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Queer Asian Americans in LA are making space for their identities and redefining cool

“Asian representation in Los Angeles sucks, period,” says Howin Wong, an ex-Seattle resident who escaped his progressive, yet very much white, hometown for a city promising more color and flavor. Nonetheless, since moving to Los Angeles, mixed-race Asian-American Howin, who’s been “gay in most major cities,” has never felt...

I tested positive for antibodies but still have COVID-19 anxiety

I thought contracting COVID-19 would feel different. At the time, it should have. It was six weeks since I’d last seen my cross-coastal boyfriend, and six days before the entirety of New York City would be shut down when he called from California, nervous. SEE ALSO: Let’s talk...