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Richard Fung (born 1954) is a video artist, writer, public intellectual and theorist who currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and is openly gay. Fung is also an associate professor at OCAD University. Richard finished his undergrad at the University of Toronto, and received a ME in sociology and cultural studies. Richard Fung is Trinidad-born artist, writer, theorist and educator, based in Toronto. Richard focuses his work towards challenging videos in regards to the role of the Asian males in gay pornography, colonialism, immigration, racism, homophobia, AIDS and his own family history. Many of his works have been presented at the international level within Canada and the United states.〔 Fung is also an activist. He founded the Toronto-based organization Gay Asians of Toronto in 1980.〔Gay Asians of Toronto. (1998). ''Gay Asians of Toronto Membership Brochure.'' Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives,Toronto.〕 ==Early Life and Family== Richard Fung is Trinidad-born artist, writer, theorist and educator, based in Toronto. Richard focuses his work towards challenging videos in regards to the role of the Asian males in gay pornography, colonialism, immigration, racism, homophobia, and AIDS in his own family history. Many of his works have been presented at the international level within Canada and the United states.〔 Richard has also produced a short documentary called My Mother’s Place (1990), that pays respects to his mother Rita. It is a record of Rita’s Chinese-Trinidadian childhood, to their immigration to Canada. The documentary also focused around Richard Fung as a complex character, as he ‘comes out’ to his family by opening up about his sexuality, and their family’s history of queer epistemology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Fung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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