Episode 2.6

Uplifting rich and diverse stories from our Asian Minnesotan community.

Episode 2.6: “We were finally able to celebrate that part of ourselves”


Ka shares how Shades of Yellow (SOY) got started in 2003 as an informal social and safe space reaching Hmong, and later pan-Asian, LGBTQ communities locally and globally. Listen in as Ka reflects on the influential role SOY played in empowering a new generation of queer Asian leaders in our community.

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Images from the Twin Cities Pride parade featuring the Queer Hmong flag Ka designed using traditional Hmong textiles.

Meet our storyteller

Ka Oskar Ly (they/she)

Ka Oskar Ly (they/she)

 
Ka is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural producer creating community futures through the power of identity and ancestral roots by using textiles, murals, storytelling, and campaigns. One of the places that have deeply shaped this work was Shades of Yellow where they served as the Interim Executive Director.

#MinneAsianStories Series

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2018