Sher Vancouver releases Queersome Desi Resources

Surrey, British Columbia:

Sher Vancouver

is proud to release “Queersome Desi Resources” which is a specially curated list of Queer South Asian Resources from around the world.

The resource was created to celebrate, liberate, and validate our queer South Asian community. We have created an extensive list including inspiring reads, podcasts, movies, creative projects and have featured around 20 noteworthy Queers in our community. This resource highlights global queer organizations to build an inclusive community by supporting each other. Let us come together and celebrate our South Asian queer community who are living their truths unapologetically. We are so grateful for your representation!

The resource was created by Sher Vancouver Women’s Coordinators Sharon and Anoushka.

“I am grateful to help create this resource collection for Sher Vancouver, as it has been my saviour in my own self-healing, and acceptance journey. I quickly dismantled the belief of me being the only queer Punjabi person in the community working on this collection. Instead, what I found was a plethora of queer South Asian platforms! All it took was determined searching of the Internet. I hope you too find comfort, hope, empowerment, and pride in these resources. Desi queers are here. Desi queers exist. and Desi queers are thriving” states Sharon.”

“Being a part of this project makes me incredibly proud as it presented an opportunity to give back to the Desi queer community. For someone who has relatively recently accepted their own identity and was on a journey to find resources, people to rely on and organizations to be a part of, a list like this would have been a great place to start. The lack of queer representation growing up made me feel isolated and unsure but through this project I have learnt that acceptance and empowerment is present no matter who you are and where you are from. Among these resources and people, I hope you find what I was able to. Embrace who you are,” states Anoushka.

“I feel Sharon and Anoushka did an exceptional job with curating the

Queersome Desi Resources

for Sher Vancouver. This project creates awareness and visibility of the global South Asian queer community. South Asian queers are not alone in this world,” states Sher Vancouver Founder

Alex Sangha

.

Queersome was designed by one of Metro Vancouver's most talented graphic designers Jag Nagra. The Queersome Desi Resources is part of a three-part series designed to provide information to the LGBTQ+ community.