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Podcast: Nuances: Our Asian Stories
Episode: S5: Queering Premodern Asia - Ep.0 - An Introduction
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In search of our queer Asian roots
The idea for this series came about a year ago, inspired by my interviews with the queer Asian community.
Many of the guests shared a desire to connect more with their culture, but also a feeling of being rejected by it because of their queerness, like Cece S1 E07
Queer representation in the media has primarily centered white narratives which is often not relatable to queer Asian folks, like Josh explains in S1 E06
A lot...