Queer Asians Refused to Be Left Out of Lunar New Year Celebrations
Posted on AllSides February 7th, 2020
From The Left
Christine tears up every time she tells the story: the 20-something was marching in New York City’s Pride parade last summer with Q-Wave, a group for lesbian, bi, queer, trans, and gender-variant people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. Someone said to her, “Hey there’s a girl crying over there, you should go hug her.” Christine ran up to an Asian woman who appeared to be in her early 20s.
“I asked her what was up, and she pointed at a sign that said, ‘I am an Asian lesbian and...