About the Editor ix Contributors xi Foreword xv Alexander and Jane Nakatani Preface xix Acknowledgments xxvii 1. An Interview with a High School Activist 1(6) Pabitra Benjamin 2. Curry Potatoes and Rainbow Banners 7(6) Nur-e-alam S. Chisty 3. We Are Not Gay 13(6) Lance Collins 4. Fragmented Entries, Multiple Selves: In Search of a Place to Call Home 19(10) Roland Sintos Colonna 5. You're a What? An Activist?? 29(8) Alain Anh-Tuan Dang 6. On Becoming a Bi Bi Grrl 37(10) Wei Ming Dariotis 7. My Multiple Identity Disorder 47(6) TC Duong 8. South of Normal 53(6) Loren R. Javier 9. Three Masks 59(14) Kevin K. Kuinashiro 10. All-American Asian 73(8) David C. Lee 11. Queerly a Good Friday 81(6) Jeanette Mei Gim Lee 12. Three Strikes, I'M OUT! A Chicana Samoan Dyke's Tale 87(6) Cristina M. Miss 13. Activism and the Consciousness of Difference 93(8) Pauline Park 14. prelude and fuguee in yellow and grey 101(10) k. terumi shorb 15. Activism and Identity Through the Word: A Mixed-Race Woman Claims Her Space 111(8) Wendy M. Thompson 16. Things Come When Least Expected 119(8) "You Yun" 17. Out on the Front Lines 127(4) Helen Zia Afterword 131(4) Dana Y. Takagi Index 135