2019-03-04 21:25
What It’s Really Like to Be a Contestant on Netflix’s Dating Around
Lex, the contestant from Episode 3, talks grueling 10-hour shoots for the show, Asian representation in Holly… Read More
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Why Gay Asians Are Invisible To Whites
2019-02-28 21:28
UW alumnus Aaron Jin is redefining the gay Asian-American narrative
Not many people would have the guts to stand alone on a stage in front of members of their church congregation and openly… Read More
2019-01-30 21:21
This is a Gay Asian Country Love Song: WATCH – Towleroad Gay News
Out Filipino-Korean comedy writer and songwriter Nathan Ramos just released a “Gay Asian Country Love Song&rdqu&helli…Read More
2019-01-28 21:18
Gay Twitter Drags Man for Saying ‘99.99%’ of Asians are ‘F**king Ugly’
One Twitter user is being “dragged” by “everybody and their moms” afte… Read More
2019-01-14 22:29
Queer and Asian identities connect in this fiery play about learning to love in times of grief | CBC Arts
Queeries is a weekly column by CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt that queries LGBTQ art… Read More
2018-11-19 02:11
Henry Golding Becomes First Asian GQ ‘Men Of The Year’ Cover Star
Henry Golding hasn’t been in the acting game for that long, but he has broken yet another barrier. On Mon… Read More
2018-11-16 01:16
Why Does Pop Culture Asexualize and Hypersexualize Gay Asian Men?
In popular culture, whether in movies, television, or pornography, gay Asian men have been both asexualized and hypersexual… Read More
2018-11-16 01:02
Re-Elected! Georgia’s First Gay Asian-American Official
It’s a great reality when we are still collecting stories from last Tuesday’s elections of LGBTQ politicians winnin… Read More
2018-11-11 01:02
Re-Elected! Georgia’s First Gay Asian-American Official
It’s a great reality when we are still collecting stories from last Tuesday’s elections of LGBTQ politicians winnin… Read More
2018-11-02 17:15
Online Extra: Political Notes: Out SF Asian candidates look to break through
When it comes to politics and San Francisco’s LGBT community, there have been just two out Asian-American… Read More
2018-11-01 17:08
Meet ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Alex Landi, who’s playing the show’s first gay male surgeon
Alex Landi is a New York City-born actor of Korean and Italian descent w… Read More
2018-10-25 21:20
Yen Tan Has Been Making Movies For Over 15 Years, But Says ‘Being a Queer Asian’ Has Hurt His Career
The director of “1985” assumed racial prejudices were impacting… Read More
2018-10-22 21:15
Internet’s Boyfriend: Eugene Yang Talks Streamy Awards and Otherness
Eugene Lee Yang has become one of the most recognizable names in social media. One fourth of the Try Guys, he&rsqu&helli…Read More
2018-10-19 20:08
Fashion Guru Joe Zee Marries Designer Rob Younkers in Stylish New York Ceremony
If you have opted in for our browser push notifications, and you would like to opt-out, please refer to the f… Read More
2018-10-18 01:44
The Problem With Shaming LGBTQ Asians For Dating Outside Their Race
As members of the LGBTQ community,we believe in the ideology that people should be able to love whomever they want to lov… Read More
2018-10-16 01:51
Affirmative Action Helped Me Succeed as a Gay Asian-American
I have benefited from affirmative action. Affirmative action gave me, as a gay Asian youth coming out in the 1980s and a young l… Read More
2018-10-12 01:57
This Deaf Jewish-Asian Transgender Model Just Made History
Chella Man is the first deaf Jewish-Asian model to sign with IMG – one of the most prominent modeling agencies in the world… Read More
2018-10-09 20:12
BD Wong Marries Longtime Partner of Eight Years
BD Wong Marries Longtime Partner of Eight Years BD Wong, one of the first famous openly gay Asian actors in Hollywood, married his longtime p… Read More
2018-09-28 17:21
Dating as an Asian Guy Sucks, But Here’s How I Cracked the Code
I’ll share my personal experience in a bit, but first, let’s look at the science behind it all… Afte… Read More
2018-08-29 17:08
Opinion: Suing Grindr for Racism Doesn’t Address the Real Problem
Attempting to date, or what have you, on an app like Grindr as a gay man of color is an exercise in one’s own m… Read More
2018-08-23 18:01
Why I’m suing Grindr over racism
Sinakhone Keodara plans to sue Grindr over countless incidents of racism he has experienced from fellow users on the dating app. Keodara, a 44-year-ol… Read More
2018-08-22 18:05
Oliver is from Jiangxi, China, and Joseph is from Memphis, Tennessee. They’ve been together for 11 years and married for five. Here they share thoughts on racism and sexual stereotypes… Read More
2018-08-22 17:47
Model claims he was dumped by top agency for being gay and Asian
Chufue Yang, a Chicago-based model who has worked alongside brands such as HUF magazine, Urban Outfitters and Nike, has clai… Read More
2018-08-18 17:52
Watch what happens when Asian parents reject their son for being gay
Other diners watch the scene unfold Asian parents reject their son for being gay. | Photo: What Would You Do? / YouTube… Read More
2018-08-12 17:10
BWW Review: PORCELAIN bravely cruises at The Caduceus Theater Arts Company
This is an intense drama exploring the depths of a man who feels ostracized by a group that is already shunned by… Read More
2018-06-24 20:42
Romey Louangvilay is a gay Asian man who works in the tourism industry. He recently spoke to Forbes magazine about the ins and outs of traveling the world as a single Gay Asian Male. Some of… Read More
2018-06-24 20:27
Xu Jingsen, a professional surfer in China, has come out publicly as gay, believed to be the first Chinese athlete who has come out as LGBT.
The surfer, Xu Jingsen, or ASam in an Anglicized… Read More
2018-06-01 01:16
Why Does Pop Culture Asexualize and Hypersexualize Gay Asian Men?
In popular culture, whether in movies, television, or pornography, gay Asian men have been both asexualized and hypersexual… Read More
2018-05-13 18:28
Alexander Chee is an Korean-American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer. He attended Wesleyan University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Of his time at Wesleyan University h… Read More
2018-05-13 18:07
GagaOOLala is Asia’s first LGBTQ streaming platform, with the largest queer film collection in Asia, ranging from full-length movies to short films to TV series, and, slowly but surely… Read More
2018-04-09 01:59
Actor, creator, and producer Lee Doud recently wrote a commentary for The Advocate about his experiences with anti-Asian sentiments on gay dating and hook-up apps and the impact on the gay c… Read More
2018-04-09 01:18
“As an Asian male, I can never get a date. As a female, it is so easy,”
Ain’t that the truth sister. Anyways Yuhua Hamasaki of Drag Race gave an interview with Huffington… Read More
2018-04-09 01:03
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. It is quite appropriate that a white party is called just that. Because it is mostly white people who make up the attendance!
Fed up… Read More
2018-03-18 19:46
The TV show Superstore is a workplace comedy about employees at a St. Louis, Missouri, big box store. One of its stars is Nico Santos who recently gave an interview to Entertainment Tonight… Read More
2018-03-18 18:50
From GayStarNews
Produced by MTV Decoded and guest hosted by Dylan Marron, the video explains why writing ‘Only into white guys’ on your dating profile is actually structural rac… Read More
2018-02-04 21:34
John Burk is a so-called “motivational” speaker and “fitness motivator”. His shtick is spreading the gospel that fat people are lazy and they can get into shape if th… Read More
2018-02-04 21:17
From DJ Big Kid bio at Swishcraft Music
Asian DJ star & Producer Big Kid has cemented his international DJ status with massive gigs not just throughout the Asian continent in cities lik… Read More
2018-01-10 18:48
Yoshi Kawasaki spoke to Gay Star News about racism in the gay community. Saying
We’ve written a lot about racism on the gay scene, and how it’s quite common for guys to write No… Read More
2017-12-17 23:28
So many essays on the racism topic that I’d thought I would save them all up and post them in one place.
Emmanuel Agu writing on behalf of UK Black Pride has penned an essay about how… Read More
2017-11-26 23:11
From Rolling Out
Alex Wan is the first Asian-American and first openly gay man to serve on the Atlanta City Council. He is (currently) a director at Emory University. His résum&eacut&hell…Read More
2017-11-12 22:01
Quentin Lee is known for creating riveting films such White Frog and Ethan Mao, which often touch on the themes of personal discovery and the importance of family, but now the acclaimed film… Read More
2017-10-01 21:49
Phillip Cheng grew up in the Midwest and now makes his home in New York City. He recently talked to Huffington Post about growing up both Asian and gay in the Midwest. Here are a few excerpt… Read More
2017-10-01 21:02
From Grindr first web series “What The Flip” explores what happens when two guys switch Grindr profiles for a day. Watch the social experiment go down:
“No fats. No fems… Read More
2017-08-20 21:43
“Not into obese” and “not into old” – these are just a few messages that can come across dating apps and websites. In the West, the excluded often include peopl… Read More
2017-08-20 21:10
Jay Hahatai Lin (B.A. PEIS ’96) is the CEO of Portico Media, a Taiwan-based media company specializing in the distribution and production of digital content for Film, TV and the intern… Read More
2017-08-13 21:32
Cousins Brandon Lyons and Jerrett Jamal Allen are suspected robbing then killing their victims.
The body of one man, Glenser Soliman, was recovered on February 25. The second victim, An Vin… Read More
2017-08-13 21:01
Robert Yang is one of the top experts when it comes to the gaming world. Not only does he create games, he also teaches on the topic. His biography from his website
Robert Yang makes surpris… Read More
2017-08-03 19:28
Gay. Asian. Proud. That is the motto of The Gaysian Artist. Celebrating Asian Men through erotic art.
He writes
I produce Asian focused male art to celebrate our kind. Having experienced ma… Read More
2017-07-17 19:43
Before I Got Famous, a web series about LGBT+ life in Hollywood, is making its debut at Outfest later this summer.
When handsome 21-year-old Chinese man, Xingcheng You (Alex), leaves his sma… Read More
2017-07-17 19:32
Wancy Young Cho is a writer who has been outspoken about race and dating in the gay community. But one thing he has written that differentiates himself from other similar essays is his take… Read More
2017-07-17 19:12
Alexander Chee the American fiction writer and journalist has written an essay about his experience dating a rice queen. For those who don’t know a “rice queen” is
Gay mal… Read More
2017-06-12 19:28
Jake Choi is an actor, activist, and advocate who is out to prove that Asian men can be sexy and desirable as well! Too bad he is straight, darn it! But he has gained a huge following for hi… Read More
2017-06-12 19:01
Recently a survey was done featuring the thoughts of over 850 Black, white, Asian, South Asian, Arab and mixed race gay men on their shared experience on race and racism within the gay commu… Read More
2017-06-12 18:31
For those who don’t know who Pietro Boselli is an Italian engineer, former mathematics lecturer at University College London and model. He has worked as a model for clothing retailer A… Read More
2017-05-21 21:54
Press release for this film
Taxi Stories follows the lives of several characters who come from very different social classes and remind us that money and status are blind to our basic human… Read More
2017-05-21 21:41
Kathy Tu and Tobin Low are the hosts of a new podcast, “Nancy”, which has been compared as the LGBTQ ‘All Things Considered’ om Public Radio. That is quite a complime… Read More
2017-04-17 21:10
Another day, another essay on visible minorities being discriminated against by potential hook-ups on social media.
This one entitled Swiping left to sexual racism in Australia’s gay c… Read More
2017-04-17 20:19
Why aren’t Asian guys considered sexy?
BuzzFeed Eugene Yang decides to ask the question as to why Asian men are not considered sexy in the gay community. So he brought together four As… Read More
2017-04-16 22:31
I had thought I’d seen it all, but clearly I’m mistaken. This Asian dude Ling Anderson, vlogs about being a White Supremacist on YouTube and counts Alt-right personality Milo Yi… Read More
2017-02-28 22:22
White Men Only Please. Alexander Montgomery grew up in Singapore, but now calls Melbourne home. And he says he will only date White guys. Despite all of this, the 42-year-old will appear on… Read More
2016-12-19 22:38
New research from the University of NSW has revealed record levels of HIV testing by the Asian gay and bisexual community, highlighting a need for ongoing discussion around their sexual hea… Read More
2016-11-29 16:32
The openly gay UK journalist Owen Jones has penned an article on Racism in the gay community. He provides some startling statistics
According to research by FS magazine, an astonishing 80%… Read More
2016-11-29 16:03
Disclaimer: This blog post is about Racism. Just because the person in question (Sidney Chan) is featured doesn’t mean he is gay. I have no idea which way he swings as the intent of t… Read More
2016-11-15 15:32
In partnership with the Haikus On Hotties 2017 calendar, filmmakers are making the short film It’s Asian Men to promote positive, sexy portrayals of Asian men. An all-Asian American p… Read More
2016-11-15 15:16
Gay attorney and Korean-American Sam Park made history on Tuesday by defeating incumbent state Rep. Valerie Clark, a Republican, in a squeaker with 445 votes to win the House District 101 s… Read More
2016-11-01 18:48
The Will Forte series The Last Man on Earth is featuring a Gay Asian Character played by Kenneth Choi (Lewis). From Entertainment Weekly
For example, Lewis is gay. Tandy first acts bewilde… Read More
2016-10-07 00:33
Jesse Watters is an interviewer at Fox News. He is best known for his appearances on the O’Reilly Factor where he does on the street interviews for a titled “Watters’ World… Read More
2016-10-07 00:06
Finding Prince Charming is a new reality show on LOGO the first dating show featuring non-heterosexual contestants since Bravo’s Boy meets Boy. However there was a glaring lack of dive… Read More
2016-10-06 23:38
This is a profile by Shazia Islam which originally appeared on the CATIE website. CATIE the acronym for Canadian Aids Treatment Information Exchange.
HIV activist Christian Hui achievements… Read More
2016-09-14 01:00
Super producer Shonda Rhimes owns an entire night of programming in the same way Aaron Spelling used to in the early 80s. She is dominating prime time television like no one else. But what s… Read More
2016-08-18 19:03
Spa Night is Andrew Ahn debut film about a Korean-American coming to terms with his sexuality amidst the all-male spas of Koreatown. The bathhouses depicted in this movie are supposed to be… Read More
2016-08-12 15:44
Re:Orientations is a new documentary that unites Gay Asians with their younger selves
From the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival
Toronto video artist, writer, and associate professor Ric… Read More
2016-08-09 21:09
Can their be a mainstream American film where the two protagonists are sexy gay Asian men? Absolutely, but who will make such a film? Enter independent film maker Ray Yeung.
His new movie, F… Read More
2016-08-05 20:13
C. Winter Han is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College. He has also written a fascinating book called Geisha of a Different Kind, which explores Race and Sexuality in Gaysia… Read More
2016-08-01 18:18
Angel Abcede is the president of a gay social organization called Asians and Friends Chicago for 12 years. He recently wrote an op-ed entitled “Five reasons for a gay Asian brotherhood… Read More
2016-07-20 00:56
So we all know that Star Trek Beyond decided to make the character, Hikaru Sulu, gay. They didn’t think the actor who originated the part, George Takei, would object. As he himself is… Read More
2016-07-15 21:40
There is an interesting OP-ED piece by a gay Syrian refugee in the Toronto publication Daily Xtra. That is the query all Asians have gotten
“Where Are You From?”
I’m sure y… Read More
2016-07-13 00:19
I always said it is quite ironic that a White Party is called a White Party. Because the only people that seem to be there are White People! But two guys are attempting to change that. Blue… Read More
2016-07-12 21:04
I’ll let Telly Leung tell you about himself from his official bio
Telly Leung was born and raised in New York City. He grew up in a traditional Chinese home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. He… Read More
2016-07-11 21:20
This is a fascinating article. “Boiling Rice” talks about the silent, but disturbingly prevalent racist attitude against Gay Asian Men in the gay community. An acquaintance of mi… Read More
2016-07-11 20:45
I always said it is quite ironic that a White Party is called a White Party. Because the only people that seem to be there are White People! But two guys are attempting to change that. Blue… Read More
2016-07-05 19:51
(image above) Lotus Awards 2009 – Mr Rice Queen
Edison Chen of the Star Observer has written many articles about Gay Asian Men and their issues with race when it comes to dating and ho… Read More
2016-07-05 19:14
I feel like such a under-achiever after reading his biography! But his bio from his official website
A Bay Area native, Evan Low attended local public schools and earned degrees from De Anza… Read More
2016-07-05 19:01
I had started this blog because of a vacuum for Queer Asians. There didn’t seem to be a central repository where Gay Asian Men could go to and read article that affect us. Which is bei… Read More
2016-06-27 20:57
Recently Savage Love (written by the the one and only Dan Savage) printed a letter by a Gay Asian Guy lamenting the problems of getting laid on a regular basis. In short Sexual Racism. Savag… Read More
2016-06-26 20:36
In February 2016 an GAM (Gay Asian Man) wrote to the Chicago Reader by stating the following
As a queer man of color—I’m Asian—I feel wounded whenever I am exposed to gay m… Read More
2016-05-19 00:00
I have to admit I don’t watch RuPaul’s Drag Race. The only thing I know about kimchi is that it is a spicy Korean cabbage. And I only know that because I’ve watched my sist… Read More
2016-05-09 21:30
Gay Conservative male from Vancouver says Pride Parade is gross, distasteful and reinforces stereotypes.
“Gay hardships have been eradicated’, thus gay pride is no longer necessa… Read More
2016-04-18 00:00
Gay Aboriginal decided to go public with the racist responses he has received while on the gay dating app Grindr. Some of the language used is quite shocking. Medical student Dustin Mangatja… Read More
2016-02-26 19:53
Are we racist? A special one-hour investigation
Looking for a job, shopping, renting an apartment: Does your name or the colour of your face matter? Does racial profiling really exist? A sp… Read More
2016-02-10 00:00
The dating app scruff lives up to its name. Instead to focusing on the gym bunny or twinks of the gay community, it targets the hairy bear type guys. In short the scruffy men of the gay comm… Read More
2016-02-06 00:00
Interesting OP-ED in The Guardian by Simon Copland on a new gay dating app that the average gay man cannot join. It is by invitation only. Simon writes
Hanky, launched a couple of weeks ago… Read More
2015-10-26 00:00
Peter Le is America’s premier Asian-American male porn-star who is breaking barriers on the image of Gay Men. Recently he gave an interview to Time Out magazine
On the perception of As… Read More
2015-08-28 00:00
Mochi is a magazine aimed at Asian American women. They have recently released their list of the 25 Hottest Asian American Men.
These guys are worth watching—and not just because they… Read More
2015-07-07 20:00
The Gay News Network has published two OP-EDS on Racism in the gay on-line dating world.
‘No Rice, No Curry’ is written by Scott Brennan. He starts by writing
If you are a user o… Read More
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