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Yuxin’s life work is rooted in a fundamental philosophical conviction: that liberation begins with the courage to name oneself, and flourishes through the collective transformation of society. After coming out as a lesbian at the age of 16, Yuxin began a journey not only of self-understanding but of purposeful community engagement. This early act of self-assertion became the seed for a lifelong commitment to the empowerment of sexual minority women.
As Yuxin entered the technology industry, they sought not only to confront exclusion but to reimagine professional spaces as sites of both resistance and reconfiguration. They brought with them a commitment to fusing philosophical inquiry with lived practice—where the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge become forms of cultural, social, and economic capital in the broader struggle for real power. Drawing from both technological expertise and a deep engagement with feminist and queer thought, Yuxin approaches the industry as a terrain of praxis: a place where abstract principles meet material conditions, and where the pursuit of justice is inseparable from the pursuit of meaning. For Yuxin, this work is animated not merely by strategy, but by a sustaining faith in the transformative potential of collective imagination.
In 2022, Yuxin co-founded United Proud Women project alongside a cohort of queer-identified women who shared not only common life experiences but a shared horizon of possibility. From Los Angeles, they launched a new chapter—one that seeks to cultivate a safe, inclusive, and intellectually vibrant community for sexual minority women across all geographies. For Yuxin, UPWomen is not just an organization; it is a living testament to the transformative power of solidarity, and the belief that from the margins, new queer worlds can be born.
