Shaaba

Shaaba Elle Lotun-Raineshttps://www.facebook.com/shaaba.lotunhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3CM2V73_AM&t=674s (born ),https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a23707587/jamie-raines-shaaba-lotun/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CShaaba%20has%20a%20thing%20for,the%20date%20of%20September%202017.https://www.instagram.com/p/BkH14o5HU-y/?hl=enhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5890869/Bride-Prejudice-viewers-slam-mother-bride-complains-shes-lost-daughter.html often known mononymously as Shaaba, is an English YouTuber, known for her vlogs and commentary videos. She is married to fellow YouTuber Jammidodger.
==Personal Life==
Lotun was born on June 17, 1995, in Colchester, Essex, Englandhttps://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/16303105.transgender-groom-hopes-win-prejudices-channel-4-show/ to Adam and Fai Lotun. Her parents divorced when she was young and both remarried to new partners. She has five half-sisters through her parents second marriages, twins called Tehya and Tazana through her father and sisters Shazia, Nadia and Zahra through her mother.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSxhWlgFqvY
She met her future husband, Jamie Raines, at school in 2010, whilst they were doing their A Levels. The two bonded and quickly became best friends, though once Raines transitioned in 2011 the two developed romantic feelings for each other and began their relationship. After Lotun's mother became aware of the relationship, Lotun was forced to move in with Raines' family. Though by 2014, Lotun's mother had accepted the relationship and her future son-in-law as male.https://metro.co.uk/2016/02/18/she-was-my-best-friend-now-hes-my-boyfriend-5704144/
On September 17, 2017, Lotun and Raines became engaged, with their wedding scheduled for September 20, 2020. Their wedding was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was rescheduled to September 2021,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZnnVZWAZ9g though the couple decided to reschedule their wedding again due to England's COVID restrictions not allowing Lotun's Mauritian extended family to come to the wedding and other personal concerns. The two had their Mehndi on 24 September 2022 and officially married the next day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0vzpQATZAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InR7x2ZdJAIhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHSIA2JRC5PWvUX4Sl8OrcA/community?lb=UgkxVH5BAHczu4XbJZ1g-ULTwLa07NfEuu2p They chose to double-barrell their surnames into "Lotun-Raines".
Lotun is heavily involved in the LGBTQ+ community, mainly due to her husband's transgender status and her own identity as a bisexual woman, which she revealed in a video posted on October 12, 2018, titled Coming Out Video.
==Content==
Lotun makes vlogs and commentary videos. Her commentary usually involves LGBTQ+ topics but has also covered religious topics such as the necessity of the hijaab and various other topics such as beauty standards. Lotun lists all her commentary videos in a playlist called 'ave a Natter. Lotun also posts vlogs and workout updates.
In 2020, Lotun collabarated with her now husband Jammidodger on a video response to author J.K. Rowling's essay on "protecting biological sex" titled to JK Rowlings Essay | Is It Anti-Trans?, the video recieved lots of support but led to an online argument between the couple and conservative feminist Maya Forstater, the founder of anti-trans organisation Sex Matters (who was mentioned in the video).https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1277669055713939464
==References==
Category:English YouTubers
Category:LGBT YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2015
Category:Vlogging YouTubers