#queer and asian

[yourlocalshapeshifter]

Me as Hamlet: “O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have no legal rights”

Me as GenZ Hamlet on tumblr: “god made me queer and an immigrant because if my legal status went unchecked I would have bested him in hand to hand combat by age 16”

[mygaythoughtsblog]

盖宝瑞 Gabriel Huang (@gabrielhuang12)

[i-love-sufjan-stevens]

Vintage Photos of Queer Couples of Color

[queerism1969]

[starkitten101]

Made this in like a minute out of frustration over a couple memories. Is this anything

[happypotato48]

This Is A Gay Asian Rant About BL Comments Made By Some Queer Westerners I See Sometimes.

So you know of those gays (usually white) that made dumb tiktok dancing to list of countries that legalized same sex marriage and list of countries that discriminate against LGBTQIA+ poeple as a way to say something racist. yeah i kinda got the same vibes from some comments regard how asian BL is homophobic just cause they don't live up to queer western standard. look, i'm not saying that some BLs and their creators don't deserve criticism regard how they capitalized/exploited queerness for an easy cash grab.

But people need to understand that Asian countries despite recent progress are still very much culturally conservatives. so when people says that thai bl is homophobic and all the characters looks like bunch of straight guys, which is true for some olders thai BLs i'm not gonna denied that. but after all this time and newer BLs generally being very queer and most of creators being out queer themself and poeple still making these comments, i'm annoyed.

And don't get me start on the actors. you don't know them! why are you making assumption and calling them queerbaiter just cause they acts in bl. like maybe they're straight, maybe they're not but what they're definitely doing is making queer content for you know, queer people here. so when you made halfass comments about their sexuality what do you think that made other queer people who still in the closet feels. and when you add the nationality to that, "these thai bl pair are this and that, this korean actor is so ungrateful for his bl past", etc. when our societies are still very much still in progress regard LGBTQIA+ acceptance. it make us living here feels fucking awful like somehow we're lesser queer than people in the west just cause we don't have citibank at pride or some shit.

And the shittiest in my humbled opinion are comments regard censored chinese bls. people do know like, that the creators making these bls are risking their livelihoods for this. that these shows getting make at all are miracles. yes it sucked that they're censored but they're still very much queer shows making by queer people who want to express thier queerness despite the chinese government being the chinese government. when people dimissing these shows as not belonging in queer media, you're also dimissing their creators and audiences as not belonging in the community.

Look what i want to say is that we're trying our best over here, and maybe our best are not up to your liking. the ways we talk and express our queerness maybe still can be perceived as problematic by western queer standard. but these media are our house and you're the guests. for people aren't shitty we appreciated that you're here engaging and loving our media, this is your home too and you're welcome in it. i can speak for myself that i very much love being here on tumblr and interacting with people from all over the world who love BL. but for people who are being shitty sometimes about asian bl.

YOU'RE THE GUESTS, BEHAVE!

[better-a-faggot-than-a-fascist]

“they’re gonna love you, like i do.”

“the man i love. my best friend.”

“arm chopping is not a love language.”

“because i love you.”

MULTIPLE love confessions + an on-screen kiss??? and both characters are asian??? voiced by riz ahmed and eugene lee yang??? i’ve never been happier y’all

[inkcurlsandknives]

Hi Tumblr I'm an Asian fantasy author fleeing the sudden death of all my other social media sites 👋 I've used Tumblr for years as a fandom lurker and rarely posted but in light of all my other communities imploding I guess I'll have to figure out how to be actually active on Tumblr and find bookish and writerly folks here 💜 say hi if that's you 🥺

If you love diverse filipino fantasy with bipoc leads, angry bi women clawing for space in a world that's always rejected them and soft boys who'd do anything for them, awesome elemental magic based on early Filipino shaman/ babaylan/katalonan mythologies and the Tagalog creation story, and the Bakunawa/Laho the 🇵🇭 sea dragon 🐉 and drowning colonizers then I hope you'll keep an eye out for SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW coming in June 2024 from Titan Books

[crunchycrystals]

this makes me want to cry

[heavenly-haunted]

I wanna take a moment to talk about how grateful I am to have the representation of a south asian queer guy with charles rowland. As a south asian person myself I almost never get to see queer characters of my own culture. And also not to mention just how well the show did it and I'm going to talk about every small detail here that meant a lot to me.

When charles shows crystal his parents in the mirror, his mother is wearing a salwar kameez which is Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi/South Asian women's most common attire. Other than shows that are based around Indian characters, I genuinely have never seen a salwar kameez in a westernised show and even though its small it meant a lot to me because they actually gave a new part to charles' identity to represent jayden revri's background and they took care of the smallest details and its so so beautiful.

The way charles was protecting another south asian kid from being bullied simply cause of his ethnicity because the guy was pakistani and charles is half-indian and then when edwin replied "it was the same country when I was alive" 😂 I loved that so much because I have never seen my culture's history being acknowledged like that in a western show. It was just one line but I loved it so much.

And lastly if I'm not wrong they changed charles' original baseball bat to a cricket bat because we south asians love cricket more than baseball.

jayden revri as charles rowland just means so very much to me and im so so thankful for the representation I can't even explain it, I'm not Indian I'm Bangladeshi but because I'm a south asian queer person too and the culture is almost the same his character means so very much to me ♥️

[mygaythoughtsblog]

Rice Cake (@thicchino)

[what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew]

Watching two asian gay guys take down the model minority myth and a transphobic society with their small genderfluid child wasn't on my bingo but damn I'm glad that it exists

[justdavina]

So cute! I adorable femme transgender Asian gurls! Their so much fun and their great dancers too. 120lbs of sweetness. Such a wonderful gurl! I love her very,very sexy outfit.

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Some wants are like daydreams, beyond one's reach. Living only in your fantasies. Wandering if you could, if you should put an end to it once and for all.

[bigbeanbear]

Nimona is also a milestone in western queer animation history because Ballister (South Asian) and Ambrosius (East Asian) are both of Asian descent in the movie, the same as their voice actors. They are a canon gay Asian couple.

[qc-wiggles]

happy 2024 lunar new year 💥💥💥