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"Coming Out, Coming Home" Performance Art and Reading
Saturday, May 10, 2008
2 p.m.
In partnership with Satrang, a social, cultural, and support organization for Southern California's South Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and questioning (LGBTIQQ) community
In the culminating event of a series of workshops held at the Library, led by theater artist D'Lo
("born gay into a Hindu family and raised by hip hop"), writers will share stories of being both South Asian or South
Asian-American and LGBTIQQ.
For each of us, in different ways, claiming our own history and speaking the truth about ALL of who we are remains an act
of resistance. An act that is dangerous.
Larry King, an eighth-grade student in Oxnard, was shot to death by a classmate after he started wearing high heels and make-up to school.
Victoria Arellano, a 23-year-old transgendered woman, died shackled to her bed in immigration custody in San Pedro. Victoria
was detained in a male dormitory and repeatedly denied her AIDS medication. Refusal to acknowledge who we are can cost us our lives.
Attend this event as an act of resistance, solidarity, and love. Share your Saturday with us, tell a friend, as we build community. For more information, call the Library at
(323) 759-6063 or call Satrang at 323-632-2213.
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Featuring:
Salman Husainy • Alicia Virani • Kauser Ahmed • Raja Bhattar • S. Aakash Kishore • Dipti Baranwal • Manoj Kumar
Get more info:
About a needs assessment survey carried out by Satrang and South Asian Network that finds
LGBTIQQ South Asians and South Asian-Americans have few places in Southern California where they can feel safe, healthy, and whole:
No More Denial (PDF)
About Satrang:
www.satrang.org
About D'Lo:
D'Lo's MySpace page
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@ The Southern California Library
6120 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Tell a friend: download the event flyer (PDF)
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(323) 759-6063