As a half-Asian woman who’s only dated white men, I’ve received my fair share of scrutiny regarding relationship choices. It used to be a running joke in my friend group that I was a victim of the ...

Patel felt a wave of grief wash over her. “I [have] to give up my South Asian-ness in order to be in a queer relationship,” she remembers thinking. Patel and her girlfriend had been dating for some ...

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. “I want to change your last name to make it sound whiter,” Sonali “Alyy” Patel remembers her white ...