themselves from getting HIV that infected.
And so ultimately it's a and who should take that
anyone that's having risky sex that can potentially get them HIV.
(14:43):
I say anyone, because before they used to consider the
gay disease, which never was just that, but now that
we find that the rates are with women with.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
Trans is risky, unprotected sex risk.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
It depends on how you define it, because people define
it differently. I don't think.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
Protecting sexes risky all the time, but some people might
say anything that is unprotected is risky. So it's ultimately
how a person to choose to engage in the sexual
behaviors that will bring them to risk for possibly getting infected.
If I'm a person that is at an undetectable place
where I'm making sure I've taken care of my medication
and I'm not in a place where I can infect
another person, then some people will qualify that as not
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being risky. But then for me as an individual, me
knowing that I have HIV and someone may not, I
still will consider it to be a risky thing where
I will want to protect them no matter what. So
it's really based on how another person defines it. But
I will say risky sex is ultimately any kind of
sex practice with somebody that you are not completely aware
of their status. You want to make sure you're aware.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
You don't know.
Speaker 7 (15:42):
Somebody might get tested three months ago and say I
had a negative diagnosis and it might have been in
the window period to where they might be HIV positive
and someone's not aware, so they think that they're safe
to have unprotected sex. So I think it's really for
each individual to define. But I just tell everyone just
act or treat everything as if everyone has some things,
so that where you can protect yourself from.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
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make sure you get some black girl sign scram black
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doesn't black people get signed burned too. As my cousin,
you want to protect your skin, crane, make sure you
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get some black girl sign scram gnangem sign bang just
lat on your black girl side screen.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
All right, how do you approach conversations with you know,
partners about your your status?
Speaker 7 (16:40):
I'm so direct, Like, what are you saying In the
first conversation, I'm like, Hey, I was like, so, look
this is going pretty good.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Talk about dates, not the last date. I talked about
baby's going pretty good.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
So you know, I just want to let you know
that if we decide to engage in any type of
sexual behavior, I mhr be positive. I am a detectable
and I just want to make sure that you are
aware of that and make sure that you are aware
of what that means.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
That's what I do.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
So what if they say, what does undetectable mean?
Speaker 7 (17:03):
What I will tell them is undetectable as a person
that has adhere to their medication to a point where
they have well close to no viral load viral load
indications inside their body and systems. So it means that
they're unlikely to be able to infect another person with
HIV due to the low viral load.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
And that's what I would let them know.
Speaker 7 (17:20):
And then my antibodies are so high to where I
can fight off anything that might come back in. That's
that's considered the virus in my system to where I
can maintain a healthy placement in my life.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
So we're gonna have a little fun. Okay, So it's
called yes or not, So I'm gonna remember yes. I'm
going to say a phrase and you're going to say
yes or not, and we're all going to play all right,
let's go. So the first one, letting love this question
because he said he was a I know, I know,
I know. Okay, letting your horoscope guide your life choices?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, well no, wait wait what not the life choices part?
Let me tell you. I like that to be the introduction.
Speaker 7 (18:02):
I like to I like to give me a little
glimpse of what I'm going to be expecting from a person.
But I don't guide it, and I don't base everything,
and I'm like, oh, you're a scorpios. I'm messing. I
ain't dealing with you. I like to kind of say, okay, this,
this is what to expect. And then sometimes people prove
me wrong.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
Every time.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
A cancer world prove me right every single time, and
that does guide my life decision on dealing with that.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Right.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
But men and women are different, right, So my answer,
short answer.
Speaker 5 (18:30):
Is yes, I'm aa okay offering life advice to strangers.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Nope.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
I don't give anybody anything unless they ask me, because
the thing is, who am I to tell you what
to do with your life? But now if you ask me,
you're gonna get nothing but the truth. So don't ask
me a question you don't want the answer.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
To so, so for me, if I think I know
a little bit about something that you're in, I'll share
it because you never know if the person has a
guidance or not.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
So yeah, yep, like that, okay, carefully, carefully.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
I usually will wait until i'm asked, unless I think
that there's a real opportunity there, and then I will
just try to gently throw something out there.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Can I share something too? Okay?
Speaker 7 (19:15):
To add to that, there's there's moments when I'm like, okay,
you really need this perspective. What I'll do is like, hey,
if you happen to need any if you like some perspective,
let me know. I'll say that to kind of gauge,
like I got some perspective, you got to tell me
you want it. Sometimes I will do that.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
I love it. Okay, snapping instead of clapping for performances,
to me, that's fake.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
So now so you're wrong, you're wrong because at what
level are we clapping? Are we clapping?
Speaker 5 (19:51):
How are we clapping? That's fake?
Speaker 3 (19:53):
So a snap is like all right, y'all, okay girl
or whatever, like that's how I snap.
Speaker 5 (19:58):
So I do not clap. I'll be snapping.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Got you me when I see people. Snap. That's like
I'm acting like I care about what you did did,
but I want you off the stage. That's what it
gets to me.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
I do snap.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Yeah, the clap in his fake Yeah exactly.
Speaker 5 (20:17):
I feel the same. Okay with the face, Okay, let
it speing a face. Let a dog lick your face.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Hell nah, I know that wasn't the answer, so I'll
say nah.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Okay, no, I mean no, okay, you know what dogs do,
what they know, but your partners't.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
No, well, they do that if it's mine, that's different.
But they're not gonna be looking at everybody's or every
dog they passed by.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
They looking their brash.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
Yeah, I get it.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Yes, and they don't brush your teeth as often.
Speaker 7 (20:55):
As we do.
Speaker 5 (20:58):
Okay, I'm definitely yes, we're.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Dog when y'all let dogs lick y'all, you can't see
all this stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
There are babies.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
I have five, Okay, the only one of mine can't
because I've seen them do stuff can't.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
But the four can't because they don't do the same stuff.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Got you, Okay, All right, here we go. Have packages
delivered to your neighbor so that your partner doesn't see them. Yep, no, no, no,
just bring them, just bring them.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
No that way you open it up, BacT like you
already had it.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
Okay, I can see that. I can see that. Okay,
a sake Instagram account.
Speaker 7 (21:42):
I have one even though I'm single, and I got
one because if somebody needs to be trolled and I
want to leave comments and I don't want to you
know what, Absolutely you.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Got to fence that course, Yes, what should fince the profile?
Oh what's the profile?
Speaker 7 (22:00):
It's really okay, no judgment. It's a white woman. Is
it's a white woman? Nobody would ever.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Real talk?
Speaker 4 (22:11):
Okay, no fences for me, No fence does Is your
page built out?
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Is it like you got like just one?
Speaker 7 (22:19):
I have like six pictures on there, but it's of
cats and dogs and literally and then that's.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
It, and so that it's a public Yeah, it's a.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Public for file. That would not be like adding myself
to people's pages.
Speaker 5 (22:32):
Yeah, absolutely, Okay, get your hair cut every week, but
will not exfoliate.
Speaker 7 (22:41):
First of all, that costs too much, so I'm not
I'm not doing none of that. Some time I get
my haircuts when I'm going somewhere. To be honest with you,
it looks good. That's only my haircut, but not throw
a hat on.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
You're through the days.
Speaker 7 (22:57):
You know what I'm saying. It's not that deep to
spend all that money for that, but like foliate, I
do that all the time. I was told you kind
of do that, not every day every other day, so
I make sure that happens. But I need some sunscreen
so I can get.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
It coming, and it's coming. We're taking care of you.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Okay, So get my hair done every week. But next no, no,
I'm nona.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
Okay, wear the same cologne from college because it still
works for you.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
It's still heads I have, Like if you see my
Colonne closet, it's ridiculous.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Does you smell very nice?
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Thank you?
Speaker 7 (23:27):
Yeah, I appreciate. I like to wear it based on
how I feel. So different fragrances for different emotions.
Speaker 5 (23:32):
Yes, yeah, But.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
We're coming from like an Ardent Elizabeth Arden type you
know era like now.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Nah, like cool water and all that, Nah for sure.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Okay, sleep on one flat pillow.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Nah, I need like five pillows because I'm saying, you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
But I feel like the question was like it's like
we're guys. They were just having one pillow. Yeah, it's
just like it might even be yellow underneath the pillow.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
That's the wrong guy. I think.
Speaker 5 (24:08):
It's just against old. Maybe a little bit not your
on your pillow. I mean.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
They're probably doing a lot with the pillows. It is yellow,
ye what.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
What? What?
Speaker 5 (24:26):
So you've got to put the pillow maybe under the
bomb then underneath them more than that.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Okay, imagine how because he brought a stare Kimberlie's happening,
how to get yellow?
Speaker 5 (24:39):
It's old? Okay, alright, so I'm guessing it's an for you.
It's a no for me. Okay. Pineapple belongs on pizza, absolutely.
Speaker 7 (24:50):
Pineapple belongs anyway, Chinese dot ty rice feel anywhere, want
to Pineapple is good for all things, if you know
what I mean.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Okay, I actually love pineapple. Two so yes, I have
danced alone in the mirror to Beyonce.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
I do every day about to say more than one
sometimes okay, depends.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
Maybe try to chair challenge.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
I will not. Y'all will see me on the floor
for two days because they can.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Do.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
I dance a loan and marriage to you?
Speaker 5 (25:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Your song? What's what's your songs?
Speaker 4 (25:33):
Move out the way?
Speaker 6 (25:36):
Okay?
Speaker 5 (25:38):
All right, I can survive without coffee percent me to.
I secretly enjoy reality TV dating shows.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
I get bored. I watched the first three episodes and
I watch the last two episodes. Strategy, get to the point.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
It's a great strategy. Okay now yeah, uh okay. I've
gone to a party just for free alcohol.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Absolutely is the party.
Speaker 5 (26:09):
Nope, Okay. Do you believe in love first sight?
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 7 (26:16):
I believe in strong like in first sight, but not
love because I think it's a little deeper than that.
I think because once you won't start loving a person's
things that they're not showing you. It's a representative. I
need to know all of it before I say I
love every aspect of a person.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
So no, yeah, for the same way. Yeah, same way. Yeah.
I love a good TikTok dance challenge. No, no, nope,
me neither. Last one. I believe socks and sandals can work.
I've styled it.
Speaker 4 (26:51):
No, you're wrong. No, you're wrong for that because I
wear my socks and birks every day.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
If you're in the house, it's okay.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
Outside what a fit and think I'm fly, but you
are fly, so.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
You might be able to pull it on you, but no, yeah,
she pulls it off. Thank you, Yes you do.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
I appreciate that whatever. I don't care.
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
You so inspirational. I love your energy, love that you're
so upbeat regardless of anything. I think people listening to
this episode will have many takeaways and be inspired.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Thank you for doing this.
Speaker 7 (27:28):
Thanks for having such an authentic, amazing show where people
can really be authentically themselves, unapologetically. I think it's important
that you have the different conversations you have, allow people
to come and share the different stories.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
I think that is what is That's what's missing.
Speaker 4 (27:41):
What's next for you?
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Oh you mean today?
Speaker 5 (27:45):
O give today?
Speaker 4 (27:51):
You got your haircut and.
Speaker 7 (27:53):
About to find a date. I'm about to go to
find me a day. How do you do walk and
just kind of hey, you just start talking to everybody.
I was doing that on the hallways and everything. Start
walking out the hallways saying hi to all the key people.
I'm telling you, that's what you do. And then if
they linger a little, that means they want to linger
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (28:10):
But besides that, I have a bag coming up tomorrow. Actually,
so I know you heard about the house and bottom
scene buge runway I'm actually throwing a ball, caught the
unique Ball, and I'm doing it for the college students
at Los Angeles Community College District, so I'll be at
Trade Tech.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
I'm doing a ball for the community.
Speaker 7 (28:26):
Is really about making sure that we give a space
and a place for young people to amplify their their
uniqueness and so I'm doing that.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
So also I'm gonna be preparing for that. That's what
I'm doing tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
And fantastic good luck on all of us the things
you just said and uh to get the full scoop,
tune into Shamelessly Shante's YouTube channel.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
You're listening to Shamelessly Shante.
Speaker 5 (28:47):
Bye, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
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