Viet Rainbow seeks return to Tet parade
Viet Rainbow seeks return to Tet parade
- December 8, 2013
- Natalie Newton, anthropology junior fellow, is quoted in the Orange County Register December 8, 2013
From the OC Register:
Vietnamese history has included a prolific and respected gay author, an emperor who
was widely reported to be a homosexual and cross-dresser and spiritual shamans who
cross-dress as women during rituals, said Natalie Newton, a UC Irvine junior fellow
in the department of anthropology. “What is happening is, we set up this dichotomy
where being gay is inauthentic Vietnamese, and that's not true. Our homosexual and
transgender history (started) long before our history of homophobia,” said Newton,
who created an online Viet LGBT History Campaign website during this year's Tet Parade
controversy.
For the full story, please visit http://www.ocregister.com/articles/vietnamese-540617-nguyen-group.html (online subscription required to view full article).
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