What's Going On - Philadephia Asian American Film Festival, Navigating Gender Identity

Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 10:07 p.m.

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I\\u2019ve been doing interviews for \\u2013 a while and I think I\\u2019m pretty good at it \\u2013 but I have to admit that I stumbled a bit while talking with Dr. Yolanda Graham from Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health. The topic was gender affirmative model You might have noticed folks email signatures not only give you addresses, phone numbers and other convention info but you might also see a reference to the pronouns they identify with he/him she/her they/them. I\\u2019d like to think I\\u2019m pretty woke when it comes to gender \\u2013 but I struggled a little during this conversation. If I struggled \\u2013 I\\u2019m guessing some of you struggle as well. That\\u2019s why I\\u2019 was so glad to talk about this topic with Dr. Graham -

https://www.devereux.org/site/SPageServer/
https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/The-Gender-Affirmative-Model-Chapter-1-Sample.pdf

First up \\u2013 there are some great film festivals in the city like Blackstar and the upcoming Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. I spoke with Festival Director Rob Buscher about the event which takes place November 7-17th celebrating and elevating the Asian American experience.
https://phillyasianfilmfest.org/'