Queer Southeast Asia

Tang and Wijaya present a range of new and established scholarly voices, including local activists directly involved in developments in Southeast Asia. This groundbreaking collection presents the current state of play and longstanding LGBTQ+ debates in this often-overlooked region of Asia. The diversity of both the subject and the region is reflected in the broad scope of topics addressed, from the impact of Japanese queer popular culture on queer Filipinos, to the politics of public toilets in Singapore, and the impact of digital governance on queer communities across ASEAN. Taken in combination, these investigations not only highlight the operations of queer politics in Southeast Asia, but also present a concrete basis to reflect on queer knowledge production in the region. A vital resource for students and scholars of gender and sexuality in Southeast Asia, or any Queer or LGBTQ+ studies looking beyond the West.--

Introduction: Queer Southeast Asia: Itineraries, stopovers, and delays / Shawna Tang and Hendri Yulius Wijaya -- 1. An inter-Asia history of transpuan in Indonesia / Benjamin Hegarty -- 2. Exploring Southeast Asian queer migrant biographies: Queer utopia, capacitations, and debilitations / Quah Ee Ling Sharon and Shawna Tang -- 3. Japanese queer popular culture and the production of sexual knowledge in the Philippines / Thomas Baudinette -- 4. When the Gay Ivy comes to (U)Town: The globalisation of higher education and the possibilities of queer student activism in Singapore / Daryl WJ Yang and Yogesh Tulsi -- 5. Emergent queer identities in 20th century films from Southeast Asia / Atit Pongpanit and Ben Murtagh -- 6. Endurance as queer worldmaking in Northern Aceh of Indonesia / Ferdiansyah Thajib -- 7. Queer(ing) indigeneity and the Igorot lesbians of Hong Kong / Jose Kervin Cesar B. Calabias -- 8. Keep Singapore clean and chaste: Spatial-sexual discipline in toilet narratives / Carissa Foo -- 9. Independent and safe panels for youths: Queer comics in a time of Southeast Asian populism / Kristine Michelle L. Santos -- 10. Viddsee: Queer assemblages of short film circulation, di…