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2 Diversity Rules Magazine April 2019 Inside is Issue (partial listing) Pride Journeys: Provincetown, MA ......................... Page 3 Unstoppable ............................................................ Page 4 Rough Draft Festival ................................................ Page 8 Tips for Coming Out Trans ..................................... Page 9 Amazon Trail ........................................................... Page 11 Perception ................................................................. Page 13 Gay Icons ................................................................. Page 14 Resources and Diversions ........................................ Page 22 Welcome to the April issue of Diversity Rules Magazine. The year is certainly chugging right along, as they usually do! Spring is springing though, and that is always a good thing. Warm weather and hopefully abundant sunshine will soon be upon us. This month's feature interview is with Ananya Birla. Ananya is a singer-songwriter based be- tween Mumbai, London and Los Angeles, and the first home- grown ar st to go Pla num with an English language track in India - something she has now done four mes, breaking the domi- nance of Bollywood music on the Indian music scene. Outside her music, Ananya is a strong believer in equality. She uses music to bring people from all backgrounds together and organizes music fes vals in Mumbai to benefit the mental health organisa on she founded, Mpower. Mpower was launched a er she ba led her own issues whilst at Oxford University and works towards dispelling the s gma associated with mental health illnesses and providing care in India where there's been li le to date. Her last two con- certs have brought together over 30 thousand people. She recent- ly spoke about Mpower at One Young World. She also promotes female em- powerment through her business Svatantra which helps women entrepreneurs in rural India grow their businesses and become fi- nancially independent. Svatantra means 'freedom' in Hindi. I hope you enjoy Ananya's inter- view and her story of achieve- ment and empowerment in a society that does not upli wom- en. See you next month in the May issue! Diversity Rules Magazine PO Box 72 Oneonta, NY 13820 James R. Koury, Editor/Pub- lisher 607.435.1587 Website www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Blog diversityrulesmagazine.com/blog E-Mail diversityrulesmagazine@gmail.com Copyright 2019 Diversity Rules Magazine All Rights Reserved Disclaimers If you have a ques on or comment regard- ing this issue or future issues of Diversity Rules Magazine, the publisher would love to hear from you! Feel free to contact Di- versity Rules using the e-mail above or mailing address listed above. Content submission are always welcome too! All submissions become the property of Diversity Rules Magazine. However, origi- na ng authors reserve all rights to their crea ve works. Diversity Rules Magazine's physical offices are located at 189 River Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. Diversity Rules Magazine will not know- ingly publish or adver se text which is fraudulent or misleading. The publisher reserves the right to edit, limit, revise, or reject any text without cause. Diversity Rules Magazine does not assume any fnancial responsibility for typographi- cal errors. If any errors are found, please no fy Diversity Rules Magazine immedi- ately. Materials in this publica on may not be reproduced in any form without writ- ten permission from the publisher. Jim Koury Editor/Publisher Diversity Rules Magazine

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