Malinda Lo

Last week I got an email from Pamela in Hong Kong. She wrote: “If i may make a suggestion to you on other things to explore: what about Asian American LGB identities, either seen in public life or mainstream media (or not)?” Thanks for your email, Pamela! I haven’t written about this subject recently, but ... More→

Yesterday my latest Notes & Queeries column was published on AfterEllen.com. Titled “Rachel Maddow, Butch Fatale,” it’s a response to the mainstream coverage of Maddow that almost always references her lesbianism and then focuses on her appearance. Here’s a teaser: It was easy to be irritated, if not offended, by Daphne Merkin’s flashy article about ... More→

Last night The L Word ended its six-season run on Showtime. Sort of. There’s a lot of anger and indignation going on all over the internet, and I don’t blame the L Word viewers and fans who feel like they were strung along only to be, um, shoved off a balcony and left floating in ... More→

Today I’d like to tackle a question that Aimée sent in back in November. Sorry for the delay! Here’s the question: Do you think that fat gay women are more underrepresented in the media than gay women of colour?  Here’s my answer: I think that both fat gay women and gay women of color are ... More→

This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly includes a column from Mark Harris on gay characters on television. I’m always interested when a mainstream publication examines LGBT representation on TV, but I have to admit, I’m mostly interested in seeing whether they have any idea of what they’re talking about. Mark Harris’s column didn’t exactly give ... More→

Earlier this week my interview with out Taiwanese director Zero Chou was published on AfterEllen.com. This was something of a challenge for me to do, because Chou doesn’t speak English, and my Chinese isn’t exactly at the “fluent” level. I was born in China, moved to the U.S. when I was 3, and grew up ... More→