is an independent activist, scholar, translator, and writer based in Taipei. They specifically do transgender, nonbinary, and asexual/aromantic advocacy work in Taiwan, as well as regional peacebuilding work.

Yo-Ling Chen (陳有靈)

Yo-Ling is a contributing editor at 破土 New Bloom Magazine, where they primarily cover transgender issues in Taiwan. Their writing and journalism has been published in The Diplomat, Taiwan Insight, and other publications.

Yo-Ling is also managing editor and translator at 酷兒翻越 Queer Margins, an online publication specializing in English-to-Chinese translations of gender and intimacy diversity content, and they were a 2024 Frontline Nonfiction Translation Fellow for Chinese-to-English translation.

Yo-Ling's academic research and teaching focuses on the intersections of transgender studies, asexuality studies, and Taiwan studies. Their independent scholarship has been published by Routledge, where their co-edited volume, the Routledge International Handbook of Global Asexualities and Aromanticisms (2027) is forthcoming. They have guest lectured at multiple universities across Taiwan, have taught the first semester-long asexuality studies course in Taiwan in summer of 2024, and are co-teaching the first semester-long transgender studies course in Taiwan by trans scholar-activists in fall of 2026.