" A person who reads a book for self-improvement rather than aesthetic pleasure is' reading
up.'Reading Up is Amy Blair's engaging study of popular literary critics who promoted …

In March 2004, a coalition of groups convened a regional conference at New York University
(NYU) entitled Queer Asian Pacific Legacy. The purpose of the conference was to network …

This chapter explores the complexities of transnationalism in relation to queer sexuality,
commodification, and bodies. I will begin with a brief survey of queer Asian American …

often seen by the white gay community as sexually undesirable because our" oriental"
racialized bodies are perceived to be less mascu line. On the other hand, we are often seen …

Over the last decade, Queer Asian Pacific Americans (QAPAs) have come out of the closet in
large numbers to write about experiences that were previously hidden from our families and …

This book introduces Asian American literary studies by engaging the conditions,
contingencies, and immediate and long-term effects of its major debates. Two rationales …

On 1 July 2015, the Respect After Death Act (California Assembly Bill 1577) took effect in
California enabling transgender people to record their chosen gender on their death …

Asian American masculinities emerge out of the everyday realities of men's embodied lives
and thus should be understood as organically growing out of the intersections of local and …

Abstract In this dissertation, Patrick Shu-Hsiang Cheng proposes a new way of thinking
about sin and grace for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Instead of …

My research examines queer Asian and Asian American college student's experiences at a
New York State public university. This qualitative study serves to examine the discrimination …