Strength TogetHER 12- Session 2
26th June, 2021 “Love is too beautiful to be hidden in a closet.” Strength TogetHER , the second session was themed as “Exploring the Rainbow” in celebration of pride month. Here, we discussed the complexities people from LGBTQI+ community face in the society even today. Our session was moderated by Nirvana Bhandary, a feminist writer, artist and activist who is also the founder of The F Project Nepal, a writers collective and digital platform for feminist storytelling. We proceeded the session with the speakers sharing their stories and experiences. Having gone to an ‘All Girls’ school, the notion of the school to not be close with girls and even maintain physical distance with other girls was witnessed by our first speaker. Because she didn’t know much about LGBTQI+ community and the presence of homophobic environment in the schoool, for the whole school time period she and her friends had misconception that being close and having feelings towards girls was actually a wrong thin