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Gender Identities
         of
LGBT Asian Americans



         By: Raymond Peng
Outline

●   Struggles
●   Gay Men
●   Lesbians
●   Bisexuals
●   Transgenders
●   References
Struggles
●   Invisibility
●   Racialized stereotypes
●   Genderized biases
        –   Nadal, K. L., & Corpus, M. H. (2012)
Gay Asian American Men
●   For gay Filiipino Americans, religion acts as a major
    hindrance to coming out.

●   Many reported that their parents believe
    homosexuality is morally wrong according to their
    interpretation of the Catholic teachings.
●   Many also stated conflicting relationships with
    religious family members

●   Putting family first before their feelings
Gender Norms

●   Males need to be masculine and dominant.

●   Males reported families often reprimanded them for
    gender variant mannerisms or style of dress. Male
    members frequently talked about how their parents
    corrected their body movement.
Gender Norms
●   Straight acting vs Femme

●   Asian men are emasculated as "asexual" or
    "feminine"

●   Althought stigmatized, Asian men are often
    expected to continue acting feminine.
Gender Norms

●   Gay Asian American men perceived as being
    submissive and mostly viewed as "bottoms."

●   Any displays of feminine mannerisms on television
    by gay characters would be laughed at, as their roles
    are generally comical and frivilous.
Femininity
●   Asian American women with curvy bodies
    associated more with white women than with Asian
    American women.

●   Asian American women's bodies are perceived as
    non-shapely and less desirable.

●   Desirability of white femininity.
Asian Lesbian
●   Chinese lesbians are called lalas – many of which
    live a "dual lives."

●   A woman in a same-sex relationship may not
    identify as lesbian or aim for egalitarianism in
    gender roles as commonly seen in Western lesbian
    relationships (Wieringa et al., 2007).
Bisexuals
●   Findings from the National Latino and Asian
    American Survey (NLAAS) indicated that bisexual
    men were more likely than heterosexual men to
    report a recent suicide attempt.
●   Among women, lesbian/bisexual women were more
    likely than heterosexual women to evidence positive
    1-year and lifetime histories of depressive disorders.
Transgender
●   Gender Identity Variant
●   Many Asian trans individuals begin cross-gender
    presentation and physical transition around their
    teens or even before.
        –   (Winter, 2009)
Statistics
●   There are may be between 50,000 and 100,000
    Malaysian transwomen. (Jamaludin, 2001; Kaur,
    2007)
●   In India there are an estimated 500,000 Indian
    transwomen (Nanda, 1990)
●   In Thailand there are perhaps 300,000 transwomen
    around 1:300; (Winter, 2002)
Adaptive factors
●   Trans individuals living in Asia face are more
    accepted than ones in Western cultures.
●   Growing up in cultures of gender pluralism
●   Traditions of transpeople performing highly valued
    social roles (e.g. spirit mediums and healers)
●   The number of transpeople living in many
    communities means that young persons transitioning
    can usually find a ready source of emotional and
    social support, as well as practical information
    (including on medical matters) to guide them in their
    transition.
References
●   Nadal, K. L., & Corpus, M. H. (2012). “Tomboys” and “Baklas”:
    Experiences of Lesbian and Gay Filipino Americans. Asian American
    Journal Of Psychology.
●   Jamaludin, F. (2001, January 21). Transsexuals: Declare us as women. The
    Star. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from
    http://ai.eees.umich.org/TS/MalaysianTS.html
●   Kaur, J. (2007, June 15). Mak Nyah Cry for Compassion. Bernama.
    Retrieved Oct 29, 2012, from http: / / sgbutterfly.org/ index.php?
    Name=News&file=article&sid=218.
●   Kim, H. (2006). Asianized Asians, Twinkies, and North Face Puffy Jackets:
    Constructing Racialized Gender Identities among Second Generation Korean
    American College Women. Conference Papers -- American Sociological
    Association, 1.
●   Nanda, S. (1990). Neither man nor woman: The Hijras of India. Belmont,
    CA: Wadsworth.
●   Winter, S. (2002). Counting kathoey. Retrieved September 7, 2005, from
    http://web.hku.hk/∼sjwinter/TransgenderASIA/paper counting kathoey.htm
●   Winter, S. (2006). Thai transgenders in focus: Demographics, transitions and
    identities. International Journal of Transgenderism, 9(1), 15–27.

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Asian lgbt gender presentation

  • 1. Gender Identities of LGBT Asian Americans By: Raymond Peng
  • 2. Outline ● Struggles ● Gay Men ● Lesbians ● Bisexuals ● Transgenders ● References
  • 3. Struggles ● Invisibility ● Racialized stereotypes ● Genderized biases – Nadal, K. L., & Corpus, M. H. (2012)
  • 4. Gay Asian American Men ● For gay Filiipino Americans, religion acts as a major hindrance to coming out. ● Many reported that their parents believe homosexuality is morally wrong according to their interpretation of the Catholic teachings.
  • 5. Many also stated conflicting relationships with religious family members ● Putting family first before their feelings
  • 6. Gender Norms ● Males need to be masculine and dominant. ● Males reported families often reprimanded them for gender variant mannerisms or style of dress. Male members frequently talked about how their parents corrected their body movement.
  • 7. Gender Norms ● Straight acting vs Femme ● Asian men are emasculated as "asexual" or "feminine" ● Althought stigmatized, Asian men are often expected to continue acting feminine.
  • 8. Gender Norms ● Gay Asian American men perceived as being submissive and mostly viewed as "bottoms." ● Any displays of feminine mannerisms on television by gay characters would be laughed at, as their roles are generally comical and frivilous.
  • 9. Femininity ● Asian American women with curvy bodies associated more with white women than with Asian American women. ● Asian American women's bodies are perceived as non-shapely and less desirable. ● Desirability of white femininity.
  • 10. Asian Lesbian ● Chinese lesbians are called lalas – many of which live a "dual lives." ● A woman in a same-sex relationship may not identify as lesbian or aim for egalitarianism in gender roles as commonly seen in Western lesbian relationships (Wieringa et al., 2007).
  • 11. Bisexuals ● Findings from the National Latino and Asian American Survey (NLAAS) indicated that bisexual men were more likely than heterosexual men to report a recent suicide attempt. ● Among women, lesbian/bisexual women were more likely than heterosexual women to evidence positive 1-year and lifetime histories of depressive disorders.
  • 12. Transgender ● Gender Identity Variant ● Many Asian trans individuals begin cross-gender presentation and physical transition around their teens or even before. – (Winter, 2009)
  • 13. Statistics ● There are may be between 50,000 and 100,000 Malaysian transwomen. (Jamaludin, 2001; Kaur, 2007) ● In India there are an estimated 500,000 Indian transwomen (Nanda, 1990) ● In Thailand there are perhaps 300,000 transwomen around 1:300; (Winter, 2002)
  • 14. Adaptive factors ● Trans individuals living in Asia face are more accepted than ones in Western cultures. ● Growing up in cultures of gender pluralism ● Traditions of transpeople performing highly valued social roles (e.g. spirit mediums and healers)
  • 15. The number of transpeople living in many communities means that young persons transitioning can usually find a ready source of emotional and social support, as well as practical information (including on medical matters) to guide them in their transition.
  • 16. References ● Nadal, K. L., & Corpus, M. H. (2012). “Tomboys” and “Baklas”: Experiences of Lesbian and Gay Filipino Americans. Asian American Journal Of Psychology. ● Jamaludin, F. (2001, January 21). Transsexuals: Declare us as women. The Star. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from http://ai.eees.umich.org/TS/MalaysianTS.html ● Kaur, J. (2007, June 15). Mak Nyah Cry for Compassion. Bernama. Retrieved Oct 29, 2012, from http: / / sgbutterfly.org/ index.php? Name=News&file=article&sid=218. ● Kim, H. (2006). Asianized Asians, Twinkies, and North Face Puffy Jackets: Constructing Racialized Gender Identities among Second Generation Korean American College Women. Conference Papers -- American Sociological Association, 1. ● Nanda, S. (1990). Neither man nor woman: The Hijras of India. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. ● Winter, S. (2002). Counting kathoey. Retrieved September 7, 2005, from http://web.hku.hk/∼sjwinter/TransgenderASIA/paper counting kathoey.htm ● Winter, S. (2006). Thai transgenders in focus: Demographics, transitions and identities. International Journal of Transgenderism, 9(1), 15–27.