Sepi Shyne speaks during the Human Rights Campaign’s Pride Breakfast on June 9, 2019, at Cafe Vinadore in West Hollywood. Photo: Sepi Shyne. (For June, which is designated LGBTQ Pride Month, Q Voice News features a series of interviews and first-person essays under the theme What Pride Means to Me.
Q Voice News launched the series last year. Check out 2019’s essays on What Pride Means to Me.) Pride has always been my sanctuary.
When I came out, there was no sanctuary at home. As an Iranian-American immigrant, coming out to my family was difficult. The Iranian culture is marriage oriented and is very homophobic.
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