Asian Pacific Mom Shares Experience Integrating her Heritage & Love for her Gay Sons
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Join Rick Miller, executive director of Gay Sons and Mothers for the fifth in the video series, Mothers Who Inspire, featuring Karen Murakami.
Murakami shares her experiences of integrating her Asian/Pacific Islander heritage and culture with her love and acceptance of her sons, and how she grew into being a fierce advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and their families.
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The emotional relationship between gay sons and their mothers has been pathologized, idealized… and, surprisingly, largely unexplored. This project validates the significance of a mother’s role in her son’s life where, for many decades, she received little encouragement from others. We believe mothers and sons deserve to be honored through the stories they share.
Gay Sons and Mothers collects, curates, discusses, celebrates, and preserves narratives that educate, inspire, and bring hope to audiences around the globe. Gay Sons and Mothers chronicles lived experiences of pain, joy, and persistence that inspire and provide a sense of hope.
Storytelling helps people make sense of their world and learn how others faced challenges and grew stronger as a result. Gay Sons and Mothers is honored to join a proud tradition of preserving and passing along stories that reflect the strengths and struggles related to the formation of sexual identity and sexual expression in the context of the parent-child relationship.
Our stories are powerful because they are transformative, and allow audiences to experience something profound.
