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

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

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.

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.