From “Oh, you’re Chinese . . . ” to “No bats, thx!”: Racialized Experiences of Australian-Based Chinese Queer Women in the Mobile Dating Context

This article explores racial exclusion, bias, and prejudice in the context of same-sex mobile dating, focusing on experiences a group Australian-based Chinese queer women. Semi-structured in-depth interviews participant observation were used to examine participants’ racialized experiences. The findings indicate that Western dating apps, such as Tinder, Bumble, HER, served crucial channels these women’s interracial intercultural encounters while living Australia. However, they largely perceived HER particular, White-dominated ill-suited their practices, thus reinforcing sense exclusion ostracism. Although participants frequently encountered subtle experienced more blatant aggressive forms racism triggered by COVID-19 outbreak. Multiple factors, including language capability, pandemic, racial, ethnic, diasporic identities, played an intersectional role Correspondingly, developed diverse interpretations responses study reveals how anti-Asian global West permeates realm women dating. It contributes understanding digital practices broader diaspora.