Nakhid, CAbu Ali, ZFu, MVano, LYachinta, CTuwe, M2023-09-012023-09-0121/08/2023Journal of LGBT Youth, ISSN: 1936-1653 (Print); 1936-1661 (Online), Informa UK Limited, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/19361653.2023.22489841936-16531936-1661http://hdl.handle.net/10292/16631Queer ethnic young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are a multi-marginalized group, many of whom are met with racism and exclusion from a predominantly white queer community. Very little is known about how young ethnic queers in Aotearoa navigate a community that inheres the ideals and structures of racism. This in-depth qualitative study of 43 queer ethnic young people living in two of the largest metropolitan cities in Aotearoa investigates their experiences and relationships with the white queer community through Persadie and Narain’s mash-up analytical process. For these young ethnic queers, disrupting the racist behaviors and practices within queer spaces and of white queers were crucial in helping them challenge, resist, speak up to and reflect on their experiences with white saviourism, objectification, patronization, and rejection.Copyright © 2023 Taylor & Francis. Authors retain the right to place his/her pre-publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository as an electronic file for personal or professional use, but not for commercial sale or for any systematic external distribution by a third. This is an electronic version of an article published in the Journal of LGBT Youth and is available online at DOI: 10.1080/19361653.2023.22489844405 Gender Studies44 Human Society1303 Specialist Studies in EducationEducationethnicqueerracismyoung peopleAotearoaNew ZealandJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1080/19361653.2023.2248984