Lesbian Activism and Motherhood in Vietnam: Yen Nguyen

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I came out to my parents very late. Now, gradually, we talk to each other very easily - even easier than what I imagined. The wall between us falls, it breaks away.

Lesbian activist and ‎Program Director at ICS Center

Yen Nguyen

Vietnam

Yen Nguyen is an LGBTI activist from Vietnam. She started working as a volunteer almost ten years ago, organizing a group of activists through online forums, and this project later developed into one of the most important LGBTI-focused NGOs in Vietnam. Yen says that the country still lacks information and knowledge about sexual diversity, and she is actively working to change this – with journalists, teachers, students, parents and the LGBTI community itself. Yen has shared with us her personal stories about coming-out, parenting, and what it’s like to be a lesbian woman in Vietnam.

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