Asian LGBTQ+ – Legends of Pride

Stonewall Uprising

#StonewallUprising (June 28, 1969 – July 3, 1969): Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, gay bars were consistently busted by police. It was illegal in many place for gay bars to exist, and when the police would raid a bar the lives of #LGBTQ people were put on the line. Oftentimes their names would be publishedContinue reading “Stonewall Uprising”

Ocean Vuong

#OceanVuong (October 14, 1988 – ): A poet, Vuong was born in #HoChiMinhCity, #Vietnam and came to the United States as a refugee at the age of two. His mother renamed him “Ocean” after learning the definition of the word in English and the connection the Pacific Ocean has in joining the United States withContinue reading “Ocean Vuong”