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by Hunny Hach
June 14, 2019

What Pride Means To Me: I’m queer and I’m Khmer

"In the Cambodian community, being LGBTQ+ means something is wrong with you or your parents failed at raising you. As a result, being gay isn’t discussed."

"How would I explain to my parents that we were having a gay Cambodian wedding for all of Long Beach to see? "

"I sat our parents down to tell them my girlfriend and I were getting married — to each other. "

"In the beginning, my mom wanted a private ceremony because she didn’t think anyone would show up for a “girl and girl” wedding. She feared venues wouldn’t accept us, that Cambodian wedding boutiques wouldn’t rent to us, and that we wouldn’t have any guests."

"After posting our wedding pictures on Instagram, a lot of Cambodian Diasporas worldwide sent their congratulations to us for having a gay and traditional Khmer ceremony."

"So many people mentioned how they would’ve never imaged a gay wedding for themselves, until they saw ours."

https://qvoicenews.com/2019/06/14/lgbtq ... res-story/