Justin Huang
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Justin Huang is a 25-year-old freelance film editor, producer, and certified personal trainer based in Los Angeles. He is second-generation Taiwanese American, born and raised in sun-kissed Southern California. He studied English literature and writing at Pomona College and Oxford University, graduating with a B.A. in 2009. He's also an accomplished go-go dancer within the confines of his own shower.

Check out his blog about sex, race, and pop culture, I AM YELLOW PERIL, and follow his Twitter account @justinhuang.

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You Don't Need to Be in a Relationship to Live Your Life Romantically

(3) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 6:15 PM

Once in a while I find myself sitting across from a couple, and I can't help but think they are space aliens.

They're cute together, and if we're having dinner, they might do something painfully sweet, like ordering for each other and knowing exactly what to get. In between bites...

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It Is Now Symbolically Necessary to Reelect Obama

(38) Comments | Posted May 18, 2012 | 11:15 AM

It's been said before, and it's being said especially now, but no one campaigns quite like Obama.

As the first sitting president to publicly support marriage equality, he has once again proved to be a master of game change, galvanizing the youth vote (even though we've all been whupped by...

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From a Gay Son to His Conservative Mom: Happy Mother's Day! (VIDEO)

(3) Comments | Posted May 12, 2012 | 10:34 AM


This vlog also appears on my personal site, I AM YELLOW PERIL.

This May 17 I will be making my spoken-word debut in Los Angeles at homo-centric, alongside transgender activist Ryka Aoki and poet Albert Serna. Admission is free, and all are...

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Talking About Race in the Gay Community Shouldn't Be Such a Bitchfest

(56) Comments | Posted May 1, 2012 | 1:43 PM

Something is rotten in the gay community. Suddenly, it's become worse to call someone a racist than to actually be a racist.* How did this happen?

The modern and mainstream gay man (including me) seems to perceive race on two different levels. First, there's the social level on the surface,...

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The Beautiful Gay Man of Color

(53) Comments | Posted April 5, 2012 | 2:41 PM

"You're ugly."

Those words have been said directly to me many times in my life, but there are four instances that I remember as clearly as if they were tattooed onto my face:

  1. I am 9 years old, at swim practice. A group of Asian boys around my age who...
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How to Fit into an American Apparel Deep V-Neck T-Shirt, Size XS

(3) Comments | Posted March 15, 2012 | 6:00 PM

Last week HuffPost Healthy Living asked readers to submit their stories of struggling with weight loss to a vlog compliation called "The Moment I Knew I Had to Lose Weight." I filmed a quick, 60-second version of my weight loss journey during my lunch break at work, which...

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When a Gay Boy Loves a Girl

(44) Comments | Posted March 7, 2012 | 5:07 PM

They say that behind every great man is a greater woman. As a gay man, I'm an exception to this. You see, I have multiple greater women standing behind me.

When I first came out to my mom (the foremost Great Woman in my life), she asked me why I...

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Pieces of Meat: Do Gay Men 'Deserve' to Marry?

(164) Comments | Posted February 29, 2012 | 4:02 PM

Last June I was sexually molested by another gay man during L.A. Pride. It's not worth getting into details, but suffice to say, this wasn't your run-of-the-mill dance-floor groping. I was in a dark, unfamiliar room, alone, powerless, terrified. As I walked home that night, I turned to look back...

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Asian Men with Balls: The Sociosexual Implications of Linsanity

(29) Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 10:36 AM

I didn't pay much attention to Jeremy Lin until I realized he was getting me laid.

Story of my life: my insecurities take the form of mild to moderate narcissism and I ignore a cultural sensation -- the Asian Obama, if you think about it -- until it directly becomes...

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