In 2019, Kaitlin Chan quit her full-time job as a curator in Hong Kong to plunge headfirst into an artist fellowship in Taipei, Taiwan's capital city, well-known as a safe haven for queer people in the region. Alone in a new country and finally embracing and making sense of her own queer identity, Chan began to seek out the community she had left conservative Hong Kong and came to Taipei for.
As she tried to make new friends--through mutual friends, the zine community, and, of course, Instagram--the conversations all began with a single question: "When did you know you are queer?" It could've been a lot more awkward, but to her relief, her new friends poured their hearts out about their queer journeys. Meandering through the leafy Taipei streets and sharing stories over plates of street food, what Chan discovered in these exchanges was a new language of writing queer stories, one that encompassed all their funny, emotional, quotidian, complex, and illuminating turns.We publiceren alleen reviews die voldoen aan de voorwaarden voor reviews. Bekijk onze voorwaarden voor reviews.