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Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness: ‘I’m Nonbinary — I’m Gender Nonconforming’

Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness: ‘I’m Nonbinary — I’m Gender Nonconforming’

Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness told OUT magazine in a recent interview that he feels he’s nonbinary.

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Said Van Ness: “It’s really cool! The older I get, the more I think that I’m nonbinary — I’m gender nonconforming. Like, some days I feel like a man, but then other days I feel like a woman. I don’t really — I think my energies are really all over the place. Any opportunity I have to break down stereotypes of the binary, I am down for it, I’m here for it. I think that a lot of times gender is used to separate and divide. It’s this social construct that I don’t really feel like I fit into the way I used to. I always used to think “Oh, I’m like a gay man,” but I think any way I can let little boys and little girls know that they can express themselves and they can like be — like, making iconic partnerships with brands like essie no matter now they present is really important and exciting.”

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“I am a Queer Vietnamese American, But Not Always in that Order”

“I am a Queer Vietnamese American, But Not Always in that Order”

The diversity of our nation is what makes us stronger and more connected, and immigrants are a part of the beautiful fabric of this country. Throughout history, immigrants have enriched the foundation and culture of the U.S. with our resilient narratives, colorful traditions and innovative contributions. This Immigrant Heritage Month, let’s celebrate immigrants, their journey and stories.

As a queer Vietnamese immigrant and the child of refugees, during Pride Month and Immigrant Heritage Month I recognize that I am a queer Vietnamese American, but not always necessarily in that order.

The Vietnamese diaspora carries a heavy history marked by war-torn stories, unspoken trauma and unfamiliar transitions in new homes and customs across the globe. My own story starts with my parents.

After the fall of Saigon in 1975, my father was incarcerated in so-called “re-education camps.” My mother, the only daughter out of seven children, worked to support her family while also pursuing education. She eventually became one of Saigon’s most respected educators and teachers.

It was in the early 1990s when my parents sought asylum to the U.S. However, after enduring years of austere conditions and trauma in the incarceration camps, my father would not make the trip abroad with my mother and me.

They named me “Tran Hoai Viet,” after my father, but my name also translated to “Eternally Vietnam” — a powerful reminder to always remember the country we left.

Immigrant, Vietnamese, Viet Tran, queer

Though I was born abroad, I grew up in the U.S. and, like many other immigrants and first-generation folks, I struggle to navigate and reconcile my Vietnamese roots and my American upbringing.

When I first came out as gay, I was afraid of the ways it would further complicate my multiple identities and two distinct cultures and traditions.

To me, being a queer Vietnamese immigrant means that my coming out experience is a lifelong and ongoing process and oftentimes a two-front battle. In 2008, I came out to my friends in English. In 2018, I came out to my mom — yet this second time was entirely in Vietnamese. It was important to me to come out to my immigrant mother in a language that she understood best.

Heavy cultural expectations and language barriers made my coming out process even more challenging as someone who was navigating at the intersections of being queer, Vietnamese, American and an immigrant.

Many LGBTQ API immigrants will often share similar experiences and challenges. Many of us are at the cusp of two hemispheres, two generations, two tongues and, in many cases, two lives. The process to reconcile our multiple identities and experiences sometimes extends a lifetime.

As I honor Immigrant Heritage Month and my own story, I recognize that there is still a need for more representation and visibility across the spectrum. This Immigrant Heritage Month and Pride Month, I encourage you to explore your own heritage and history, honor the contributions of your communities and share your story to take on the challenges that we still face today.

For more information about the unique experiences of LGBTQ API youth in the U.S., click here. To read more about navigating the intersectional experience of coming out as LGBTQ for API people, click here.

www.hrc.org/blog/i-am-a-queer-vietnamese-american-but-not-always-in-that-order?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 10, 2019

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 10, 2019

HRC MOURNS THE LOSS OF CHANEL SCURLOCK, BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN FATALLY SHOT IN LUMBERTON, N.C.: Scurlock’s death is the ninth known case of deadly violence against the transgender community in 2019, all of whom were Black transgender women. More from HRC, NewNowNext and Vice.

  • The horrific anti-LGBTQ killings of Black LGBTQ people in Detroit demand our country’s attention and action. “The epidemic of hate violence that targets people of color and LGBTQ people, particularly Black trans people, is an urgent crisis,” said HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride). More from HRC, Washington Blade and Metro Weekly.
  • Horrifying — HRC mourns Layleen Polanco, trans woman found dead at Rikers Island: Over the weekend, Polanco was found unresponsive in Rikers Island. Polanco was described by those who knew her as “a sweet, amazing […] and generous human being.” Advocates are calling for a full investigation of her death. More from ABC.

1/ As millions of LGBTQ people and our allies across the country prepare to celebrate #Pride, there is a sobering reality that we all must recognize:

Black trans women are not safe in America. t.co/dsbtI8y065

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) June 7, 2019

MUST WATCH MONDAY — IT’S #PrideMonth, SO LET’S BREAK DOWN THE WAYS TRUMP-PENCE CONTINUE TO ATTACK THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY:

.@HRC‘s @SarahEMcBride joined @DavidGura on @UPonMSNBC to discuss the Trump-Pence administration’s attacks on the LGBTQ community and the hypocritical and hollow attempt to celebrate #PrideMonth. pic.twitter.com/fJU2MrLQt8

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) June 9, 2019

FROM THE NYTIMES — PRIDE FLAGS AND FOREIGN POLICY US DIPLOMATS SEE SHIFT ON LGBTQ RIGHTS: The Times’ Ernesto Londoño (@londonoe) reports from Brazil, where Trump-Pence banned flying the Pride flag outside the U.S. embassy, and there’s  “an increasingly hostile environment for gay Brazilians” since Jair Bolsonaro was elected president.  HRC Global Director Ty Cobb tells Londoño: “Trump and Pence have made it clear they are not allies to the L.G.B.T.Q. community — neither here at home or abroad.” Read more at The New York Times.

  • Some US embassies are still flying the Pride flag, despite Trump-Pence advisory against it, reports the Business Insider’s Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone). Read more at Business Insider.

LGBTQ TRAILBLAZER REP. ANGIE CRAIG (D-MN) (@REPANGIECRAIG) CALLS ON SENATE TO PASS THE EQUALITY ACT: Watch here.

“It is so critical for the quality of life of LGBTQ Americans & the strength of all of our communities that we pass the #EqualityAct.”

During #PrideMonth @HRC thanks @RepAngieCraig for helping to pass this historic civil rights bill in the House. It’s time for the Senate to act. pic.twitter.com/Qhee3ketLQ

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) June 6, 2019

REP. KATIE HILL SPEAKS UP ABOUT FACING ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: “Having to explain what bisexuality is to people was pretty unbelievable,” said Hill (@RepKatieHill). More from The Hill and Refinery29.

HRC CONGRATULATES RON NIRENBERG ON REELECTION AS SAN ANTONIO MAYOR:  “We have been proud to work with Nirenberg  (@Ron_Nirenberg) since his first election in 2015 and look forward to another term of pro-equality leadership at San Antonio’s City Hall,” said HRC Texas State Director Rebecca Marques. More from HRC.

BOSTON UNIV. STUDY SHOWS LGBTQ CANCER SURVIVORS HAVE LESS ACCESS TO CARE AFTER TREATMENT: “Fear of discrimination causes many LGBTQ people to avoid seeking care and, when they do, studies have shown that LGBTQ people are often not treated with the respect or cultural competence that all patients deserve — and that negatively affects health outcomes,” said HRC Foundation’s Director of Health Equity Program Tari Hanneman (@Tari_Hanneman). More from the Boston Herald.

HRC MOURNS DANTE AUSTIN, PHILLY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DEPUTY SHERIFF AND LGBTQ LAISION: More from CNN.

U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS HOLD STONEWALL HISTORY PRESENTATION: The Commission also called for passage of the Equality Act.

Chair @CatherineLhamon, Vice Chair Patricia Timmons-Goodson, and Commissioners Debo Adegbile, @davekladney & @narasakijustice with historian David Carter, who presented to @USCCRgov on: Stonewall at 50: The Movement for #LGBT #CivilRights pic.twitter.com/kFZgXCWP1m

— USCCR (@USCCRgov) June 7, 2019

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SOCCER KICKS OFF WITH RECORD VISIBILITY: When we see open and proud role models who share our experiences and identities on the court, track or elsewhere, we are reminded of our own potential and power. Read more at HRC.

HRC SHARES TIPS TO DEEPEN YOUR IMPACT AS AN ALLY FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY: More from HRC.

TONY AWARDS CELEBRATES LGBTQ COMMUNITY: Openly bisexual actress Ali Stroker took home Best Actress in a Musical for Oklahoma and Best Revival of Play went to the Boys in the Band. Gay actor Andre DeShields took home an award for Hadestown. See HRC’s live Twitter feed for more.

PRIDE MONTH ROUNDUP

“I WILL NEVER LIE ABOUT BEING GAY AGAIN” — LGBTQ ACTIVIST ALEXEI ROMANOFF, 82, SHARES POWERFUL STORY FOR PRIDE MONTH: More from NPR.

SIX HISTORIC LGBTQ SITES IN NYC BEING CONSIDERED FOR LANDMARK STATUS: More from the Wall Street Journal.

 GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

BHUTAN GOVERNMENT STARTS PROCESS TO DECRIMINALIZE SAME-SEX RELATIONS: More from Gay Star News.

ISRAELI SAME-SEX COUPLES HOLD MASS WEDDING TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY: More from The Guardian.

ANTI-TRANS BILL TO BE REINTRODUCED IN INDIA PARLIAMENT: More from Gay Star News.

AIR ITALY BECOMES FIRST EUROPEAN AIRLINE TO OFFER NON-BINARY OPTION: United Airlines became the first U.S. airline to provide a non-binary gender option in March this year. More from Pink News.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

The New York Times writes about LGBTQ play ‘The Inheritance” coming to Broadway; HRC staff met with Casa Ruby (@CasaRubyDC) executive director Ruby Corado and LGBTQ Latinx asylum seekers.

Today @HRC staffers met with Ruby Corado, @CasaRubyDC executive director, and LGBTQ Latinx asylum seekers to discuss their experiences coming to the U.S. and the importance of having allies and support. pic.twitter.com/34jb5cSUEt

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) June 6, 2019

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Nazis Disrupt Detroit’s Motor City Pride Festival, Destroy and Urinate on Rainbow, Israeli Flags: WATCH

Nazis Disrupt Detroit’s Motor City Pride Festival, Destroy and Urinate on Rainbow, Israeli Flags: WATCH

A group of Nazis from the National Socialist Movement (NSM) disrupted Detroit’s Motor City Pride, Michigan’s largest Pride festival, over the weekend. They were escorted by police while they yelled homophobic slurs at the crowd through a bullhorn.

Today at Motor City Pride, a friendly LGBT+ event, Detroit PD escorted Nazi’s in full uniform outside of the entrance to the festival. Detroit PD bruised those that tried to intervene (see below) and allowed this to happen. pic.twitter.com/lDcbemzhek

— marc (@marcklock) June 9, 2019

Just witnessed a group of Nazis harassing a group of LGTBQ members who were just on their way to enjoy Pride. For individuals to be stopped on their way to celebrate a day dedicated to them like this is just terrible and sickening pic.twitter.com/PG4wg6GwC0

— diego (@d_bonilla14) June 8, 2019

Photos also showed one of the Nazis tearing apart a rainbow flag and urinating on an Israeli flag.

The Detroit Pride parade yesterday was interrupted by a group of white nationalists carrying weapons & performing Nazi salutes.

Photos show a white nationalist ripping apart a rainbow flag and another urinating on an Israeli flag.

Good people on both sides my ass…. pic.twitter.com/UIiOuCnEm2

— Stone (@stonecold2050) June 9, 2019

White supremacist appears to urinate on an Israeli flag as nationalist group interrupts #LGBT celebration in Detroit by tearing apart Pride flags and giving Nazi salutes pic.twitter.com/jIwXmFukji

— Job Advisor (@jobadvisorlink) June 9, 2019

Writes the Southern Poverty Law Center of the NSM, which operates out of Detroit: ‘An organization that specializes in theatrical and provocative protests, the National Socialist Movement (NSM) is one of the largest and most prominent neo-Nazi groups in the United States. The group is notable for its violent anti-Jewish rhetoric, its racist views and its policy allowing members of other racist groups to join NSM while remaining members of other groups. Until 2007, NSM members protested in full Nazi uniforms, now traded in for black “Battle Dress Uniforms.”’

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