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Lasting impressions.(in focus)(Minh Ta)(Brief Article)(Interview)
The reason I chose to enter [the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Beauty Pageant] was to showcase myself and what it means for me to be a transgender person. I'm not really transgender, but in my head I know what type of female I would like to become. And I want to present that to the world. To tell them that there is a different side to the presentation of someone like me.
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I have a very specific image of what I find is ideal in a woman--and it's all about sensuality, about grace, and about an elegant and delicate beauty. I wanted to let all of those attributes come out on stage.
One of the reasons why I did it is because all of my life I have looked up to a particular Vietnamese artist. Since a really early age, when I first saw her in the Vietnamese musical industry, I have always been very drawn to her. In her, I find a piece of myself. So the fantasy that I did for the show was to be someone like her. I lip synch to one of her songs.
Even though I was raised in the U.S., I have a lot of ...
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...authorities. But now, physician Lonny Shavelson [sp] poses a question that's going...computer, and people loved him. LONNY SHAVELSON, author of `A Chosen Death': There...him, he was bright, he was funny. LONNY SHAVELSON: Well, you know, there was a certain...
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- Exhibits capture different slants on society
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Marvin Weinstein November 21, 1986 700+ words
...She specializes in photographing society's outcasts, including Mother Theresa's home for the dying in Calcutta. Lonny Shavelson documents the life of the mentally ill outside of institutions. He expands the experience for gallerygoers with taped voices...
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