By Gene Lim“Is it alright with you that I’m Asian?” The message popped up on my white friend’s Grindr notifications.
It broke his heart to think of the experiences that would make someone second-guess themselves on such a fundamental level. I just shrugged. “Most Asians know that gay men greatly prefer white guys – even other Asians.
We’re used to the rejection.” Despite my mate’s protestations about how fucked that was, it’s true. While shocking at first, many of us simply resign ourselves to that fact and find a work-around.
There are even figures to back it up – in 2019, Kirby Institute researchers found that Asian men (alongside Aboriginal men) were rated as the least attractive ethnic group among Gay and Bi Australian men. “No Asians” and “No Rice” are probably what we think of when sexual racism is mentioned.
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