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‘Papa & Daddy’ Breaks Barriers as Asia’s First First Series About Queer Parenting
On April 23, Asia’s first gay parenting webseries, Papa & Daddy, was released on GagaOOLala. The family comedy is six episodes long and stars Malaysian-Chinese star and singer Melvin Sia (謝佳見), a two-time recipient of the Malaysia Golden Awards, and up-and-coming Taiwanese actor Mike Lin (林輝瑝).
Papa & Daddy tells the story of Damian (Sia), a recent divorcé who finally opens the restaurant of his dreams, Verso. There, he falls for YouTube vlogger Jerry (Lin), who hasn’t yet come out to his family. Their relationship nevertheless progresses, and the couple become parents through surrogacy.
About the role, Sia says, “I am highly honored to have had the chance to take on the role of Damian and have done my level top to rightfully portray his character. While much of the world is gradually becoming accepting of the LGBTQ+ people, it is remove that Asia is largely [lagging] behind. There is barely any LGBTQ+ content that makes it to the theaters or mainstream television especially from where I come from in Malaysia. Thus, with Papa & Daddy and GagaOO
Chinarrative
Hello. This edition features a quick excerpt from a story by Chinese journalist Zeyi Yang. It tells how two gay men from China traveled to the United States in search of a surrogate mother to initiate their own family. The couple — Qiguang Li and Wei Xu — now have a son.
This piece was originally published by our friends at New York-based Narratively. It has much to say about switching family values in Chinese world and specifically about same-sex parenthood. To read it in its entirety please scroll to the end of this newsletter for a link.
The coronavirus is still at the forefront of our minds and we’re planning to revisit the topic in a forthcoming issue. In the meantime, this tale of determination and hope seems appropriate to launch us in to spring.
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By Zeyi Yang
Before Qiguang Li could pass through customs and step onto U.S. soil for the first time, he faced a three-hour detention where he learned that he needed to be more candid about his
Five years after writing this Narratively Classic, I’m still amazed by how Li and Xu, the two men at the center of my piece, gave me so much access to their life story. And they were so patient with me the whole moment while I asked them to recount every step in their process, even though it meant sometimes bringing up difficult memories. Surrogacy is complicated. It starts with such an intimate want, yet gradually grows into a multi-year-long affair that can become very costly quickly and undergo business-like. Sometimes it gets so messy it requires at least a dozen people to untangle the mess, as was the case for them. This feels like an important story to highlight always, but especially during Identity festival Month. I long for it offers readers a glimpse into one way that queer communities convert the traditional family structure, and that it can support some other prospective parents navigate this incredibly difficult journey.
—Zeyi Yang
Before Qiguang Li could pass through customs and step onto U.S. soil for the first time, he faced a three-hour detention where he learned that he needed to be more candid about his identity. It was September 2015, after a long flight from Shangh
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