Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan (born June 10, 1970) is a writer and the creator of the print zine series ''Bamboo Girl''. The zine is no longer active as Alcantara has an active acupuncture practice in New York.

''Bamboo Girl''

''Bamboo Girl'' was an independent print zine which circulated in the US from 1995-2005. It highlighted content that commented on

homophobia Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitude (psychology), attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, h ...

, racism and sexism. Alcantara notably featured Filipina authors: Ninotchka Rosca,

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, Perla Daly, in the series.

Education

She received her Masters of Science in Acupuncture at the

Pacific College of Oriental Medicine The Pacific College of Health and Science (previously the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine) is a Private college, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit college of alternative medicine in the United States with ...

. She is now a licensed acupuncturist.

Personal life

Alcantara is an Asian-American queer woman. Alcantara was born in Pennsylvania. She now lives in New York City.

References

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