Faith on Asian Gay and Proud

“Faith” Kong is a 1.5 generation Khmer/Cambodian lesbian born in the refugee camps in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime. She fled as a hungry baby with her parents to the US.  Since then she has settled and grown up in South Seattle, WA, graduated with a Bachelors Degree with a double major in American Ethnic Studies and Speech Communication at University of Washington, and a Masters in Public Administration at Seattle University. She loves watching movies, surfing the Internet, being surrounded by nature, and sleeping. She and her partner are the co-creators of LesbeAsian.com, a website created for and by Asian lesbians.

Linsanity eh, but Emily Tay?! Hawtness!

Emily Tay is an ASIAN LESBIAN basketball sensation out of Harvard University. She had various recognitions by the All-Ivy League Women's Basketball and like Lin, was not drafted out of college. Instead she went abroad to play professional international ball.  And before everyone and their mom was talking about Linsanity, Tay was getting publicity for her documentary film, "No Look Pass" that was released last summer 2011.  How awesome is that?!  I'm sure similar to Lin, she had to endure all that racist BS. And on top of that, dealing with homophobia, hiding part of her identity from her parents and just the struggles of cultural expectations from traditional immigrant parents.  She talks about how basketball saved her.  How many sporty Asian dykes out there can relate to this story??  I know I can!  I know because of my ability to play sports, I was able to be confident in myself enough to push through all the racist, homophobic, sexist things that bombarded me growing up.  No Look Pass is an exciting and refreshing portrayal of a lyfe of a LesbeAsian.  Check out the trailer HERE.