November 22, 2015
Section A02
Blog 10
In this piece, two facts that author Buyong Lee brings up really caught my attention. The first, he mentions immediately in his work. He states that Asian Americans have a hard time discussing sexuality since it is somewhat of a "taboo" in Asian cultures. This arrives to the point that members of the Asian American community that are also members of the LGBQT community have a very hard time with discussing sexuality and coming to terms with their personal well being. A term he used to describe this situation is that Asian Americans in the LGBQT community are sexual others as well as racial others. This shows me that although the United States is making strides to accept members of this community socially, we are still held back by the inherent racism that plagues this country. For me, it seems as if it is more acceptable for an individual to be LGBQT if they are white, but if a minority is part of that community, all the social strides made to make members of that community feel safe no longer come into play. The other fact brought up by Lee is the conception that young Asian American women are expected to be virgins until marriage as an honor code in Asian families. This also comes back to the fact that sexuality is rarely discussed in Asian families, proving it hard for Asian American girls in particular to be recognized as sexual beings and participate in a very normal part of life due to the fact that there is a social stigma that hinders this activity.
Do you believe racism in America ultimately disrupts the social progress made by LGBQT movements?
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