New York: Haworth Press, Inc.īerger, J., Wagner, D., & Zelditch, M. Sullivan’s (Eds.), Multicultural queer: Australian narratives. China doll: The experience of being a gay Chinese Australian. In doing so, I argue that much more than simply prescribing a gendered role for gay Asian men to “perform,” these constructions may have detrimental affects for gay Asian men’s sense of self-esteem, mental well-being, and physical health.Īyers, T. As such, I explore media images and popular narratives that have gendered Asian men in general and gay Asian men in particular to create a contextual basis for gay Asian male identity development. Rather than simply experiencing oppression for being gay and again for being Asian, I argue that gay Asian men have experienced a unique set of social dilemmas because they are gay AND Asian. In this paper, I explore the various ways that gay Asian men have been portrayed in Western, particularly American, narratives and media images.
However, less common have been examinations of how these categories are constructed for, and influence, those who inhabit the margins of multiple categories. Much has been written about how gender, sexuality, and race are socially constructed.
