Monday, May 17th, (TBA) – Coming Out Asian Style*
Coming out as queer in the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community can create a difficult dynamic with a person's identity. Dealing with their double minority status based on sexuality/gender and race/ethnicity or culture, many API's have reported heightened feelings of isolation and depression. "Coming Out Asian Style" is geared towards facilitating a smooth coming out process for API's. Through creating referral networks, discussing the needs of the API community and role-playing ways of coming out, the workshop aims to help an often overlooked and underserved population in the Queer community.
*Being held at University of California, Santa Barbara
For more information, contact Nikhil Mukherji at nmukherji@apihr.org or (323) 860-0876.
'Ohana House, the API LGBTIQ community center, is a program of Asian Pacific Islanders for Human Rights (APIHR). APIHR works to support the Pan Asian and Pacific Islander, including multiracial, transnationally and transracially adopted, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and questioning communities through public education, outreach, support services, leadership development, and advocacy in order to transform and improve the cultural and social conditions of our communities.
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