Resources for queer APIDA allyship

The 2020 Gender Justice Research Cohort Queer Allyship team interviewed Asian-identifying community members, both queer and not, to better understand how queer allies can learn and be more as a queer ally.

The research team includes: Haruka Yukioka, Selena Vue, and Siena Iwasaki Milbauer

Download the full PDF Report here.

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1. Read books. Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu, fiction. Quarantine by Rahul Mehta, short stories. This Way to Sugar by Hieu Minh Nguyen, poetry. Seasonal Velocities by Ryka Aoki, compilation. Soft Science by Franny Choi, poetry. Small Beauty by jia qing wilson-yang, fiction. When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai, fiction. Women Loving: Stories and a Play by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz, compilation. She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya, fiction. Queer Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender edited by J. Daniel Luther and Jennifer Ung Loh, nonfiction. The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writings by Asian & Pacific Islander Lesbians edited by Sharon Lim-Hing, anthology. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, fiction. 

2. Read articles. For Asian Americans, coming out in 2019 can still present unique challenges z.umn.edu/AsianComingOut. LGBTQ Asian Americans Brace for a ‘Double Whammy’ as Hate Crimes Rise z.umn.edu/DoubleWhammy. The Midwest as a ‘Hmong Queer San Francisco’ z.umn.edu/MidwestHmongQueer. “It gets better,” but for Asian Americans, coming out can also get complicated z.umn.edu/ItGetsBetterAPIDA. The transcendent bissu z.umn.edu/TranscendentBissu. New analysis shows startling levels of discrimination… z.umn.edu/TransAPIDAs.

3. Listen podcasts. This QPOC Life – Johnathan Gibbs, Carlos Rios, Zach Ares and Jo Lee, Ep 23 “Navigating Life as a Queer Asian”, Ep 24 “”Colorism in the Queer Asian Community”. Nancy – Kathy Tu and Tobin Low, “Hello, Hello”,”We Can’t Be Erased”. Queer Asian Podcast Club, “Creating Asian American Culture ft. Author Nishta J. Mehra”, “DIS-ORIENTING with The Queer Arabs”

4. Watch videos. Our Families: LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander Stories, z.umn.edu/OurFamilies. Asian Parents & Their LGBT Children: On Unconditional Love, z.umn.edu/UnconditionalLove. Exploring The Roots Of Chicago’s Queer South Asian Community, z.umn.edu/QueerSouthAsian. The challenge of coming out gay to Asian parents, z.umn.edu/ComingOutChallenge. Family Is Still Family Series, z.umn.edu/FamilyIsStillFamily. I’m Gay | Eugene Lee Yang, z.umn.edu/EugeneLeeYang

5. Follow activists. ALOK | @alokvmenon, Indian American writer, performance artist, and media personality. Eugene Lee Yang | @eugeneleeyang, Korean American producer, filmmaker, YouTuber, and actor. Chella Man | @chellaman, multiracial Chinese American YouTuber, actor, and activist. Schuyler Bailar | @pinkmantaray, multiracial Korean American athlete and activist. Manpreet Singh Virk | @singhisqueer, Punjabi American artist, poet, rapper, and activist. Helen Zia | @helenziareal, Chinese American author, poet, and activist. The Peahce Project | @thepeahceproject, provides educational resource posts on APIDA identity. The Gaysian Diaries | gaysiandiaries.com, narrative project