# Why you should disappoint your parents

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Immigrant Diaspora: Iranian
- Speaker: Desiree Akhavan
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/desiree_akhavan_why_you_should_disappoint_your_parents)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the risk to let people get to know the real you.

## Lectures

1. [Why you should disappoint your parents](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/desiree_akhavan_why_you_should_disappoint_your_parents/40a65481e506), 10 min (TED's player)