Alongside lay one of the gigs, Silver in the stern-sheets — him I could always recognize — while a couple of men were leaning over the stern bulwarks, one of them with a red cap — the very rogue that I had seen some hours before stridelegs upon the palisade.

Michael's experiences pointed to a form of heteronormativity/queerphobia, unique to Asian American communities, which supplemented the heteronormativity/queerphobia in mainstream society.

After reporting to the laboratory at a standardized time (between 8 and 10 a.m., intraindividually same hour for all tests) subjects rested in the supine position for 10 min prior to blood collection.

[…] for such kind of men, the less you meddle or make with them, why the more is for your honesty.