Navigating Identity and Faith in New Zealand (with Shaqaila Uelese)

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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OUT and About: Iese Wilson takes us to New Zealand where Shaquaila Uelese opens up about growing up, discovering her identity, and embracing the Māori term Takatapui. While her family initially struggled with her coming out, their love helped her reconnect with God and heal her testimony. Shaq also shares the inspiration behind her nonprofit, Nevertheless, which helps people heal from shame, and offers powerful advice to anyone who feels different.

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:02.0	Welcome to all out in the open my name's Charlie Bird. I'm here with Ben Shalati and we are so excited for this week's episode
0:07.0	On this episode of out and about
0:09.0	Jesse Wilson is taking us on a tour of the LGBTQ landscape around the church and our first stop on this tour is the South is a
0:15.0	LGBTQ landscape around the church. And our first up on this tour is the South Pacific.
0:15.5	We're going to New Zealand.
0:17.0	It's going to be so fun.
0:18.0	And he introduces us to his friend,
0:19.0	Shaquela Uelase, who identifies as Takatopoey.
0:22.0	And I did practice that a ton because I do not speak my opinion. Lessay, who identifies as Takatapui.
0:22.5	And I did practice that a ton because I do not speak Maori.
0:25.6	You did a great job.
0:27.2	And what's so cool about this is I know almost nothing
0:30.3	about what it's like to live in New Zealand,
0:32.1	to be an LGBTQ person there.
0:34.0	And the term Takatopoey is the term I learned today.
0:37.0	Yeah, it was so fun to listen to.
0:38.8	It makes me actually want to take a trip to New Zealand.
0:41.4	And I guess we get to, to right now we get to hear about
0:44.1	Shkala's experiences coming out to her family and kind of building her identity
0:48.8	working at the MTC I can't wait for you to listen to it.
0:51.8	We think you'll really enjoy it.
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