Ok, hi guys! My name is Shannon and...this!
is my beautiful girlfriend Cammie
and today we're doing something really, really, really exciting
Art
Okay, so we've partnered with Marriott for their
#LoveTravels Campaign
So the basic idea is everyone from all over the world
is going to enter in some form of artwork that expresses love to them
It can be a painting, a drawing, a picture, a quote
Whaterver helps you show love
Then they're gonna put all of these together for an art installation at DC pride
So today Shannon and I are gonna make our art pieces
Yes, we are
And to make this video even more gay
we're gonna do like a Q&A that I posted on Twitter
that's kind of LGBTQ+ related
If you want to get one of these art kitswe're gonna let you know later
so your art pieces can be as fancy as ours
I love the tissue paper
We have so many babe brushes!
I get so excited over art supplies
I don't deserve this!
I...I'm not good enough for you!
More acrylics in vibrant colors
What, there's more?!
This is the cutest little...
What are they called?
Canvas?
Pencils, erasers...
What do these do?
To fix all my life mistakes
Oh, my god! It's so fancy!
How do you hold it?
Really? All 5 brushes
Now that we got all our supplies out
Let's do the Q and Gay
How do you make younger siblings...
like say 5 to 10...
understand what being LGBTQ means?
I actually think they are the easiest people to explain it
Shannon: like, you know what I mean? Cammie: Absolutely
I think the younger you are you're just like "yeah, ok, whatever"
Cammie: "You love them? Cool" Shannon: "You love who you love"
I've heard rumors that there's a petition to get Elsa a girlfriend for Frozen 2
Shannon: Can you imagine? Cammie: I think that would be...
...so cool because then it would just normalize it for little kids just to see...
real love between two people of the same sex
I just think that would be amazing
I'm so excited I'm gonna squeeze it
What's your advice to feeling alone when it comes to sexuality?
My personal advice is
you're so not alone, like I don't even know how to explain like
other than...you're definitely not alone
With like 7 billion people in the world
there's going to be someone who has the same sexual preference that you do
no matter what that is
and you may feel alone if you're leaving in a small town and what not
but who knows, the person next to you might be feeling alone
and feeling the exact same thing as you
Shannon: Exactly Cammie: You're not alone by any means
Do people ever get surprised when they find out that you're gay?
All the time
Yeah
All the time...I think it's odd and a bit rude to express that
Like for people to say that they're surprised
I feel like a lot of people think it's a compliment
"Oh my gosh, you don't look gay at all!"
They want me to be like
"Oh, thank you!"
I just think it's wrong to assume anyone's sexuality either way
Have you ever been attracted to a girlfriend?
I feel like it's like...
Oh, like a friend
Yeah. I think that's like inevitable
Absolutely!
I feel like when I was younger was more like
"oh my gosh, you're so pretty!"
"maybe I just wish I was like you"
Yeah...
No
No, no
I love painting!
Dab, dab, dab, dab, dab
What was it like coming out to your friends and family?
It was scary
but it was like awesome
like the most freeing thing ever
like it was like "ok, now it's done, I don't have to worry about it anymore"
It was never what I expected it to be
it was always different with each different person
but it was always freeing and it was always like
I just took 10 thousand pounds off of my body
Scariest part is like the unknown of it
like you don't know how someone will react
so yeah, that's really scary
but I think a really important thing is that you shouldn't
get to focus on that thought process because
you're gonna totally make yourself paranoid
and freak out and think that like every reaction will be bad
when in reality like...like most are great
lots are great
What should I do when friends and/or parents try to forcibly make me change my sexuality?
Think it's much easier to deal with that stuff when
you've accepted yourself
I was actually talking to Amanda
Shut up. Promo for promo
And she was saying that as well
Like once you're confident in yourself is so much less scary to tell people because...
not that their reactions don't matter anymore
Whenever I would have to come out to people
or someone would say something about me possibly being gay
before I had accepted that about myself or was comfortable with that
it was a crippling feeling
it was terrifying
I didn't want anyone to know
I was just...It would freak me out
And I think if somebody did try to change me
in that vulnerable state
I may have gone along with that
I may have fit into that and thought
"you know what? maybe I can change"
'cause it wasn't a fun feeling
it was terrifying
but I really did wait to come out until I was secure in myself
for the most part
And I think that really made a difference
because I stopped caring what people were gonna say and how they were gonna react
and hoped that they loved me and hoped that they accepted me
but knew that if they didn't I was still gonna be me
That was great, baby
Thank you
well done
So...is this for highlighter?
Okay, I finished my painting
Cammie's still working on hers so
I'm gonna do another one!
What is like the best advice you have for someone who wants to come out?
I think at the end of the day you have to remember that
you have one life to live
and it is your life and you need to live it for you
so to like to go through your life and
and limit yourself and hold yourself back from being honest and truthful
it's like you're only hurting yourself
like you're the only one who's gonna be hurting from that, you know?
so do you wanna live your life for everyone else or you wanna live it for you?
I just wanna also add that
your happiness is the most important thing at the end of the day
and there's no way to be happy when you're living a lie
so bite the bullet and just go for it, hommies
Cammie, read yours
"I am what I am"
And mine says:
"To be yourself in a world that's constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment"
It's like mine is the silly version of that
Shannon: Yeah, exactly!
So like we said earlier there's a chance that you guys can get this kit
and make your own piece of art
So leave a comment down below explaining why you would like one of these kits
Please, share your post on social media and hashtag "LoveTravels"
so yours can be included in the art installation with ours
With ours!
That's crazy. That'd be so cool
We'll have all the links in the description
to like getting a kit if you want a kit or like whatever
All the stuff is down below
I hope you guys liked this video
I hope you got something out of either our answers or our awesome artwork
Something
I hope something touched you in this video
Just go with it
We love you guys and we will see you next time
Bye!