Amazin Lêthi's guest appearances

Amazin Lêthi

Yellow Glitter

Anthems

Leah Davis

Afua Hirsch

Helen Zaltzman

Bernardine Evaristo

Margaret Cho

Clara Amfo

David Atherton

Poorna Bell

Jules Von Hep

Matt Cain

Andi Oliver

Jane Crawford

Juno Dawson

Travis Alabanza

Danielle Bainbridge

OwlTail

Amazin LêThi is a global LGBTQ advocate, keynote speaker, athlete and cultural change leader. She is the only Asian LGBTQ Athlete in the world to simultaneously hold multiple LGBTQ sports ambassador roles across the world. She is the global ambassador to organisations; Stonewall UK, Athlete Ally, Copenhagen2021, Federation Gay Games, Pride House 2022 Commonwealth Games and Vietnam Relief Services. She has been honoured by many titles including GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, 2020 Global Changemaker and in 2021 the Attitude 100 LGBT Trailblazers List, Visible 100 List for Lesbian Visibility Week, Highly Commended for Diva Awards ‘Unsung Hero Award’ and Icon2021 in New Zealand.  Her word of the day is CHAMPION.  CONNECT WITH AMAZIN: I: @amazinlethi T: @amazinlethi  #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ contributors and allies. It was created, sound designed and executive produced by Hana Walker-Brown with producers Bea Duncan, Jaja Muhammad and production assistant Rory Boyle. The artwork is by Mars West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazin LêThi is a global LGBTQ advocate, keynote speaker, athlete and cultural change leader. She is the only Asian LGBTQ Athlete in the world to simultaneously hold multiple LGBTQ sports ambassador roles across the world. She is the global ambassador to organisations; Stonewall UK, Athlete Ally, Copenhagen2021, Federation Gay Games, Pride House 2022 Commonwealth Games and Vietnam Relief Services. She has been honoured by many titles including GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, 2020 Global Changemaker and in 2021 the Attitude 100 LGBT Trailblazers List, Visible 100 List for Lesbian Visibility Week, Highly Commended for Diva Awards ‘Unsung Hero Award’ and Icon2021 in New Zealand. Her word of the day is CHAMPION. CONNECT WITH AMAZIN: I: @amazinlethi T: @amazinlethi #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ contributors and allies. It was created, sound designed and executive produced by Hana Walker-Brown with producers Bea Duncan, Jaja Muhammad and production assistant Rory Boyle. The artwork is by Mars West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Amazin LêThi | CHAMPION

In this episode, we are joined by Amazin LeThi, LGBTQ+ sports ambassador, former competitive bodybuilder, entertainment executive, and fitness author to chat about current events and her life journey. We talk about trans-racial issues, equity and representation in media, and body positivity, homelessness in our queer community, and so much more. Amazin LeThi (she/her) is an Athlete Ally and Stonewall sports ambassador, former competitive bodybuilder, entertainment executive and the first Vietnamese internationally published fitness author. Through her personal journey of homelessness she founded the Amazin LeThi Foundation. Amazin has shared her story for ‘Its Gets Better’ campaign and the first White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Asian anti-bullying campaign 'Act to Change'. She has been recognized by GLAAD and NQAPIA for her LGBTQ advocacy. She was the first Asian LGBTQ Athlete in 2020 to be honoured at the Brooklyn Nets 4th Annual Pride Night, she has also been listed in the  Australian Pride Power List, Out 100 List, Go Magazine 100 Women We Love List, 2020 Global Changemakers and acknowledged in the Human Rights Campaign - Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Honours list.   On this episode we talk about:  Managing through this current pandemic and ways Amazin is finding balance of news with classical music and fitness Her story growing up in Saigon and being adopted into a trans-racial family in Australia The complexities of racism and prejudice between trans-racial adoptees and their family Getting involved with weight training as the only queer and Asian individaul as an eight year old. Going back to Vietnam and reconnecting with her Asian identity The duality of identity between East and Western culture, hypersexualized and de-sexualized Asian men and women in media Becoming open to vulnerability and accepting ourselves unconditionally Body positivity within the queer community and gender roles we are often asked to play into Queer Asian representation in our media, education and history books Homelessness and its impact to our LGBTQ+ youth, mental health, and livelihoods The power of solidarity and sharing our stories together    You can find Amazin at: amazinlethi.com Instagram, Twitter, Facebook (@AmazinLeThi)   You can follow me at: Instagram (instagram.com/stevenwakabayashi) YouTube (youtube.com/stevenwakabayashi) Weekly Newsletter (mindfulmoments.substack.com) 

In this episode, we are joined by Amazin LeThi, LGBTQ+ sports ambassador, former competitive bodybuilder, entertainment executive, and fitness author to chat about current events and her life journey. We talk about trans-racial issues, equity and representation in media, and body positivity, homelessness in our queer community, and so much more. Amazin LeThi (she/her) is an Athlete Ally and Stonewall sports ambassador, former competitive bodybuilder, entertainment executive and the first Vietnamese internationally published fitness author. Through her personal journey of homelessness she founded the Amazin LeThi Foundation. Amazin has shared her story for ‘Its Gets Better’ campaign and the first White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Asian anti-bullying campaign 'Act to Change'. She has been recognized by GLAAD and NQAPIA for her LGBTQ advocacy. She was the first Asian LGBTQ Athlete in 2020 to be honoured at the Brooklyn Nets 4th Annual Pride Night, she has also been listed in the  Australian Pride Power List, Out 100 List, Go Magazine 100 Women We Love List, 2020 Global Changemakers and acknowledged in the Human Rights Campaign - Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Honours list. On this episode we talk about: <ul> <li>Managing through this current pandemic and ways Amazin is finding balance of news with classical music and fitness</li> <li>Her story growing up in Saigon and being adopted into a trans-racial family in Australia</li> <li>The complexities of racism and prejudice between trans-racial adoptees and their family</li> <li>Getting involved with weight training as the only queer and Asian individaul as an eight year old.</li> <li>Going back to Vietnam and reconnecting with her Asian identity</li> <li>The duality of identity between East and Western culture, hypersexualized and de-sexualized Asian men and women in media</li> <li>Becoming open to vulnerability and accepting ourselves unconditionally</li> <li>Body positivity within the queer community and gender roles we are often asked to play into</li> <li>Queer Asian representation in our media, education and history books</li> <li>Homelessness and its impact to our LGBTQ+ youth, mental health, and livelihoods</li> <li>The power of solidarity and sharing our stories together</li> </ul> You can find Amazin at: <a href="http://amazinlethi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazinlethi.com</a> Instagram, Twitter, Facebook (@<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amazinlethi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AmazinLeThi</a>) You can follow me at: Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/stevenwakabayashi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/stevenwakabayashi</a>) YouTube (<a href="https://youtube.com/stevenwakabayashi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/stevenwakabayashi</a>) Weekly Newsletter (<a href="https://mindfulmoments.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mindfulmoments.substack.com</a>)

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