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Alex is a nationally recognized award-winning social worker and documentary film producer, most recently of Emergence: Out of the Shadows. The film documents the tough journeys of 3 queer brown people as they come out with their sexuality within their conservative South Asian families.

In this interview, Alex talks about:

- Feeling internalized homophobia in high school and feeling suicidal as a result 

- His advice to other South Asians on coming out to family and friends 

- How he got into making documentaries and his advice for others on the process

Emergence out of the Shadows Website: https://emergencefilm.net/social-media-images/

Alex's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexsangha/

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Approximate Time Stamps:

Approximate Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

0:48 Childhood

2:21 First Feelings of Being Gay, Internalized homophobia, suicidal thoughts

5:08 Advice to someone feeling Internalized homophobia

6:02 When did things get better for you?

8:17 Did joining LGBTQ+ groups help you?

10:00 How is being brown affected your coming out process?

15:32 Arranged marriage aspect

19:54 When did you start telling friends and family?

21:42 How did you grapple with your father initially not being supportive?

24:30 Advice on seeing your parents getting divorced

30:38 A friend’s suicide due to homophobia

34:53 Advice to someone feeling suicidal for being gay?

41:14 What’s it like to be a social worker?

44:30 Starting non-profit SHER as a LQGBTQ community support group

46:30 How did you get into making documentaries?

49:46 Advice to someone wanting to start a documentary

51:24 Coming up with the idea of the film Emergence: Out of the Shadows

52:24 Working with your mom in the documentary

53:27 Alex’s belief in God

58:10 Managing doing multiple things

1:01:20 Supporting Alex