#LGQBT #Queer #Chinese #Asian . . .

OUT | 出 | MUSEUM: A Chinese Queer Museum 中國酷兒博物館

This exhibition is on display at the #ChineseCulturalCenter's gallery location at 41 Ross Alley in #SFChinatown thru 6/29/2026.

https://www.cccsf.us/post/out-%E5%87%BA-museum-a-chinese-queer-museum-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E9%85%B7%E5%85%92%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8

#Movies #AAPI

Rewatched #RogersAndHammerstein's #TheFlowerDrumSong (1961) again yesterday.

Many #AsianAmericans, like me, have a love/hate relationship with this movie because of all of the #Asian & #Chinese stereotypes that it portrays & because most of the actors in the film weren't even Chinese.

The film is also pretty misogynistic & gender limiting too which is consistent with the times.

That said, I remember when how excited my mother & the Chinese community in #SFChinatown were when the movie was released because it was the 1st time that the Chinese were portrayed in the film with anything close to our reality & because it was the 1st & only film (until #TheJoyLuckClub (1993) in which the cast was almost entirely #Asian. . . .

It's nonetheless an important film to watch in terms of understanding how Asians are under represented in American media.

The Wiki synopsis of the film is pretty good & worth reading if you have any interest in the film & Asian American media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Drum_Song_(film)

#AAPI #SFChinatown

Just watched the #ChineseNewYearParade on #KGO7.

It was the 1st time KGO covered the parade -- #KTVU2 always covered it in the past -- & IMO KGO did a poor job of it

The commentators were out of synch in describing the various parade participants, poorly interviewed rhe Miss Chinatown winner w/no mention of the other participants & totally blew the coverage of the finale -- barely showing anything of -- Gum Loong-- one of the longest & biggest dragons -- & shot the fireworks too close up.

Very disappointing.☹️

Glad I've seen so many other CNY parades in the past on TV & in person, so it really didn't matter to me but I feel for those who were seeing it for the 1st time on TV or online who were not given a better idea of what the parade is actually like. Oh well . . .🤷

#WokHei #HongKong #BreathOfTheWong #ChineseFood #Cantonese #AAPI

I've had many opportunities but I've never traveled to Hong Kong but this article makes me want to make the trip despite of the #Chinese #Communist government's take-over & repression of the city . . .

If I do decide to finally go there, this article will be my travel guide because I miss the "old flavors" of the Chinese food (most of which originated in Hong Kong) that I grew up with in #SFChinatown too.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/26/magazine/hong-kong-dai-pai-dong.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE4.S6xg.Fc7aX2UXt1Va&smid=url-share