Michael Ruan
Section A03
Blog #10
In Boyung Lee’s article, where she
talked about Asian-American sexual identity and religious ideals, it relates to
my childhood as well. Confucianism definitely had a lot of influence on me as I
was growing up such as respecting your elders, achieving high academic goals,
and doing chores at home. As for sexual identity, homosexual stories were never
talked upon on the table during meals as if it does not exist. Heterosexual
identity was promoted in Asian American families. Asian Americans also face a
lot of discrimination at school such as being shy or not open about their
sexual masculinity or feminine. There was a not a lot of LGBTQ groups that had
Asian voices or backed by Asians which is why we do not see a lot of support
for the Asian LGBTQ identity, rather they feel isolated until the recent years.
I used to work as a peer health educator in high school and these were the
studies and results as of 2008. Many whites and blacks were receiving more
support compared to the Latinos and Asians combined.
Q: Why is that Asian-American parents never discussed about
homosexual identities?
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