But I also have a need to think of Asian-American culture as something different from what my parents grew up with. So I am really interested in what Asian-American culture might be. The word that I am talking around is identity. I think a lot about that word. There is no way you can put a box around it and say this is Asian-American culture.
Identity is important in terms of culture, but also in terms of sexuality.
Before I came here I was active in the lesbian and bisexual community. Coming here coinicided with getting involved in a heterosexual relationship. Since I have been here this has been an issue that is sort of unresolved. I have been working on a piece in a book for counselors on bisexuality. I think about that in the context of being in a heterosexual relationship and at the same time feeling allegiance to the queer community.