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Someone else in the comments below described this as "perfectly targeted at the self-flagellation that (white) folks tend to do online", and I have to fully agree. To preface, I am not East-Asian, but being a Black queer girl who has been constantly "othered" in White queer spaces, I could relate to what this Visual Novel was saying. 

The fetishization of the racial "Other" by people who presume that because you both share the identity of being "queer" that no further introspection on their own beliefs and values have to be done, is unfortunately a common story among every queer person of color that I have known or spoken to in general. I wish it wasn't. The reveal of the churchgoers dying their hair to look "oriental" was a really good touch. I love that you chose to name the girl "The Outsider", because that is exactly what is feels like. You are an outsider to these spaces. Even if those spaces are meant to be "inclusive", as Mary also tried to tell The Outsider about the Church.

I don't have anything further insightful to say about this that hasn't been said below already in that very good analysis by A_Y_BING. This was very well-written and I resonated with it deeply. Thank you for sharing your work.

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Thank you very much. I wrote this piece for other racialized people, for myself and my friends who have been rejected from white queer spaces. Even if the doors are open, preaching "inclusivity", a single conversation with someone there immediately reveals it is not really inclusive at all. The Outsider is so dehumanized she does not even get given a name. The section where one of the sisters dyes her hair black is something I have discussed in depth with my friends as a phenomenon that we see both offline and online. To those of us who are racialized, it's blatant fetishization of things we were born with. In fact, my favourite question to ask people would be this: can you name a single Asian trans woman you know in real life? Are you friends with her? Are you on her side?

White trans women idolize the "inherent femininity" that Asians have, and as a result, completely alienate all Asians as a whole. They speak on issues that they have no right to speak on, talking over us, or force us into "dealing with it". I'm putting myself in the line of fire by saying all of this, but I think enough is enough. 

I am very glad to hear this game resonated with you. It means a lot to me.