5/18 Sandip Roy's Article

5/18 Angel Truong Journal Sandip Roy’s Readings

            Today’s reading highlights how the internet can connect marginalized people such as queer South Asians. What caught my attention in this article is when the author mentions how expressing sexuality is acceptable in America. This also emphasizes how homosexuality is also more acceptable in America compare to Asia. This notion is implied and somewhat supported based on my experience living in America and having parents who grew up in Vietnam. When one of my cousin confessed that he is gay, there was a polar response within the whole family. Most of the first generation who lived in Vietnam were not very supported while the second and third generations who were raised in America supported his sexuality. My personal life supports the notion that Americans are more acceptable towards homosexual than Asian cultures which explains why American terms such as gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer are used around the world. However, the article mentions that these terms are based on American culture which hides the cultural differences of queer individuals. This also conveys the misconception that homosexuality is an American or Western concept that has influenced East Asian and South Asian countries. I know many older people in my family still believe that homosexuality is like a disease that spread from other queer Americans and I know other older people in Asian countries like South Korea have the same beliefs as well. This notion is also exaggerated by media or the internet which many, as mentioned before, believe is the portal to spreading homosexuality. However, none of this is true. From the article, we can learn to counterattack this prejudice and use the internet to connect each other and spread support and awareness of homophobia. 

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