Stories of Coming Out and Coming Home

GP and award-winning poet Dr Asiel Sanchez and their mother share their journey as a Mexican Australian family into understanding and embracing Asiel as a queer non-binary young person.Asiel shares their experience growing up in Mexico, finding their queer identity in Australia as a young adult, and weaving together their queerness and Mexican heritage on their return to Mexico years later to share their authentic self with extended family and through their poetry.Karina, their mother, shares a heart-wrenching story of past family loss; pain that was transformed into loving embrace for her son.(English, Mexican Spanish)Chapters:(0:00) Introduction(3:14) Discovering their gender and sexual identity across cultures(28:34) Asiel's mother joins the conversation(51:52) Asiel reads their poem "Make-Up Lessons"(1:02:34) Relationship with extended family, community and culture(1:23:13) A mother's message to other parentsAsiel's published book of poetry 'M/ /otherland' www.revarena.com/m-otherlandwww.comingoutcominghome.au[transcript coming]