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repeat after me:1. our immigrant families are not just __omophobic_ they are also __olonized._2. our parents have histories, genders, and sexualities, too.3. they are just as broken as we are (but we have the words _ i mean the english _ to say it)4. the diaspora responds to racism with heteronormativity5. trauma seeps through generations
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repeat after me:1. our immigrant families are not just __omophobic_ they are also __olonized._2. our parents have histories, genders, and sexualities, too.3. they are just as broken as we are (but we have the words _ i mean the english _ to say it)4. the diaspora responds to racism with heteronormativity5. trauma seeps through generations

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