Recent San Jose Panel Discusses Difficulties Being Gay in the Vietnamese Community

A recent panel in San Jose discussed the difficulties of growing up gay in the Vietnamese community. “‘They think we are bad people, and will go to hell,’ [a panelist] said in Vietnamese, his words translated by an English-language interpreter. Standing in front of about 60 people, mostly Vietnamese-Americans, Chuong added that he considered suicide when his parents first kicked him out of their home. ‘I’m a good student, a good citizen,” he said. “I have a hard time trying to figure out what I did to have to bear this stigma.'” [Hat tip: Lac S.]