Alyy Patel

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Sonali (Alyy) Patel
Alyy Patel at Pride Toronto 2019.jpg
Patel at Pride Toronto's 2019 Parade
Born
Sonali Patel

1996 (age 29–30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other namesAlyy Patel
Education University of Toronto (BA);
University of Ottawa (MA);
University of British Columbia (PhD)
Occupations
  • Canadian LGBTQ+ Activist
  • Sociologist
  • Author
  • Public Speaker
Known forSouth Asian-Canadian LGBTQ+ Activism
Website alyypatel.com

Sonali Patel, also known as Alyy Patel, is a Canadian LGBTQ+ activist, focused on experiences of Queer South Asian women in Canada. [1] [2] [3]

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Early and personal life

Patel grew up in Halton Region, Ontario. She is of Indo-African Gujarati descent. [3]

Career

Research on queer South Asian women

Patel's research initially examined the forms of racial discrimination against queer South Asian women in North American LGBTQ+ communities. [4] [5] This was followed by research on the institutional mechanisms that reinforce the exclusion and invisibilization of queer South Asian women in LGBTQ+ communities. [6] Patel's later research focuses on second-generation queer South Asian women's experiences in the sexual minority closet. [7] [8] She publishes her research under her legal name, Sonali Patel. She is a sociologist by academic training. [9]

LGBTQ+ activism

Patel was a part of the Youth Action Committee that organized Halton Pride 2016. [10] In 2017, Patel was co-president of Woodsworth College's Sexual & Gender Diversity Office, Woodsworth Inclusive (WiNC). [11]

In 2019, Patel founded the Queer South Asian Women's Network in Canada. [12]

Alyy Patel Dyke March 2024.jpg

Influence

As an LGBTQ+ South Asian activist, Patel appeared in 2023 on Amazon Prime Video's Pride Campaign in downtown Toronto's Sankofa Square. [13]

In 2020 and 2024, Patel was a speaker at Pride Toronto's Dyke March. In 2022, Patel was a speaker at the Ontario Government's Pride Flag Raising Ceremony.

Works

References

  1. ↑ Mann, Samantha (31 July 2020). "Meet Alyy Patel, Founder of Queer South Asian Womxn's Network (QSAW)". Bust Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  2. ↑ Patel, Sonali (2019). ""Brown girls can't be gay": Racism experienced by queer South Asian women in the Toronto LGBTQ community" . Journal of Lesbian Studies. 23 (3): 410–423. doi:10.1080/10894160.2019.1585174. PMID   30907270. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-09-29– via Taylor & Francis Online.
  3. 1 2 Chatterje, Nandika (2025-12-27). "Why queer spaces often fail South Asian women". Gay Times. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  4. ↑ Patel, Sonali (2019). ""Brown Girls Can't Be Gay": Racism Experienced by Queer South Asian Women in the Toronto LGBTQ Community". Journal of Lesbian Studies. 3 (23): 410–423. doi:10.1080/10894160.2019.1585174. PMID   30907270.
  5. ↑ Mann, Samantha, ed. (2022). I Feel the Love: An Anthology of Queer Joy. Read Furiously. ISBN   9781737175872.
  6. ↑ Patel, Sonali (2021). The Politics of Not Giving A Sh*t: Understanding the Invisibilization of Queer South Asian Women in Pride Toronto. University of Ottawa Research Repository (Thesis). Archived from the original on 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  7. ↑ Patel, Sonali (2024). "Theorizing A Denial Reaction to Coming Out: Revising Goffman's Stigma through a Sexual Identity Process Model". Sociology Compass. 18 (7). doi: 10.1111/soc4.13246 .
  8. ↑ CSA. "Best Student Paper Awards". Canadian Sociology Association. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  9. ↑ UBC, Sociology. "Graduate Students: Sonali Alyy Patel". University of British Columbia Sociology. UBC Sociology Department. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  10. ↑ Yanchus, Kathy (24 May 2016). "Halton Pride 2016 about education, awareness and offering LGBTQ+ youth a safe place". InsideHalton.com.
  11. ↑ Potylitsina, Veronika (17 February 2017). "ALYY PATEL: EQUITY HEROINE". Her Campus. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "About QSAW Network". QSAWnetwork.com. Queer South Asian Women's Network. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  13. ↑ "Amazon Canada celebrates Pride Month With #ProudToBe and the Prime Video #NotJustForShow Campaigns, in Partnership With Pride Toronto and Other Local 2SLGBTQ+ Groups" (Press release). CISION. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
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