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Our Families: LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander Stories

2011

Check out the first video from Our Families, in our series of videos that highlight the trials of triumphs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people of color. Our Families is a community education campaign that raises the visibility of LGBT people of color. See more...

07:54 min

08:12

Young Man Comes Out as Gay to His Traditional Asian Parents l What Would You Do?

Asian parents tell their son that he is an embarrassment to their culture for being gay. What will nearby diners say?

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05:55

Coming Out as Gay, then Trans, then a Lesbian.

Over the years, Cecilia came out to her mother first as gay, then as trans, then as a lesbian. Her mom’s and grandma’s reactions were quite different.

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08:02

What Would You Do: Latino Parents Disagree with Son Coming Out | WWYD

A son is coming out to his very traditional Latino father over lunch. The father makes it clear he will not accept his son’s sexual orientation.

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06:22

Help! Married with Children and Coming Out

As a professional counselor for many years in my own right, and now semi-retired, I congratulate you, Marc, on giving what I would consider excellent advice...you are professional, sympathetic, and your priorities regarding "care" for all involved is sold and "visible.

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04:31

Why Some Black LGBTQIA+ Folks Are Done ‘Coming Out’

“For those of us who are black and LGBTQIA+, the idea of coming out is sometimes simply not an option.” Executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition David Johns explains why ‘inviting in’ is a more meaningful alternative to ‘coming out.’

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06:04

5 Asian Americans on Disrupting the Creative Industries

Jeannie Jay Park, Masami Hosono, Danny Bowien, Gia Seo and Lumia Nocito talk identity, community and misperceptions.

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12:06

Trans Men Share What It’s Like to Come Out as Transgender | Tell A Stranger

We invited two strangers to tell their coming out stories and talk about their shared experiences. How did they handle the uncertainty of how the world would see them after coming out.

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13:55

How to Balance Being Native American and Queer

Zachariah George is a twenty-five-year-old Native American living in the rural outcrop of White Rock, New Mexico. Going by the moniker Mr.

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06:51

Unspoken: Asian Americans on Coming Out to Immigrant Parents

Queer & trans Asian Americans read letters to their immigrant parents and family members about their gender identity, sexuality, and queerness.

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05:40

Thirteen-Year-Old Comes Out to Class: “This Is Who I Am and I Make No Apologies.”

As part of a class assignment in seventh grade, Arwyn Halloran was asked to write an autobiography. Though initially unsure of whether to include her sexual orientation in the narrative, she ultimately decided that including that detail would be helpful to her class—and to her.

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Coming Out