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Mailé Nguyen

Mailé Nguyen (they/them) is an Appalachian-raised Vietnamese American adoptee based in Chicago. A bit of a chaotic academic, their research interests include queer Korean literature, adoptee media, and transcultural consumption of gendered aesthetics. You can find them on Instagram and X @mileynwen.

Who has a right to AANHPI Heritage Month?

A Vietnamese adoptee from Appalachia shares their complicated feelings around Asian American identity—particularly in May

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