Want to be featured? Email May Truong at maytruong@gmail.com.“As a teen, I was so much more free in my decision making and much more open to social engagements with excitement to meet new people. I still have that within, but it's not without a slight worry, skepticism or analyzing.”
“Being an immigrant, I kind of don’t belong anywhere but myself. I belong to my relationships and to the spaces dear to me. I don’t belong to the western system, narrative or conventions.”
“I’ve been fortunate enough to have had the chance to find people and community spaces that have allowed me to feel seen. Community is important to me because without community voices go unheard.”
“I would like the world to know that I can’t be put in a box. I know that sounds so cliche, but I think it’s because I’m so used to people taking one look at me and kind of trying to summarize who I am in 30 seconds before I even open my mouth.”
“The more I embrace who I am as ever-changing, the more I re-learn how to nurture myself with kindness and empathy, and the more I want to understand who and where I come from.”
“I want fashion to be inclusive. I want it be for everyone. When people think of fashion, they think of high fashion, fashion shows and a certain kind of body type. And yes, that is fashion right now-- but it’s not what it has to be. I want to be part of changing that.”
“As a queer woman, I never completely fit in back in Singapore; as an Asian woman without permanent status here, I don't fit in Canadian society either.”
“DJing has been a wild ride thus far. Every opportunity I get, I see as a blessing – no matter how big or small.”
“Going to school gave me a lot of anxiety. I hated high school, the system and the institution. There was a fair share of racism from white kids, but I’d just tell them to fuck off.”
