Word: huang
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...freshman year, Huang recalls, there was a senior involved in the Asian community who he heard was also queer, but the two never spoke to each other about their other identity...
...don’t talk about the other minority half of yourself that you’re hiding or putting away for the purposes of this community...When you assimilate into one group you forget about the other one,” Huang says...
These experiences led Huang to create the Queer Asian Forum (QAF) last semester...
...just felt totally disconnected, which is why I chose to talk about these things and create a community here for that,” Huang says. “The issue of having two intersecting identities is something important that needs to be addressed, especially if they’re both minorities...
...founded the organization with Ana Huang ’08, who says she came to feel the need for an organization like QAF from a different perspective, outside the realm of Asian organizations. As an active member of the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and the progressive community on campus, she says she knew mostly white people freshman year, and has yet to find her place in Asian American organizations...