This is Ryan Tran
Supporting the
Asian LGBTQ Community
About
This website acts as a personal portfolio and online resume to document my work both in graphic design and in community work. After almost 12 years, I recently left my role as the Manager of Education and Outreach at ACAS (Asian Community AIDS Services) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I worked at ACAS since 2013 in various capacities supporting the Asian LGBTQ community and providing HIV education, prevention, and outreach. My goal is to build a thriving Asian LGBTQ community that supports and empowers each other through support groups, workshops, and social events. Using what I learned from the Graphic Design Program at George Brown College, I design booklets, logos, and posters in and outside of the sexual health field. I am open to accept small freelance graphic design jobs. When I have free time on the side I like to exercise my creative skills with guitar, singing, and dancing.
Bio (under 200 words)
Ryan Tran is the cofounder of Toronto’s ONLY dim sum drag brunch, Queens of Dim Sum. He was previously the Manager of Education and Outreach at ACAS (Asian Community AIDS Services). He is a Vietnamese gay cis man born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Starting at a young age leading his high school’s then defunct Gay-Straight Alliance, he now has 15 years of combined volunteer and working experience within the LGBTQ community. His volunteer experience includes contributing to events, outreach, and peer support with Queer Asian Youth (QAY). As part of the ACAS Men’s Program, he provided sexual health outreach, education, and one-on-one support to gay, bisexual, queer Asian men. Highlights include producing online sexual health videos, starting a harm reduction support group, and coordinating an annual community SLAM forum. He also helped in launching an inclusive Asian men’s calendar promoting positive body image, a gay Asian speed dating event, and PinkDotTO. He spent 6 months in Thailand interning with local NGOs to support their work with HIV prevention and education. Outside of his work, he uses his creative skills to promote Asian LGBTQ representation through his own dance group DestinAsian, acting in community-based theatre and video projects by Rice Roll Productions, and graphic design work for projects like Invisible Footprints.