Meaning of sticky rice | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A variety of short-grain rice popular in South and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.
   uncountable, usually
2. An (East) Asian man who is mostly attracted to other Asian men.
   derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually

Examples

“I think they are changing now, too, though, because you see groups and groups of them in bars, all Asian, together. It’s amazing. So my market is much more expanded. I’m “sticky rice” [Asians who like Asians].”

“During my "sticky rice" phase, I explored what it meant to be queer and Asian in contemporary America. We had terms for everyone: if you were rice (gay and Asian) and you liked white men, then you were a snow queen or a potato queen. White men who liked you were called rice queens. Every ethnicity had a term, usually related to food.”

“For instance, a rice queen is a white man who likes Asians. Asian men hooking up with Asian men are described as rice that sticks to other rice. Depending on the context, sticky rice can easily be resignified from a term of empowerment into a term of insult.”

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