Mission
This is what it looks like when we take up space.
My work explores desire, power, and presence — through an Asian lens. It’s not about changing minds. It’s about showing what’s real.
Where It Started
When I came out at 20, I was excited to finally just be myself — until I realised how other people saw me.
“No fats, no fems, no Asians” hit me before I even had a chance to speak.
And in porn, that story repeats — Asian men are often silent, submissive, or entirely absent.
What the Research says
The numbers don’t lie. Study after study shows the same pattern: Asian men are consistently ranked lowest in desirability across queer spaces.
- A 2015 study by Callander et al. found that over 60% of gay and bisexual men in Australia reported racial preferences on dating apps — with Asian men rated lowest in desirability.
Read the full study → - Research by Jordens & Griffiths (2022) shows that queer desire follows a clear racial order: lighter and whiter bodies are ranked highest, while Asian and darker-skinned men are consistently ranked lowest.
Read the full article → - Chan (2021) found that racialised rejection on dating apps leads to lower self-esteem, increased minority stress, and reduced belonging among queer men of colour.
Read the full study → - Phua & Kaufman (2003) analysed thousands of personal ads and found that Asian men were the least contacted group by every demographic category.
Read the full study → - Plummer (2007) conducted one of the most in-depth examinations of sexual racism. Men of colour reported exclusion in apps, clubs, porn, hookups, and relationships, showing that racialised desire is widespread, harmful, and structurally embedded, not a series of isolated personal “preferences.”
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In short: the stories we tell about who’s desirable don’t start with us — but they can end with us.
Racism or Preference?
Imagine you’re 20, newly out, trying to understand the scene. You walk up to an ice cream stand. The twenty people before you all choose vanilla or strawberry. Not one person even looks at the chocolate.
So honestly: in that moment, which flavour are you going to pick?
I Make Work Where Asian Men Lead The Story.
I’m not here to “fix” porn — I’m here to expand what it can be.
I’m here to flip that dynamic and show Asian men as the ones with gravity — not the consolation prize.
Desire is Culture in Motion.
Who we find attractive is never just personal — it’s learned, repeated, and reinforced.
I’m interested in showing what happens when we unlearn it. When the camera turns toward someone it used to overlook — and stays there.
Who we’re taught to want — and who we’re taught to overlook — doesn’t come from nowhere. It’s learned. It’s repeated. And most of the time, it goes unquestioned.
I’m interested in what happens when you question it. When you flip the script just enough to see something real.
My work isn’t activism. It’s not a lecture.
It’s an invitation to see Asian men the way we see ourselves — powerful, desired, and undeniably present.
If that changes the way someone looks at us — or at themselves — then the work has already done its job.