The July Meetup took the form of a “virtual healing 101” classroom, as our community from across the globe gathered on Zoom to discuss the education system and share school experiences.
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Marching to the Beat of Identity: From Protests to Parades
The elements are permanent in our cultural psyche. We witness crowds waving and cheering pressed against metal stanchions, marching bands echoing the streets with a catchy tune to the lead of their grand marshal.
June Meetup Recap: Parade Your Pride
The June Meetup became a virtual parade as our community gathered in our most celebrated garb and brought to the space all that makes us proud. While amid a very active Pride Month and Juneteenth on the horizon,
Five Queer BIPOC Grand Marshals To Celebrate During Pride Month
It’s difficult to imagine the summer of 1969 when the first punch was thrown at the Stonewall Inn. Today, when it comes to celebrating Pride—exciting parades, floats, feathers, rainbow-themed outfits, all in celebration of queer identity— we can also take this opportunity to refamiliarize ourselves with its original roots as a protest against police brutality and homophobic violence.
Second Generational Existential Crisis: The Young Asian American Experience
In the 2022 Netflix documentary White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch, millennial audiences are invited to walk down memory lane. The navel-gazing tune of “My Own Worst Enemy” by Lit sparks nostalgia as we revisit our generation’s most coveted brand,
The mental health of aging asian americans how we can help
Xiaochuan (Sharon) Wang is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida’s School of Social Work. She researches the lived experiences of the Asian American elderly community and the mental healthcare disparities faced.
May meetup recap
The May Meetup was a momentous wave of emotion for our community as we gave space to tell stories of mixed identities and their effect on mental health.
Confused: Being Okay With Not Being Sure
There is a lovely scene from the Before trilogy in Before Midnight (2013) where couples of different generations are gathered together in a Greek villa for dinner.
What is Compulsory Heterosexuality
Am I a lesbian? It’s become a burning question spanning internet searches, stemming from an anonymously posted master doc on TikTok titled with the very question.