A Coming-Out Story for the Ages

A noteworthy series of essays at Salon.com, grouped under the heading “Pariah Personals” and inspired by the film Pariah, draws to a close today with an entry from Prumsodun Ok (pictured). The Cambodian-born Long Beach resident is an artist, 2011 TED Fellow and executive editor of VoiceWaves, a youth-focused journalism project of New American Media.

Ok details a furious argument with his sister, which led him to pick up the phone, call his 80ish dad in Cambodia and finally come out.

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