Table of Contents

Contents

• Pre-Gay, Post-Queer: Thai Perspectives on Proliferating Gender/Sex Diversity in Asia
• Homosexuality and the Cultural Politics of Tongzhi in Chinese Societies
• Becoming a Gay Activist in Contemporary China
• Mapping the Vicissitudes of Homosexual Identities in South Korea
• Tiptoe Out of the Closet: The Before and After of the Increasing Visible Gay Community in Singapore
• Culture, Sexualities, and Identities: Men Who Have Sex with Men in India
• Survival Through Pluralism: Emerging Gay Communities in the Philippines
• Gay and Lesbian Couples in Malaysia
• Let Them Take Ecstacy: Class and Jakarta Lesbians
• Drink, Stories, Penis, and Breasts: Lesbian Tomboys in Taiwan from 1960s to 1990s
• Asian Values, Family Values: Film, Video and Lesbian and Gay Identities
• Homosexual Rights as Human Rights in Indonesia and Australia
• Variations on a Common Theme? Gay and Lesbian Identity and Community in Asia
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Gerard Sullivan, PETER A JACKSON

Reviews

"This is a landmark study that will inform, disturb and encourage" - Phillip W. Jones, PhD "An extremely rich tapestry of detailed ethnographies and state-of-the-art theorising" - Dede Oetomo, PhD