Bowen Yang, ‘SNL’s’ first Chinese-American cast member and a survivor of ‘gay conversion therapy’ to get HRC Visibility Award

Bowen Yang will be honored by the Human Rights Campaign for being an inspiration to the LGBTQ community. “As one of SNL ’s openly gay and the only Asian American cast member, Yang is boldly moving visibility forward,” said Alphonso David, the president of HRC.

Theater MuMarch 3, 2020Celebrities, LGBTQ

LGBTQ Asian Americans seen as more ‘American’

Researchers from the University of Washington found that the hypothetical “gay Asian American man” was perceived as significantly more American than the hypothetical “Asian American man,” whose sexual orientation wasn’t specified.

In the NewsTheater MuJuly 3, 2019Social Science, LGBTQ

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