Charlie Anders
When Fetishes Collide
On the other yellow fever: Asian transgender women.
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“My Asian friends and I sometimes call each other lotus blossoms because that's the big stereotype: lotus blossoms—so fragile, so petite, so delicate, so blah blah blah. I even have a T-shirt with 'Lotus Blossom Lounge' written on it.” Gwen Park's experience might sound familiar to any Asian American woman coping with fetishes surrounding Asians. But Park, a transgender woman, copes with two sets of prejudices at once.