Bryant Nguyen's Bio: \;Bryant Nguyen grew up around the DC Metro Area until the age of 20 and h as since lived in the Orlando Metro Region. He has always seen and experie nced the issues that Asian LGBTQ+ individuals face both personally and thr ough conversations with other Asian LGBTQ+ friends who felt unable to expr ess themselves in their larger friend group. \; \;
\nGrowing up\, Bryant has always found a lack of Asian American history education b eing taught. From the teaching of Yuri Kochiyama standing alongside Malcol m X or the Filipino Farm Workers Rights Movement that preceded the Mexican Farm Workers Movement\, he saw that those stories and many other like the m were not included. Bryant has always recognized the importance of teachi ng Asian American history and how it can contribute to understanding the r ole that Asian Americans play in American society. \;
\nBryant holds a degree in Sociology and is the co-founder and co-facilitator of Lo tus\, a group for the Queer Asian community to talk about similar challeng es facing the diaspora ranging from mental health to microaggressions and racism. \;
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