A Cantonese-Tauiwi queer man reflects on his lived experiences as a means to explore the intersection of Asian-ness and queerness in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Queer Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand can suffer erasure caused by the dominance of whiteness in queer spaces. Written as a deliberate challenge to this invisibility, author Sidney Gig-Jan Wong 黃吉贊 reflects on his life and upbringing in order to explore the intersections of his own identity and ongoing coming out experience, and also highlight the perspectives of a minoritized community.

Ideal reading for students of LGBTQIA+ studies and Asian studies, as well as anthropology and sociology, this book draws on queer theory and the author’s life in a way that personalises concepts and highlights the humanity in the social sciences.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• v
• viviiAcknowledgements
• viiiixContents
• xxiContent warning
• xiixiiiLearning objectives
• Prologue
• 45Content warning
• Introduction
  • Ōtepoti, Spring 2022
  • Racialised bodies
    • Te Awakairangi, Autumn 2022
  • Queer identities
    • Ōtautahi, Autumn 2019
  • Closet spaces
    • Ōtautahi, Summer 2022
• 29Content warning
• 1 to leave one’s homeland
  • Ōtautahi, Summer 2020
  • Yellow peril
    • Haehaenui, Winter 2013
  • Eternal migrants
  • Model minorities
• 45Content warning
• 2 to lay roots in the soil
  • Mumbai, Winter 2023
  • Unnatural acts
    • Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Autumn 2021
  • Role models
    • Cologne, Summer 2012
  • Self-exploration
    • Te Awakairangi, Summer 2012
• 6465Content warning
• 3 to navigate the world alone
  • Ōtautahi, Summer 2013
  • An education
    • Ōtautahi, Autumn 2013
  • Incognito mode
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2013
  • Quake city
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2013
• 81Content warning
• 4 to obtain enlightenment
  • Ōtautahi, Summer 2014
  • Sudden realisation
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2014
  • Forbidden knowledge
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2014
  • Impulsive Decisions
    • Ōtautahi, Summer 2014
• 97Content warning
• 5 to obsess without reason
  • Rotorua, Summer 2015
  • Finding space
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2015
  • Submissive bodies
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2015
  • From the margins
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2015
• 113Content warning
• 6 to return to one’s roots
  • Mumbai, Winter 2023
  • Unlikely match
    • Hong Kong, Summer 2015
  • Diverging worlds
    • Hong Kong, Summer 2015
  • Next station
    • Hong Kong, Summer 2015
• 131Content warning
• 7 to find comfort in a hopeless situation
  • Ōtautahi, Winter 2015
  • Crisis of faith
    • Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Autumn 2015
  • Chill out time
    • Ōtautahi, Winter 2015
  • Tipping point
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2015
• 145Content warning
• 8 to sail against the tide
  • Ōtautahi, Summer 2018
  • Looking out
    • Ōtautahi, Autumn 2023
  • Opening up
    • Te Awakairangi, Summer 2018
  • Letting in
    • Te Awakairangi, Spring 2019
• 166167Content warning
• 9 to long for a memory
  • Ōtautahi, Spring 2016
  • Unsettled boundaries
    • Ōtautahi, Summer 2016
  • Long distance
    • Ōamaru, Autumn 2016
  • Letting go
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2019
• 187Content warning
• 10 to inherit the teachings of one’s forebears
  • Ōtautahi, Winter 2019
  • Out at work
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2018
  • Holding out for a hero
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2018
  • Reluctant leadership
    • Ōtautahi, Summer 2019
• 203Content warning
• 11 to love one’s imperfections
  • Ōtautahi, Summer 2019
  • Living in a bubble
    • Ōtautahi, Summer 2020
  • One step at a time
    • Te Awakairangi, Autumn 2021
  • Circuit breaker
    • Ōtautahi, Summer 2022
• 221Content warning
• 12 to stand without faltering
  • Mumbai, Winter 2022
  • Our darkest day
    • Tāmaki Makaurau, Autumn 2021
  • Decentring whiteness
    • Ōtautahi, Spring 2022
  • Stand in solidarity
    • Ōtautahi, Summer 2023
• Epilogue
  • Hong Kong, Winter 2005
• 246247Recommended projects
• 251Recommended further reading
• 252253References
• 258Index

Sidney Gig-Jan Wong 黃吉贊 (he/him, any pronouns with respect) is a PhD candidate at the Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau, University of Canterbury (UC). He has a BSc in Linguistics, Master of Linguistics, and Master of Applied Data Science from UC.