(For how i crafted these quotes, see What i changed in survey-takers' responses and What i didn't change.)
"I'm Asian American, queer, not Christian, and transgender. Sometimes I feel like I don't have a place in any of my communities because of these intersecting identities. For example, being LGBTQ+ doesn't protect me from Asian-related discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community. Being Asian doesn't protect me from experiencing transphobia/ homophobia from other Asians. And not being Christian also adds to feeling excluded from other Asians because there's many Asians in my community who go to church; enough so that there's many churches that are specific to an ethnicity (ex. Vietnamese churches, Korean churches, etc.). And being queer and transgender means I won't feel safe going to my country of ethnicity because it's conservative and although there's been more progressiveness, there's enough hate to make me want to stay away."
"I would be more comfortable with adults who share some/all of the identities I have (Asian American, queer, not Christian, and transgender) because I think those adults would be able to understand me better due to knowing what it's like to have intersecting identities and conflicts with culture."
"I'm Latina so coming out to family is a bit risky as they're religious so they might not accept me because of their religious views of the Bible and interpreting it so they believe being queer/trans is a sin."
"I'm Hispanic and I live in an area where a good majority of citizens are Latino. It makes me feel just a little more lonely since it isn't common to find other queer and/or trans Latino people and I feel the pressure to conform. My dad's side of the family is pretty religious too and I'm afraid of coming out to them, especially because they're against the idea of one of their kids turning out gay."
"Living in hispanic and a religious household, i wish i could tell them how much theyre stereotypes and hate have hurt me and scared me about my own identity."
"being middle eastern/arab means my culture is far less accepting of me being queer and non-binary than yours. people assume i'm muslim (i'm not religious) and assume things about me from there. my movement is the same as yours, but my identity isn't the same. i have no voice or power in my community, i'm outcast from almost every adult, and i have no representation. i'm the same as you, but i have no way to show it because i'm cut off from my people."
