Daniel C. Tsang’s “Notes on Queer ‘N Asian Virtual Sex” discusses the intersection of queer Asian identity and technology. Throughout the chapter, Tsang discusses his experience and analysis in an online Bulletin Board system with a significant number of gay Asian members. Through his experience, he was able to analyze how one can easily change their biographical information online. He poses multiple reasons as to why one would want to change their sexuality, ethnicity, or age. Also, he provides an analysis of the role that sexuality plays in the Asian community and how gay Asians are often eroticized and exoticized but the white male.
A quote I found interesting from the reading goes as follows, “Assimilated Vietnamese Americans are more ready to identify as ‘gay’ whereas those who are more recent immigrants or less assimilated do not, even if they engage in homosexual behavior” (124). I think this quote shows that more often than not, first-generation families hold more conservative views in terms of sexuality and gender. Whereas if a family is assimilated into American culture, they are more likely to be more progressive because that is what American culture will ask of them. Another point that I found interesting is the idea of the interaction between white men and POC. Tsang mentions that instead of scrutinizing our own desires and its relationship to the white man, is it even a question that we gravitate to the Great White Hope as the savior (124). I think Tsang was trying to point out that even after being fetishized by the white male, the gay Asian community still prefers the white male. Aside from Tsang’s breakdown of this online community, I’m curious as to how having access to this community affects the strength of your sexual identity in real life.
Works Mentioned
Daniel C. Tsang. "Notes on Queer ‘N Asian Virtual Sex"
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