Transgender Poet Slams Asian American Stereotypes

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Transgender Poet Slams Asian American Stereotypes

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=7482
By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
02/07/2008

"Slam is fierce. It's so open and completely honest," raves Kit Yan, an award-winning transgender slam poet. "And then people judge you on it, which is so heart-breaking." After attending a poetry slam for a college assignment, he tried slamming. "And I really sucked," Yan laughs. "I was awful. I lost every single slam that I entered for a whole year. But...eventually, I got it."