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Kevin Tuong: Friends Nonchalantly and Hasina Juma

kevin tuong: While her friends nonchalantly talked about who in the opposite gender they found attractive, Juma forced herself to do the same, not disclosing about the women she found attractive as well, according to Toronto Star. Hasina Juma hopes to see more people of colour participate in Pride. They went to classes together, played sports and talked, sometimes about people they had crushes on. Kevin Tuong / For Star Metro Protesters demontrated at Edmonton Pride Saturday, demanding that police and military be disallowed from marching in future parades. That was a really big deal because my religious community, my ethnic community, had played a pivotal role up until my 20s, so the thought of losing that was really daunting, Juma said, now 36 years old. Ameya Charnalia / Star Metro I was so terrified that if I embraced my sexual orientation, I would lose my family, my community, Juma said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.