{"id":134,"date":"2021-05-12T13:58:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/?p=134"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T22:13:30","slug":"algerliang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/2021\/algerliang\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices of Queer Asian Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Voices of Queer Asian Canadians: Identity and Belonging for the Queer Asian Diaspora in Vancouver<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Author:<br \/>\nAlger Liang \u6881\u5bb6\u5091<\/p>\n<p>Queerness is a set of identities that many individuals in Asian diasporic communities still face barriers over due to a combination of the perceived clashes between queerness and Asian cultural traditions\/concepts, and a lack of understanding\/discussion on the part of friends, families, and family members from older generations. This is compounded by the racism that queer Asian Canadians experience in the face of a predominantly White queer scene in Canada, compelling queer Asian Canadians to create communities by themselves for themselves. Read as Liang summarizes some important themes underlying three queer Asian Canadians&#8217; experience as they explore what it means to be a queer Asian for them. &#8220;Identity&#8221; is a complex issue, especially when it exists at the intersection of multiple dimensions of marginalization. Can better understanding of these intersections allow for a better equipped society to helping each other achieve liberation?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"590px\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen onload=\"var tF=this;setInterval(function(){var fh=tF.scrollWidth*0.636;if(fh&gt;400)fh=400;tF.style.height=fh+'px';},500);\" style=\"border:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.clas.ubc.ca\/guest\/clas\/index.php?anon=true&#038;nevid=ulc8gvZP5PtWS4lkB3M3M82FWmAVf91qrZbqGJrSqg8OXgxHZuQ0v2acXZ8rxvR0jVvkxxONLhSnPLrj%2FS0ms4%2Bi1Yulem5SDReeqRoZWYISNXNalz29T9RFC1mkGqF0PxP6%2FgLaK1JOU4V0QVZWGIdJQzXKUaXMB8gkVV4pwu6eRVCMTjiCB43H40XbDrNp9kyEFZzpJ4vkpNtnLnppWCyKOPCLcFZVjxElYkYf0%2F0%3D&#038;co=false&#038;minimal=true&#038;discbtn=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voices of Queer Asian Canadians: Identity and Belonging for the Queer Asian Diaspora in Vancouver Author: Alger Liang \u6881\u5bb6\u5091 Queerness is a set of identities that many individuals in Asian diasporic communities still face barriers over due to a combination of the perceived clashes between queerness and Asian cultural traditions\/concepts, and a lack of understanding\/discussion &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/2021\/algerliang\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Voices of Queer Asian Canadians&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,1,46],"tags":[53,15,52,25,50,51,13,14],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021papers","category-acam330","category-papers","tag-community","tag-discrimination","tag-gender-identity","tag-identity","tag-queer","tag-queerness","tag-racialization","tag-racism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bycacamshowcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}