For 17-year-old Kayla (her name has been changed to protect her identity), coming out is a matter of survival. But faced with the possibility of being kicked out of her home and denied relevant mental health resources at her school, and confronted with mounting anti-LGBTQ policies in Texas, Kayla ha.
In the wake of the mass shooting in Atlanta on Tuesday, in which eight people were killed including six Asian women, state Attorney General William Tong released a statement taking aim at bias and discrimination against Asian-Americans.
Since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020, thousands of reports have been received nationwide of harassment and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. To combat the stereotype, West Hartford portrait photographer Mike Keo, who is of Cambodian descent, founded the national activist organization #iamnotavirus.