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Jean-Baptiste Phou: Coming Out of My Skin
Saturday October 17, 2026 7:00pm - Sunday October 18, 2026 4:00pm PDT
Telegraph Hill Books
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Part of Words Around the World
Sponsored by Center for the Art of Translation
Co-presented with Villa Albertine

Having grown up as a Cambodian immigrant in France, Jean-Baptiste Phou has long explored the challenges and contradictions of the Asian diaspora experience throughout his artistic career. However, up until now, he’s always been careful not to raise issues of sexuality—in particular, his homosexuality. In his recent memoir, Coming Out of My Skin, the artist shifts his focus to examining the role his ethnic origin has played in the construction of his sexual identity and his romantic relationships in a predominantly white environment. An astute observer of the various ways in which his body has been perceived, Phou asks: how does a marginalized person develop emotionally and build, reclaim, and express their sexuality? How does this inform the experience of a queer Asian person navigating predominantly white cultural spaces? In conversation with César Cadabes, Artistic Director for the GLBTQ Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Theatre. Doors at 6:30pm
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César Cadabes

César Cadabes is a Hawaii-born and raised, Queer Filipino American writer and solo performance artist based in San Francisco. He's the Artistic Director of GAPA Theatre, an intergenerational theater collective, where he mentors Queer and Trans Asian and Pacific Islander artists (QTAPI) in amplifying... Read More →
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Jean-Baptiste Phou

Jean-Baptiste Phou is a French-Cambodian writer, director, and multidisciplinary artist. He is the author of Coming Out of My Skin (Seagull Books, 2023), which he adapted for the stage, and 80 mots du Cambodge (L’Asiathèque, 2023). His writing explores memory, identity, diaspo... Read More →
Saturday October 17, 2026 7:00pm - Sunday October 18, 2026 4:00pm PDT
Telegraph Hill Books 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco
  Words Around the World, FREE

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