Please also include the NAME you would like to be identified with (i.e. first name, pen name, common name, initials, legal name, no name, pseudonym, etc).

For example, Farzana Doctor is an award-winning author and psychotherapist based in Toronto.  Please note providing location is optional.

Feel free to include any personal information you feel comfortable with such as where you were born, family situation, ethnic, cultural origin, heritage, and/or religious background. (100 words)

Feel free to describe your coming out process, sexual identity, and/or experiences in the queer community as a person of South Asian origin. (100 words)

Feel free to include how you would inspire other queer youth to achieve and get ahead and/or what advice you would provide to queer youth who are struggling to come out? (100 words)

Feel free to include information on your struggles and challenges while striving to achieve your goals. (100 words)

Feel free to include details of your mission, purpose, passion, causes you believe in, belief system, and/or how you feel the world can change for the better. (100 words)