Alyy Patel

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Sonali (Alyy) Patel is the Executive Director of the Queer South Asian Women’s Network, author of “Don’t Tell My Parents: Queer Diasporic Truths,” and a PhD Student in Sociology at the University of British Columbia.

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Opinion: Stop telling Queer South Asian women to come out of the closet

Words by Alyy Patel  ·  11 months, 2 weeks ago

On one hand, there are expectations from one's ethnic community to remain closeted. On the other hand, there are expectations from the LGBTQ+ community to come out. The latter is associated with a notion of "living your truth," while the former is seen as living a lie, writes Alyy Patel.

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