Ada… Are People of Color More Homophobic? 10 Dec 201810 Dec 2018 Ada Taiwan used to be the first Asian nation poised to ratify same-sex marriage. Last month, however, Taiwan succumbed to the effects of $33 million spent to defeat the nation’s…
Ada… It Gets Your Own Kind of Better 15 Oct 201815 Oct 2018 Ada It’s been a year since we began writing the blog we now call Queering the Kindom. Thank you for being with us. However long you’ve been with us, we’re…
Ada… Crafting the Statement on God’s Justice: Why Not Us? 17 Sep 201817 Sep 2018 Ada Two weeks ago, John MacArthur and a dozen other conservative evangelical men released a statement likening the pursuit of social justice to heresy. In addition, the statement celebrated white…
Ada… Ada Got Published: Searching for Hope Through a Mother-Daughter Story 3 Sep 2018 Zora Earlier this month, Ada got published in Inheritance Magazine, a publication with "Asian and Pacific Islander stories, experiences, and reflections that affirm API identity and contribute to a more inclusive and…
Ada… Learning the Long Way to Love Your Queer Self 20 Aug 201820 Aug 2018 Ada Recently, I read an interview with a stranger, and it included this: Social media changed the game. Before the Internet, I didn’t know anybody else with a disability. I…
Ada… How My Keepers Kept Me: On Mental Illness & Mental Healing 11 Jun 201811 Jun 2018 Ada [cw: mental illness, depression, suicidal ideation] Note: Neither Zora nor I are mental health professionals or expert mental health advocates, and this post is not an endorsement of a…
Ada… Coming Out While Confucian: Advice & Affirmation 29 Jan 201816 Apr 2018 Ada In the past couple of months, we’ve received many iterations of this question: How do you come out to a traditional, conservative East Asian family? This post is designed…
Asian America x Queerness… Que(e)ries? 1 Dec 201711 Dec 2017 For the past two months, we've unfurled pieces of our journey, including the discernment process, new perspectives, and our respective coming-out experiences. A reader requested that we solicit your questions…
Ada… Thanksgiving: Moving with the Wind 23 Nov 201716 Apr 2018 Ada Two Years Later “Mom wants you to come to San Francisco for Thanksgiving. You and Zora. Come stay in my apartment.” My brother had called to deliver my mother’s…
Ada… Coming Out, Staying Out, and Facing the Wind 20 Nov 201716 Apr 2018 Ada I grew up as the older child of two immigrants from rural China. To onlookers, they are simple, private people. They left behind all the family they had on…
