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Tag Archives: Gandhi
Struggling Struggles in Shades of Black and Lavender
On Salon I found a wonderful coming out essay written by Jean Melasaine in which she recounts the multiple communities she has grown into during her life. She was born to Samoan parents who immigrated to the US. Her parents speak … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Gay Rights Movement, liberation, queer
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Evolution
1985. UCLA. Sophomore year. I fell into the swell of anti-apartheid protests that engulfed the campus that year and began to live the life of the “activist student.” My mother made a suggestion.
“You should start writing a journal.” Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, black, coming out, family, Gandhi, gay, journal, queer, UCLA, writing
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