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Speaking to Arthur Tam, the Japan-born, New York-based photographer reflects on her past and its relationship to the current Asian American struggle

“It shouldn’t take violence and pain to create relevance for a vulnerable community”: Photographer Andrew Kung and creative director Kathleen Namgung speak to Arthur Tam about their new photo series, Perpetual Foreigner

How Uniting Queer Asians Through Nightlife Became a Global Movement  From Bubble T in New York City to Worship in Sydney, Arthur Tam looks at the nightlife spaces that are uplifting and unifying the queer Asian diaspora all over the world February 24, 2021 Lead ImageA night at New Ho Queen, Toronto – Reggie in the hot potPhotography by Hao Nguyen When I was living in Los Angeles, there was no space like Bubble T. No space where so many Asian folks of so many different ethnic backgrounds an...

Twilight’s Kiss. For a long time, the future was inconceivable for gay men. Even before the Aids pandemic, social stigma led to the pathologisation and criminalisation of the global community. Gay men lived in the shadows of society, maintaining their veneer of heteronormative stability by marrying straight women at great cost to themselves and their families. This idea of hiding one’s identity might seem like a distant memory to today’s self-actualised youth. Still, we purposefully leav...