"LGBT" Politics
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This is the comparative study of the politics surrounding gender and sexual minorities in Asia, which sheds light on the diverse indigenous identities and sexualities of Asia, examining cases in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Singapore, as well as Japan.
To date, research on gender and sexual minorities has focused on Western experience and norms, examining how the Western LGBT movement successfully challenged conservative norms and achieved rights. There has recently been plentiful research attempting to capture the diversity of non-Western sexualities, genders, and practices, but there has not been a consistent analysis of the diverse political contexts in which they exist, as presented in this book.
This is the first queer studies research, written by Japanese researchers, to take a regional approach to Asia, exploring the lives of marginalized people in the age of globalization and neoliberalism. The various chapters examine changes in the political landscape, considering both the influence of Western-derived sexual norms and the local responses to these norms. This research demonstrates that dominant Western-derived frameworks and categories for understanding sexual and gender minorities are inadequate to understanding Asian experiences.
About Editors and Authors
Wataru Kusaka is a professor at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, specializing in political science and Philippine studies.
Tsukasa Iga is a designated associate professor at the Asian Satellite Campus Institute, Nagoya University, specializing in political science and area studies.
Kaoru Aoyama is a professor at the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University.
Keiko Tsuji Tamura is a professor emerita and research fellow at The University of Kitakyushu, specializing in international relations theory and Southeast Asian area studies, especially politics, society and gender in Singapore.
Table of contents
Preface
Models of LGBT Activism Across Southeast and East Asia: Queer Thailand in Regional Perspective
Peter A. Jackson
Introduction
What Is Being Contested over Gender and Sexual Minorities? An Asian Perspective
Wataru Kusaka and Tsukasa Iga
Part I Nomenclature and Representations
1 How to Update the Names of Gender and Sexual Minorities: The Anti-Politics of Anglo-American Normativity in Japan
Masao Imamura
2 Gender and Sexual Minorities in Contemporary Southeast Asia: An Attempt at Image Categorization
Naoya Sakagawa
Part II Inclusion and Exclusion through Defining “Good Citizens”
3 Sexual Politics after the Change of Government: No Progress in the “New Malaysia”
Tsukasa Iga
4 Conflicts between Globalism and Localism in Psychiatry over LGBT in Indonesia
Masaaki Okamoto
5 The Philippine Catholic Church Battling “Invaders”: Nationalism Surrounding Sex, Reproduction, and the Family
Satoshi Miyawaki
6 Is Vietnam “Tolerant of Gender and Sexual Minorities”? Changing Policies and Norms around Same-sex Marriage and Gender Reassignment
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Preface
Models of LGBT Activism Across Southeast and East Asia: Queer Thailand in Regional Perspective
Peter A. Jackson
Introduction
What Is Being Contested over Gender and Sexual Minorities? An Asian Perspective
Wataru Kusaka and Tsukasa Iga
Part I Nomenclature and Representations
1 How to Update the Names of Gender and Sexual Minorities: The Anti-Politics of Anglo-American Normativity in Japan
Masao Imamura
2 Gender and Sexual Minorities in Contemporary Southeast Asia: An Attempt at Image Categorization
Naoya Sakagawa
Part II Inclusion and Exclusion through Defining “Good Citizens”
3 Sexual Politics after the Change of Government: No Progress in the “New Malaysia”
Tsukasa Iga
4 Conflicts between Globalism and Localism in Psychiatry over LGBT in Indonesia
Masaaki Okamoto
5 The Philippine Catholic Church Battling “Invaders”: Nationalism Surrounding Sex, Reproduction, and the Family
Satoshi Miyawaki
6 Is Vietnam “Tolerant of Gender and Sexual Minorities”? Changing Policies and Norms around Same-sex Marriage and Gender Reassignment
Nara Oda
7 The Pattaya Entertainment District: A History of Urban Space and Sexual Diversity during the Cold War
Shinsuke Hinata
8 Looking into State and Civil Society in Singapore through the Lens of Gender and Sexual Minorities
Keiko Tsuji Tamura
9 Excluded “Human Rights”/Included “Diversity”: Establishing the “Same-sex Partnership Declaration System” in Osaka City
Akitomo Shingae
Part III Identity Dynamics and Everyday Politics
Column “Kathoey” and “Kee” (Gay) Are Equally Acceptable: Cisgender Men Who Desire Men and the “Kathoey” Category in Urban Laos
Yūsuke Ōmura
10 Gender and Sexual Minorities and the LGBT Rights Movement in Contemporary Myanmar
Takahiro Kojima
11 Public Rights, Everyday Dignity, and Intimate Sorrow: LGBT and Bakla in the Philippines
Wataru Kusaka
12 Gender and Sexual Minorities in Cambodia: External Influences and Internally Generated Movements
Naomi Hatsukano
13 Rainbows over the Church: The Indonesian Christian Church and Gender and Sexual Minorities
Yumi Kitamura
Conclusion The Sexual is Political: “LGBT” questions the market, the state, religion, human rights, and survival
Kaoru Aoyama
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