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• ‟ I want to show people out there that there's such a huge spectrum of people within the queer and Asian community.

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• ‟ People with accents exist and just because they have an accent doesn't mean they're less intelligent or what-have-you.

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• ‟ Femme people exist, and they are layered and they are complex and they are intelligent.

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• ‟ We all need to call upon our lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding undocumented people and their families.

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• ‟ I don't think people should be afraid of portraying people with accents, especially Asian accents.

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• ‟ I came out to one or two people in high school and then it wasn't until I was a freshman in college that I was fully out of the closet. It was like the late '90s.

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• ‟ My brownness is something that I can't hide. There are some straight-acting or straight-passing queer people out there, but I'm not one of them. This is something I would rather not have to hide.

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• ‟ Shows like 'Superstore' and certainly 'Pose' are leading the way and showing queer people of color in a much more complex, nuanced light that we've never seen.

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• ‟ I come from Oregon, which is this super-white state, so I didn't really have a lot of Asian friends in high school and college. And my background's in comedy, and your friends are just your peers in comedy, which is a whole mix of people.

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• ‟ A lot of people know me from my character that I play on 'Superstore,' Mateo, and I'm not interested in playing straight roles. I'm all about playing queer roles.

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