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A GLBTQ EDUCATION INTERNET RESOURCES The Middle East to Asia (3): Northeast Asia

Index: Asia & Middle East -  - Race/Ethnic Minority Issues: U.S., Canada, Europe,  New Zealand & Australia -  -  Latin America / Africa -  - Homosexuality:  Biological  or  Learned ? -  -  Public School Issues -  - Transgender / Tranvestite / Transsexual -  - Lesbian  &  Bisexual Women -  - Homo-Negativity / Phobia -  - Identity Formation  &  Coming Out -  - Counseling  &  Therapy -  - Professional Education  -  - Bisexuality -  - Religion   &  Spirituality -  - Male  Youth Prostitution -  - HIV-AIDS -  - Gay & Bisexual Male Suicide Problems -  - Drug / Alcohol Use / Abuse / Addiction  -  - GLBT  History -  - Community Attributes  &  Problems - -  Couples / Families / Children / Adoption / Spousal Violence -  - The Elderly

The Middle East to Asia: Northeast Asia

Full Text Papers!  - - AsiaPacifiQueer 3

Sexualities, Genders, And Rights in Asia: An International Conference of Asian Queer Studies Bangkok, Thailand, July 8-10, 2005 Closing date for submitting paper and panel proposals: October 31, 2004

Section Index

Part 3 - Northeast Asia (This Page): - China - History - Films - Web Resources. -- Hong Kong - Films - Web Resources. -- Taiwan  - Films - Web Resources. -- Macau -- Tibet -- Mongolia -- South Korea - Web Resources. --- North Korea -- Japan - History  - Films - Web Resources - Books -- Full Text Papers.

Part 1 - Middle East to Central Asia: Central Asia: - Middle East / Eastern Mediterranean Region: - Iran -- Israel -- Palestine -- Lebanon -- Jordan -- Saudi Arabia -- Kuwait -- Iraq -- Bahrain -- Oman -- Yemen -- Syria -- Egypt -- Algeria -- Morocco -- Tunisia -- Turkey -- Cyprus -- Afghanistan -- Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Uzbekistan -- Turkmenistan -- Tajikistan.

Part 2 - South Asia: South Asia - Web Resources - Bibliographies - Books: - India - Films -- Bangladesh -- Nepal -- Sri Lanka -- Pakistan -- Bhutan -- Maldives -- Full Text Papers.

Part 4 - Southeast Asia: Mekong Region: Vietnam - Web Resources - Books. -- Thailand - Web Resources - Books. -- Cambodia -- Laos -- Full Text Papers.

Part 5 - Southeast Asia (Not Including Mekong Region): Singapore - Web Resources - Books. -- Malaysia - Web Resources - Books. -- Philippines - Web Resources - Books. -- Indonesia -- East Timor -- Burma -- Brunei -- Guam -- Nauru - Full Text Papers.

Part 6 - General Asian Resources --- International Issues & Resources.

NORTHEAST ASIA
 

CHINA: - Homosexuality in China. - Transgender in China. - Gay in China. - La vie gay en Chine. - Capitalism and Gay Life in China. - China sees pride in first gay series: Homosexual rights in China will take another tentative step forward this week when a satellite channel launches the country’s first series focusing on gay issues, called “Connecting Homosexuals”. The 12-episode series will be broadcast online and features controversial issues such as coming out and gay marriage, and marks a major departure in China where homosexuality remains a taboo and was considered an illness until 2001. - Attitudes toward homosexuality relax in China, but pressures remain.

Gay volunteers promote safe sex. - Beijing and Shanghai: As China's stature as a major player in the global business and political arena continues to increase, so does the visibility of the nation's gay community. To be sure, China is still a place where homosexuality is rarely discussed out in the open, and in all but a few very large cities, you'll find no organized gay scene. But the times are changing - China decriminalized homosexuality in the late '90s, and prior to its communist revolution in 1949, the country had been relatively tolerant of gay people, at least from a cultural and religious perspective, for centuries. Although the Chinese government is still a long way from passing any laws that actually protect GLBT citizens and visitors from discrimination, life for gay people in the nation's leading tourist destinations - Beijing and Shanghai - continues to improve... - Aids in China: Discourses on Sexuality and Sexual Practices. - Sexual identity among men who have sex with men in Shanghai.

Police Shut Down Gay, Lesbian Event: Government Persecutes Civil Society Groups That Address HIV/AIDS.- Police call halt to China's first gay cultural festival. - China blocks popular gay website. - China Shuts Down Gay Web Sites. - Gay man accuses Tsinghua of discrimination: Xiao Tian, a gay man, sparked an uproar in the gay community in the capital after he accused the prestigious Tsinghua University of discriminating against gays...- China's gay cultural revolution. - Gay revolution puts red China in the pink. - Gays in China taking steps toward equality at Hong Kong conference. - Crime, Disease, Sex, and Abnormal Love: Sexual Minorities under Dominant Gaze in Chinese Media. - Chinese gay rights activists encouraged after Taiwan visit.

The Rapid Development of the LGBT Communities in China (Yaqi Guo, Beijing Gender Health Education Institute). (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "During the 1980s, homosexuals in China were undercover: only personal relationships existed. The emergence of AIDS brought the existence of ‘homosexuality’ to the general public for the first time, but it also misled people to think that homosexuals are filthy, horrifying and contemptible. Due to the neglect shown towards homosexuals, some LGBT volunteers started to work on publicity and behavior-intervention against AIDS in the 1990’s. At the same time, small groups of people providing help to homosexuals also came forth. These were the initial LGBT communities in China. Entering the new millennium, groups of volunteers mushroomed in LGBT communities of many places and organized a variety of activities. In 2003, Beijing Gender Health Education Institute organized a series of activities among homosexuals in Kunming, Nanjing and Beijing to share experiences and to build the foundation for further development of local communities."

Beijing's 'Lala' scene: A Chinese Lesbian speaks out. - China's gay comrades take first step.- The Chinese Government: It's OK to be gay. - China launches first gay TV show. - China gay group 'gets approval'. An insight into gay life in China: A lot can change in six years: At least that's the experience of Didier Zheng, an openly gay Chinese man who just wrapped up a stint hosting China's first Internet television show devoted to addressing homosexual issues... - China's First Gay Internet Show Ends Season. - China sees pride in first gay series. - Is China ready for gay TV? - Gay Marriage proposed by Chinese sociologist. - A Hidden Life: Being Gay in Rural China. - 16, Gay and Homeless in China.

The Emergence of Lala Community in Shanghai (Yip Lo Lucetta Kam, Chinese University HK) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "With the popularity of the Internet and the emergence of lesbian and gay friendly public spaces such as bars, Lala communities have begun to appear in many major cities in China. Lala is popularly used as a local identity for women with same-sex desires. During the past decade, we have witnessed the rise of Shanghai as a new metropolitan centre in China. In recent years, scattered Lala gatherings such as parties and discussion groups were told to be held in Shanghai semi-openly. The city has become one of the most vibrant sites of Lala community in the country. Cyber space has been the most active meeting and interaction point for Lalas. Websites such as Aladao and Lala Club etc. have turned popular both for Lalas in Shanghai and other cities in China. Offline in the real space, the flourishing development of gay and lesbian friendly bars in the city in recent years is also believed to play a significant role in forming and shaping the local Lala community. My study aims to map out this recently emerged community both by its physical locations (that is, the physical spaces that it makes itself visible) and its discursive trajectory (that is, the discursive forces that it used to make itself recognizable and identifiable). Ethnographic field visits and in-depth interview are major research methods." - Volunteers run China's first lesbian helpline.

Heterotopias of Same-Sex Intimacies: Schoolgirls’ Tales and Practices of Transgressive Emotionality and Sexuality in Postsocialist China (Pik Ki Leung, University of Cambridge) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "In this paper, I draw on the Foucauldian notion of ‘heterotopia’ to illuminate Shanghai schoolgirls’ expressive and performative enactment of a she-self desiring another she in their journey through schooling. Heterotopias of same-sex intimacies in school space disrupt the heteronormativity so unrelentingly (en)forced through various disciplinary technologies from teachers’ pastoral surveillance to public condemnation (e.g., in moral education classes) of emotional intimacies and physical affection deemed falling into the category of tongxinglian (lit. same-sex love)/homosexuality. Such heterotopias range from both the spectacle of kisses and embraces in the school green and clandestine behavioural intimacies in the classroom which have escaped the scrutinizing gaze of the school to schoolgirls’ narratives of same-sex emotional bonds and erotic experiences happening in different spatio-temporal sites of their school life, e.g., dormitory, school excursions. Perhaps what is most intriguing about the revelation of the graphic/telling/intricate details of the experiences of same-sex intimacies is their own self-positioning on the friendship-eroticized intimacy continuum as they recount their emotional/erotic adventures. While many of them would rather portray their same-sex relationships as passionate friendships, some of them gingerly embrace ‘lesbianism’ as they seek to name the intense emotional attractions and erotic fantasies they have towards another girl. This paper relates on the one hand schoolgirls’ ingenious negotiations of the school’s governmental impulses to circumscribe the legitimate expressions of sexuality and depicts on the other hand their struggles for emotional autonomy and sexual subjectivity through the exploration of alternative identities/identifications of which the lesbian identity/identification is but one." - Homosexual behaviour without homosexual identity: The case of Chinese men having sex with men (MSM).

Suppressed Voice or Silence by Choice?—Lesbians and the Emerging Lesbian Communities in Contemporary China (Bin Xu, Institute for Tongzhi Studies) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "While women’s studies is still trying to get more attention from mainstream male scholars in China, most researchers simply leave lesbians out on purpose. After examining the reason of the lack of lesbian studies, I explore the emerging lesbian community in China, taking examples of the city of Beijing and a popular lesbian website, and explain how the community in the virtual space help shaping the one in real life. I also trace the ups and downs of the only lesbian group in China, Beijing Sisters. By analyzing the event that caused the dissolution of the group and the following heated discussion within lesbian community, I examine the different attitudes towards lesbian activism and the struggles lesbian face in contemporary China. In the end, I propose the strategies for lesbian community building as well as for promoting the lesbian visibility in both academe and general public."

PFLAG Organizing in China: Recent Experiences (Weiguo Gu, Chi Heng Foundation) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "Concerned about the lack of a support network for the marginalised LGBT people in China such as the Gay movements in the US, the Chi Heng Foundation has started to organise a Chinese version of PFLAG. Currently the work focuses on two projects: The first is the construction of a PFLAG website in Chinese to be used as a starting point to introduce PFLAG to the general public and get like-minded activists united to work towards the elimination of discrimination and prejudice against gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities. The other is the compilation of a book which consists a of collection of original articles written by accepting family members and friends of lesbians and gays recounting how they came to be accepting. It is hoped that such a book will enlighten the misinformed public and increase their understanding of LGBT people."

Homosexuals in Modern China: Four 'Recent' Press Reports. (Alternate Link) (Alternate Link) - Homosexuality in China. -  Tong xing lian : In China, word spreads on the love that dare not speak its name. - Chinese still reluctant to accept homosexuality; Crusader brings his cause to The City. - Court declares homosexuality abnormal. (Alternate Link)  - The Mekong Region 'Sexual abnormalities' ordered off airwaves after complaints to PM  - Increasing acceptance of homosexuality in China. - Filtered Voices: representing gay people in today's China (PDF Download). Strong China presence at HK’s Tongzhi conf: "China delegates to the Fifth Tongzhi Conference in HK earlier this month are optimistic about the future; delegates report that numerous gay communities have sprung up across China..." -  La police chinoise a arrêté 37 homosexuels dans le cadre d'une campagne nationale ''anti-vice''. - Police shut down Gay and Lesbian Culture Festival. - Chinese Traditional Culture and Modern Recognition of Gay Rights (PDF Download). - Transgender Rights in China.

C S S S M: Chinese Society for the Study of Sexual Minorities; A Newsletter.  - (English Version of Newsletter.) - Gay Rights in China: A 2003 Update. - Gay China Homepage. - CSSSM News Digest Special Issue: Open Debate on Homosexuality in China and CSSSM in 1997. - Chinese Cultural Studies: The Homosexual Tradition in China: Selections from Chinese Homosexual Literature. - I Am by Nature a Boy: Portrayals of Gays in Recent Chinese Film and Literature. - Farewell, my Comcubine. - Homosexual Behaviors in Contemporary China. - Sexualités et vulnérabilité au VIH en Chine, un regard anthropologique (Sexualities and HIV/AIDS vulnerability in China, an anthropological perspective).

The first national lesbian conference in China N/A. - Lesbian Organising in China. - Lesbians in China's Mainland: A Brief Introduction. - At the Juncture of Censure and Mass Voyeurism: Narratives of Female Homoerotic Desire in Post-Mao China. - Lesbianism in China. - Male homosexuality in contemporary mainland China. - From "Long Yang" and "Dui Shi" to Tongzhi: Homosexuality in China. - China cracks down on gays. - Gay and Lesbian Community Takes Shape in China. - Beijing's 'Secret' Gay Web Confab. - On the fringe of Shanghai: "Gay culture is decidedly unwelcome around China. Shanghai is more tolerant. There are a few gay clubs, but they move often, part of the same cat and mouse game played with authorities as the most outlandish discos. Still, the gay scene fares much better than other areas of the underground." - Chinese lesbians commit suicide N/A. - Lesbian hotline and magazine in China. - Couple arrested in east China for running gay prostitution bar.

East China's college students surveyed on sex views: "about 60 percent of the students hold a tolerant view about homosexuality, thinking it should be permitted openly." - China AIDS activist riled officials. - AIDS and Homosexuality in China. - AIDS in China. - China: AIDS cases due to gay male sex. - A Walk in the Park: Frames and Positions in AIDS Prevention Outreach among Gay Men in China (Word 97 Download). - China's Gay Activists Cheer New Openness on AIDS. - China launches first gay HIV survey. - China's First Homegrown Gay and AIDS Activist, Wan Yan Hai.

Chinese AIDS Activist is Missing - Police Suspected. - Chinese AIDS Activist in Police Custody; 1 Million Infected? - Chinese AIDS Activist Honored Despite Ongoing Detention. - Chinese HIV/AIDS activists detained as epidemic worsens. - China's Best-Known AIDS Activist is Released. 

Lonely Battle Against AIDS in China: Health: Prejudice, ignorance are rife as disease's toll rises: "But amid the media coverage, almost nothing has been said about acquired immune deficiency syndrome's inroads among gay men. The taboo against talking about sex in general and homosexuality in particular remains a block against getting information to those in need. Only a handful of people are trying to break the silence. Even the China Society for the Prevention of AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease, composed of officials, doctors and researchers, stays relatively mute on the issue of gays and the disease." - AIDS, gay rights activist battles Chinese mores.

“A Strange Love Affair”: Chinese Authorities Embrace Unification Church's Teaching on Sexuality: "Wan Yanhai is a grassroots gay rights and HIV/AIDS education activist from China who frequently travels between the Los Angeles area and Beijing. Wan has made a name for himself as China’s most visible activist on these issues. His work involves getting comprehensive information on sexuality directly to people with AIDS, the gay community, and educators in China. His Chinese-language Web site called Aizhi Action, educates readers about various sexual orientations and contains translated versions of research reports from the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation and SIECUS. His recently published article called “A Strange Love Affair” uncovered the conservative, family-values ideology of the Unification Church, which had previously received the support of various Chinese bureaucracies, including the Ministries of Health and Education, to spread its gospel in China. According to the United Nations’ AIDS epidemic update, released in December 2001, the number of HIV infected people has risen above one million in China, more than double the 1999 figure. Reported HIV infections rose by 67 percent in the first six months of 2001, and many authorities believe the actual numbers may be two to three times as high. The Unification Church has a history of teaching abstinence-only sexuality education in the United States...

AIDS Prevention in a Different Way—Innovative Outreach Approach Towards MSM in China (Yi Mu Shen, Chi Heng Foundation) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "In China, the existence of the MSM population was not officially acknowledged until very recently. Therefore, past AIDS prevention programmes have largely ignored this marginalised sexual minority group. The unique characteristics of the MSM population require an innovative approach to intervention, in which the stigma, discrimination and other social barriers that hinder the effectiveness of prevention must be removed. The Chi Heng Foundation’s MSM Outreach Programme aims at improving MSM’s safer sex awareness and reducing their risk behaviours. It is community-based and involves no moral judgment, focusing only on the target group’s health. This non-judgmental attitude has proved to be essential in winning the trust and support of the target MSM community. The programme’s volunteers are gay men themselves, so the MSM community can easily identify with them. They regularly visit gay cruising grounds and other gay venues (including gay bars, gay bathhouses, etc.) to hand out condoms, lubricants and educational leaflets about safer sex. They also proactively communicate with the men on topics of sexual health. This paper shares the experiences of the volunteers of the MSM Outreach programme and assesses the impact of this innovative approach on AIDS prevention among MSM in China." - China- HIV protestors detained. - China conducts 1st survey on homosexual HIV carriers. - China's gay men know little about AIDS: survey. - China facing gay AIDS epidemic. - HIV infection in Chinese gay men climbing at alarming rate. - Beijing gay venues join AIDS intervention campaign. - Beijing Gay Venues Launch Safe Sex Education Campaign.  - China's first gay hotline in use against AIDS.

Tough Road Ahead: Successes and Challenges of HIV Prevention for MSM in China (Chung To, Chi Heng Foundation) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "The Chi Heng Foundation’s HIV/AIDS intervention programme for MSM was one of the first in mainland China that targeted this sexual minority group which had virtually been ignored by previous programmes. This programme is community-based and focuses on mobilizing activists (outreach volunteers) from local MSM communities to disseminate information on HIV/AIDS prevention and promote safer sex in their own communities. To help the outreach volunteers to do a better job, various training workshops have been organised for them in collaboration with local health professionals. An on-line resource centre dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention and sexual health for MSM has also been constructed to reach out to MSM Internet users. To date, the programme has extended to ten major cities in China including Hong Kong SAR. The programme coordinator travels regularly to these cities to supervise volunteers’ work. The challenges that the programme faces at present are lack of funding, talents, etc. Organisational development also poses some problems which need to be tackled in order to achieve greater success." - Chinese gay volunteers promote safe sex. - The HIV related risks among men having sex with men in rural Yunnan, China: a qualitative study.

Sexual dominance and daring in homophobic China: - one of the first modern Chinese films to deal so directly and outspokenly with gay themes: East Palace, West Palace.-  Chinese psychiatrists debate meaning of sex orientation: homosexuality still formally perceived to reflect mental disorder. (Alternate Link)  - The Chinese Psychiatric Association decides that being gay is no longer a disease. - Gays in China Step Out, With One Foot in Closet. - Preliminary results - Study of Gay/Bi Males in China: "Voices of Gay Men in China." - Gay Rights in 90's China. - 'Is There Anything Wrong with Love? Young gays are having trouble finding their place in modern Chinese society. - Testing China's Censors With a Gay Love Story. - Stanley Kwan: Between Chinas: "is latest ground-breaking film, "Lan Yu," shot without permits in Beijing, offers the first realistic portrayal of gay men in mainland China.

Sexual Work and Its Public Policies in China: "Gay male commercial sexual work is common in contemporary China, especially in some of the big and open cities. It is estimated that there are several thousand gay male sexual workers in Beijing "alone. - Police in southwest China's Chongqing raid city's largest gay brothel. - Chinese men jailed for operating gay prostitute ring. - Utopia: Homosexulaity and the Law in China. - Homosexuals in China: More Tolerance, Less Prejudice. - China’s timid coming out. - Interview with Li Yinhe on Homosexuality. - Coming out in China - July 9, 2002. - China Comes Out of the Closet. - Chinese gays breaking down taboos.

Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology: Index Page: China: - Homoerotic, Homosexual, and Ambisexual Behaviors. - Gender Conflicted Persons. - HIV/AIDS. 

History: - History of Homosexuality In China [revised edition]. - Sexuality and Gender Roles in Ancient China. - Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China - 1992 - by Bret Hinsch (25 Sample Pages). - History of Homosexuality in China. - History of Chinese homosexuality. - History of Sex: Ancient China. - Homosexuality in Chinese Literature. - Male homosexuality in traditional Chinese literature. - Some Gay Chinese literature.  - A Gay Novel From China: So I am going through the bookshelves in this apartment, and I find an English-language book titled "Silent Opera."  Hmm, I think, how could an opera be silent?  I am perplexed.  I look at the name of the author.  Li Yu?  Who?  I've never heard of him before.  I read the biography.  Li Yu (1610/1611-1680) is the author of The Carnal Prayer Mat.  Ah, I know that book, as would any hot-blooded teenage Chinese boy with raging hormones.  But, of course, when I read it, the listed author was not Li Yu but a pseudonym; besides, I wasn't reading the book to improve my mind... - A World History of Homosexuality (U3A course SBS19-2006): Comrades of  the Cut Sleeve Homosexuality in China. (PDF Download).

Male Brothel History: - Pederasty: Men's sexual interest in youths was also reflected in prostitution, with young male sex workers fetching higher prices than their female counterparts as recently as the beginning of the twentieth century. In Tianjin there were thirty five male brothels, housing 800 boys, and men from the area were assumed to be expert in anal relations. Though the superintendent of trade at Guangzhou issued an annual warning to the population against permitting westerners access to boy prostitutes ("do not indulge the Western barbarian with all our best favors"), Europeans were increasingly welcomed in the boy brothels.

Male Brothels - All of Us Count, Part 1 (PDF Download): Chi Heng also follows this principle in promoting peer education through its outreach work. Many of the part-time outreach workers hired to regularly distribute condoms and educational material in bars, discos, saunas and male brothels in Beijing and Shenzhen are tongzhi themselves, and were already regular patrons of these venues before working for Chi Heng.

Poetry of Wu Tsao. - China bans gay love story for theatres, OKs for DVD.  - RIK-Magazine: German gay mag introduces homo-erotic drawings by Chinese artist Muskboy. - China singer releases first lesbian song: China’s first out lesbian artist, who also operates Beijing's longest-running dyke bar, has released her first single “Ai bu fen” (爱不分) along with a music video depicting two women in love... - Wang Zheng knew he was different from the age of five but for long tried to suppress his natural inclinations. Even after openly coming out as gay, friends would advise him to get married as a "cover." The Canadian-Chinese, who is based in Beijing, is also known as Tavio. In conversation, the stylish designer speaks with a deep voice and looks much younger than his 47 years. While admitting that he sometimes carries himself more like a woman, at first glance Wang comes across like a handsome, fashionable young man... 

The Ultimate "Planet Out" Guide to Queer Movies (Country: China). - Man Man Woman Woman (Film): "a film like Man Man Woman Woman will emerge that forces us to reconsider what we think is possible under what we take to be the ever-watchful eye of the authorities in present-day China. - "East Palace, West Palace", by Zhang Yuan: "The film triggered the wrath of censorship in communist China, and copies are only circulating in the West because the negative was in France. Director Zhang Yuan had his passport seized. Why such wrath? Because the film broaches a homosexual relationship in the public lavatories of a gloomy park in Peking, and because it depicts the nervous confrontation of love and hate between a policeman and a gay.This is, in fact, the first gay film in Communist China, drawn from a theater play written by..." - Tracing Chinese Gay Cinema 1993-2002. 

Beijing Breakthrough: Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan’s Lan Yu is a superb love story, touching and true, visually mesmerizing, and directed and performed with soul-stirring sensitivity. The Strand release tells of the romance between shady Beijing businessman Handong (Hu Jun) and student-turned-prostitute, Lan Yu (Liu Ye), which survives jealousy, commitment-phobia on Handong’s part, financial disaster, even Tiannenman Square. Capturing China's gay heart: Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan talks about Lan Yu, his lyrical gay love story set and filmed in supposedly repressive China. - Lesbian Film Pushes Chinese Boundaries N/A: "Director Li Yu had tangled with mainland Chinese censors before in trying to get her independent documentary called "Sisters" before large audiences. With "Fish and Elephant," a tender and often humorous story about three lesbians, she wisely side-stepped the Chinese Film Bureau entirely. "Fish and Elephant" is the first internationally recognized film about lesbian sexuality to come out of Communist China, and though it has been shown at more than 70 film festivals worldwide, it has been shown in its country of origin only once." - Fish and Elephant (Jin Nian Xiatian).

No man's Lan: LAN YU - Starring Jun Hu, Ye Liu. Written by Jimmy Ngai based on the internet novel Bejing Story. Directed by Stanley Kwan. "Despite the full-frontal nudity and frank eroticism in the film's early scenes, the answer was no. Kwan connected not with the sex in the book but with the story of the nine-year relationship between the characters, which made him think of the 12-year relationship he had with his own boyfriend. "We went through every single detail the characters did," says Kwan..." - Beijing gay life brought to the screen. - Ten Most-Admired Chinese Lesbian-Gay Movies on DVD (English Subtitled).

Sexing the Cinematic Space: Films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan (Sean Metzger, Duke University) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "My paper will interrogate Chen Kaige’s The Emperor and the Assassin and Zhang Yimou’s Hero in terms of historical epics that offer a gendered formation of Chinese nationalism. I want to suggest ways to queer these ostensibly conservative nationalist projections, particularly by arguing that the star discourse which, in part, propels such films to international acclaim works to forestall the assertion of a hegemonic masculine national project. By examining the possibilities of female space/subjectivity in each film as a counter to the male homosocial resolutions that each text, I believe, posits, I begin to sketch counternarratives that refuse national narratives of heteronormativity. My paper will draw on theoretical work by Eve Sedgwick, Shuqin Cui, Jenny Kwok Wah Lau and others."

Is there really a way out? The rigid fashioning of gay masculinities in Lanyu (Tommy Tse Ho Lun, University of Hong Kong) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "Stanley Kwan reproduced a ubiquitous tragic homosexual love online story (named Beijing story) onto the screen in 2001, Lanyu, in which he replaced and rearranged episodes from the original text to elaborate the personae more deeply, which eventually has been highly recognized in both cultural and cinematic fields; the film visualizes and constructs varied gay masculinities, destabilizing the cherished notions of dichotomous genders and normative heterosexuality in contemporary Chinese ideology. Yet if we specifically scrutinize those apparently subversive‚ fashioning of masculinities, we may discover that such a subversion is still well monitored by the heterosexual matrix; two male protagonists‚ gay gender performance is in some way rigid, fixed, destined, and directly borrows the binary and hierarchical gender positions from the heteronormative culture. Extremely speaking, it would make no difference if Kwan adopted a female to perform Lan Yü the film would simply become a heterosexual love story, not provocative at all. In the film why should Lan Yu often perform the presumed feminine roles (passive, obedient, doing housework) but Chan Hong Dong never does? Why is the purely‚ homosexual Lan more problematic than seemingly bisexual Chan so he needs to be cured by the psychiatrist? In what ways are the constructions of Chan’s and Lan’s masculinities different? Is the sub-division of gay masculinity only reconfirming the orthodoxical gender positions? What are the politics between two rigid gay genders, masculine masculinity and feminine masculinity, and their correlations to the heterosexual ideology? Lastly, is there really a way out?"  - China censors decree gay cowboy film too sensitive.

First International Conference of Asian Queer Studies (2005): Papers available for download. - The 2005 Conference Abstracts: Many of these possible papers were either not presented or not made avaible as full text papers (PDF Download) (Alternate Link). - Titles for abstracts of these paper: related to China:  - Transgender in the People’s Republic of China (James Caspian, University of Westminster).  - Catamite Coolies and Chinese Sodoms: British Investigations into Chinese Labourers‚ Sexuality in the 19th & 20th Centuries (Ross Forman, School of Oriental and African Studies). - The Rapid Development of the LGBT Communities in China (Yaqi Guo, Beijing Gender Health Education Institute). - The Emergence of Lala Community in Shanghai (Yip Lo Lucetta Kam, Chinese University HK).  - Not a Juicy Story: Identity Management of Chinese Male Sex Workers (Travis Shiu Ki Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University). - Heterotopias of Same-Sex Intimacies: Schoolgirls’ Tales and Practices of Transgressive Emotionality and Sexuality in Postsocialist China (Pik Ki Leung, University of Cambridge). - Is there really a way out? The rigid fashioning of gay masculinities in Lanyu (Tommy Tse Ho Lun, University of Hong Kong). - Sexing the Cinematic Space: Films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan (Sean Metzger, Duke University). -  AIDS Prevention in a Different Way—Innovative Outreach Approach Towards MSM in China (Yi Mu Shen, Chi Heng Foundation). - Gender Studies and AIDS Education among Chinese Youths (Qi Si, Chi Heng Foundation).- Tough Road Ahead: Successes and Challenges of HIV Prevention for MSM in China (Chung To, Chi Heng Foundation). - Suppressed Voice or Silence by Choice?—Lesbians and the Emerging Lesbian Communities in Contemporary China (Bin Xu, Institute for Tongzhi Studies). - The Impact of the Internet on Sexual Health Education among MSM in China (Yang Yang, Chi Heng Foundation). - People Who Have Homosexual Behaviours in Contemporary China (Beichuan Zhang, Sex Health Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao Shandong, China).  - Queer Theory: Queering Chinese Laws? (Dan Zhou, Fudan University, Shanghai, China). 

Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern China: Bibliography of Materials in Western Languages. - At the Intersection of the Global and the Local: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Fictions by Pai Hsien-yung, Li Ang, Chu Tien-wen, and Chi Ta-wei (PDF Download).

Books: - Different Rainbows: Same-Sex Sexualities and Popular Movements in the Third World - 2000 - edited by Peter Drucker (7 Sample Pages) (Table of Contents). Contains: "Individual strategies of tongzhi empowerment in China" (P. 137-156) "Chou Wah-shan deals with what he calls ‘individual strategies of tongzhi empowerment in China’. Tongzhi is the term many Chinese gay activists choose to call themselves; it has a dual meaning: it means ‘same love’, but it also means ‘comrade’." - Celluloid Comrades: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas -2006 - by Song Hwee Lim (Intoduction). - Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China - 2004 - by Wu Cuncun (Review). - Passions of the Cut Sleeve : The Male Homosexual Tradition in China - 1992 - by Bret Hinsch (Review).

Books: - Asian Homosexuality - 1992 - edited by Wayne R. Dynes and Stephen Donaldson (Table of Contents). Contains: "Male Homosexuality in Contemporary Mainland China," 175-88. -  The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China - (Amazon) 2003 - by Tze-Lan D. Sang (Review) (Review). Gay and Lesbian Asia: Culture, Identity, Community [Journal of Homosexuality, 40(3/4): PDF Download]: Title of Paper: Homosexuality and the cultural politics of tongzhi in Chinese societies (Full Text: Word Download) (Review). - Gay and Lesbian Asia: Culture, Identity, Community - 2001 - edited by Gerard Sullivan and Peter A. Jackson (Amazon.com Reference) (Review).

Resource Links: - The world largest international social organization for Gays of Asian Pacific Heritage. - Gay China Guide. - Grey Gay Guide - China. - China Gay & Lesbian Resources. - Susana Marques Transgender Directory for China. - China Rainbow Network: site by gay Chinese from the mainland for support and friendship. - China Rainbow Association. - China Gay and Lesbian Resources. - Queer Asian Pacific Publications and Newsletters. - China Gay & Lesbian Issues News.

Gay China (Global Gayz): - News/Reports 1998-07. - ILGA Report. - The Eastgarden.

Gayscape. - Pridelinks. - Utopia. - DragonCastle. - GayRice.

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

Academic Searches: Search IngentaConnect: The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. - Search Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online. - Search JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive. - Search The National Library of Medicine.
 

HONG KONG: - Gay life in Hong Kong: After a Hong Kong judge ruled in August 2005 that laws prohibiting gay sex by men under the age of 21 were discriminatory, Victor Chau, editor of a gay magazine, told the BBC News website about life as a gay man in Hong Kong.... - glbtq: Hong Kong. - Hong Kong Equalizes Age of Consent for Gays. - Judge rules Hong Kong gay sex laws unconstitutional. - I only wanted equality, says Leung. - Hong Kong leads the way. - Police disrupt gay fashion show in Hong Kong.  Human Rights Watchdog Condemns Hong Kong Over Gay Rights. - Hong Kong turns down gay marriage. - Hong Kong's top court rules that law against sodomy in public is discriminatory. - Hong Kong court finds public sodomy law discriminatory. - Hong Kong Sets Up Its First Social Services Centre For Homosexuals. - new gay social services centre opens in hong kong. - Gay film festival gets official backing in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong to Celebrate First Pride Day. - Hong Kong activists fight for gay rights. - Chinese gays hold historic Hong Kong meeting Many still not ready to come out to family. - Gay Chinese Students Protest Group's Exclusion N/A. - Hong Kong: An infant GLBT movement. - Gay Support Increases in Hong Kong. - Survey reveals strong anti-gay sentiment in Hong Kong.(Alternate Link) - Hong Kong: Lesbian & Gay Supporters Increasing. - City University of Hong Kong: Homosexuals - Either they will not speak up, or they dare not to N/A. - "To Love, Honor, and Dismay": Subverting the Feminine in Ang Lee's Trilogy of Resuscitated Patriarchs. - Hitwise Hong Kong Internet Report: Online Gay and Lesbian Industry. - HK to debate gay rights. - HK gay activists challenge unequal age of sexual consent law. - Strong China presence at HK’s Tongzhi conf. 

Equal Opportunities: Sexual Orientation. - Evaluation of the Hong Kong Government's Consultation Paper Equal Opportunities: A study on Discrimination on the Ground of Sexual Orientation. - Hong Kong Gay Youth N/A. (Archive Link) -  Prospectus on HORIZONS N/A: Hong Kong's Comprehensive Resource on Lesbian & Gay Counselling, since 1992. - Coming Out Experiences and Psychological Distress of Chinese Homosexual Men in Hong Kong. - Leslie Commits Suicide: Openly gay actor/singer plagued by depression over a soured 17-year relationship. - Two men and a gay wedding has Hong Kong in an uproar. - HK to debate gay rights. - Interview with Samshasha, Hong Kong's First Gay Rights Activist and Author.

1998 Chinese Tongzhi Conference", Hong Kong. -  1996 Chinese Tongzhi Conference: About 200 Chinese Tongzhi Gathered in Hong Kong: Tong-zhi Movement Should be Cultural Specific for Chinese Societies N/A. - Manifesto from the 1996 Conference. - "Chinese gays and lesbians from around the world met in San Francisco  June 26 - 28 [1998]." - Interview with Samshasha, Hong Kong's First Gay Rights Activist and Author. - Different Love Stories: Hong Kong films take gay life beyond camp. - Cut sleeve boys to premiere in asia at the bangkok international film festival.

Gay Station is the pioneering gay & lesbian net-radio newly found and based in Hong Kong. It now offers livestreaming webcast daily. - Queer Hong Kong After Chinese Takeover. - Hong Kong's Catholics condemn gay activists for disrupting Mass.

Research: - A Preliminary Investigation of HIV Vulnerability and Risk Behavior among Men who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong. - Recommended Strategy for HIV Prevention in MSM in Hong Kong, PDF Download. - Study Results for 110 Gay/Bi Males: "Men who have sex with men in Hong Kong" (Ravi Lulla). - Hong Kong Community Planning Process on HIV/AIDS MSM Working Group, PDF Download. - AIDS Prevention among MSM in Hong Kong: Review of Research and Prevention Activities - Executive Summary. - AIDS Resources in Hong Kong. - A study of the STD/AIDS related attitudes and behaviors of men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. - A Study of the Sexual Behavior and Attitudes of the Men who use Hong Kong's Gay Saunas. (Full Report: PDF Download). - A Study of the STD/AIDS Related Attitudes and Behaviors of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong (PDF Download). Male homosexual identity in Hong Kong: a social construction.

Queer at Your Own Risk: Marginality, Community and Hong Kong Gay Male Bodies (Full Text: PDF Download). - Developing a Social Constructionist Therapy Approach for Gay Men and Their Families in Hong Kong. - Negotiating Anal Intercourse in Inter-racial Gay Relationships in Hong Kong (Word 97 Download: Published in: Sexualities, 3, 299–322, 2000) (Abstract). - Becoming an Inclusive Community: Challenges from Hong Kong’s Tongzhi Movement (PDF Download). - Gays 60 percent more prone to domestic abuse: survey. - Personality, Psychosocial Variables, and Life Satisfaction of Chinese Gay Men in Hong Kong. - A Survey of Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Hong Kong Chinese Medical Students. 

Fearing for Minorities Living in Hong Kong: "During a visit to Hong Kong in 1989, 1 noticed that many gay men were behaving self-destructively, smoking, drinking, and failing to practice safe sex. I decided to document the emotional experience of gay men in Hong Kong for my doctoral dissertation, as an example of a minority group that is tolerated in Hong Kong but penalized in China. I began by comparing homosexual and heterosexual men. Both showed high levels of anxiety, with the symptoms--worry, paranoia, depression, and suicidal feelings--being much more acute among homosexuals. I have returned three times to Hong Kong since 1991 -- with my latest visit having been to witness the actual Chinese take-over at the beginning of July -- to talk with people from the original study as well as others in both formal interviews and informal conversations. And I continue to maintain the opinion that worry , sadness and fear are escalating because the political changeover is already having significant personal ramifications for people... While the American press continues to focus on Hong Kong as primarily "an economy," the voices of residents such as gays and other minorities continue to go unheard..."

Beyond Identity Politics: The Making of an Oral History of Hong Kong Women Who Have Same-sex Desires (Day Wong, National University of Singapore) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "Lesbians and gay men are often identified as a homogeneous group in struggles for equal rights. Some feminists question whether lesbians’ interests have been ignored, given that such rights movements are associated historically with demands, mainly by gay men, for decriminalization of male homosexual offences. In making no distinction between lesbians and gays, the concern is not simply that possible differences in the experience of social inclusion/exclusion are overlooked, but that lesbians are at risk of being subsumed under the category ‘gay’. Influenced by feminists’ gender differentiated approach, some scholars have begun to recover the histories of lesbians by collecting their life stories. In Hong Kong, there is a tendency that lesbians are made invisible in both the Tongzhi movement and the larger society. Some local female activists believe that lesbians do have a history and that history must be written. This paper discusses how they engage in the making of an oral history which enables voiceless women to speak for themselves. By naming the project as “An Oral History of Hong Kong Women who have Same-Sex Desires,” the organisers were sensitive to difference and included in the project women who have same sex desires/ relationships and yet refuse to identify themselves as lesbians. I argue that unlike oral histories which are oriented to cultivation of lesbian consciousness, this project has implications for developing a postmodern politics which emphasizes difference and fluidity of identities."

Reconsidering the Rice Queen (Dredge Byung’chu Kang, Emory University) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "In gay argot, the ‘rice queen’ is a gay man, typically white, who has an exclusive or strong sexual/affectional preference for Asian men. His counterpart, the ‘potato queen’, is an Asian man who desires white men. In Western nations, some gay Asian men have protested the putative objectification of Asian men in these interracial relationships. They claim that the pairing, often of a significantly older and less attractive white male with a younger and more attractive Asian male, is a form of psychosocial violence. This is made possible by the emasculinization of Asian men within a social context of structured power differentials where white masculinity is privileged. This formulation, however, does not allow for agency among potato queens, as agency is construed as being motivated by an internalized racism or individualistic social climbing. Moreover, the argument fails to consider homophobic constraints on the agency of rice queens. They, furthermore, are marginalized by other gay men who can not fathom their desires for the feminized Asian. Additionally, younger rice queens situate their identity in contradistinction with older rice queens, whom they portray as resembling sex tourists: old, fat, ugly and unable to attract sexual attention without their financial endowments. Thus, the putative perpetrators of psychosocial violence are themselves located within complex webs of power differentials based on race, sexuality, nationality, age, economics, and their failure to conform to gay cosmopolitan ideals of attractiveness. In this paper, I argue for a more nuanced view of the rice queen and sex tourist."  - "Potato Seeking Rice": Language, Culture and Identity in Gay Personal Ads in Hong Kong.

Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology: Index Page: Hong Kong: - Homoerotic, Homosexual, and Ambisexual Behaviors. - Gender Conflicted Persons. - HIV/AIDS. 

The Ultimate "Planet Out" Guide to Queer Movies (Country: Hong Kong). - HK Queer Film/Video Festival 98. - Hong Kong Gay and Lesbian Film/video Festival. - Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? He's a Woman, She's a Man: Hong Kong's gender-benders are the stuff of legend; director Patrick Chan adds two key works to the canon in these 1996 bookend satires of fame, pop music, and forbidden kisses. - Sexuality in Chinese Film series. - Floating City, Floating Selves: Let's Love Hong Kong (PDF Download): "As its English title suggests, Yau Ching?s Let?s Love Hong Kong entwines questions about sexuality and place. Its story concerns a group of young Hong Kong lesbians and their relationships with each other and the city they live in, but the film also raises broader issues about location and dislocation, homeliness and unhomeliness, and about the sexual subjectivities produced by a city culture marked by a volatile sense of inbetweenness and displacement..." - Wong Kar-wai Exclusive Interview. - Hong Kong director dissects gay breakup. - 2004 Pride International Film Festival - Night Corridor. - HK to host Asia's largest lesbian & gay film fest. - Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. - GLBTQ: Hong Kong Film. - Transgender Casting in the Hong Kong film world. - Director talks about gay culture in Hong Kong.

The Queer Cosmopolitics of Hong Kong Cinema (Helen Hok-Sze Leung, Simon Fraser University) (Abstract, Must Scroll: PDF Download. Full text): "This paper considers queer representations as a form of ‘cosmopolitics’, which Bruce Robbins elaborates as ‘a domain of contested politics’ in which cosmopolitanism is not opposed to, but negotiated within and beyond, the nation. In Hong Kong, homophobic resistance against the decriminalization of sodomy during the 1980s was expressed as anti-colonial patriotism. In response, activist Samshasha penned A History of Chinese Homosexuality, writing as ‘an angry Chinese’ tracing a queer past that has been eclipsed by colonial Christian values. Yet, in 1997 when Hong Kong was ‘returned’ to China, Samshasha refocuses his critique on the ‘implicit homophobia’ of Chinese culture while exploring queerness as a cosmopolitan ideal. When the configuration between nation, state, and power shifts, so does the dynamics of queer politics. The recent rise in independent filmmaking in Hong Kong has fueled a renewed interest in exploring queer themes in relation to issues of nation, identity and belonging. This paper explores the queer erotics of Island Tales (2000), Maps Of Sex And Love (2001) and Ho Yuk: Let’s Love Hong Kong (2003) as an intricate expression of love for Hong Kong. In the films, queer relationships are played out in the cosmopolitan experience of diaspora and incessant transnational movement, and in a postcolonial city’s struggle for autonomy that is at every turn challenged by a nationalist demand for its patriotism. The paper analyzes the films‚ cosmopolitics whereby queer sex, bodies, and relationships become emblematic of the trauma, contradictions, and possibilities of life in postcolonial Hong Kong."

"Marc Siegel in “The Intimate Spaces of Wong Kar-Wai” (Page 1 of Book Review) analyzes Hong Kong cinema’s politics of representation from a gendered context; his essay deals with the interconnections of global, gay/queer and sexualized identities in the context of the film Happy Together, which garnered Wong Kar-Wai the Cannes 1997 Best Director Award... At Full Speed is a provocative, stimulating volume. Positioned at the crossroads of an altered global terrain, this anthology analyzes the evolving issues of the social and cultural context of 90s Hong Kong cinema, reconsiders the concept of "local" identity in a new global framework, and examines the dynamics between the intercultural movement of images..." (Book Review: At Full Speed: Hong Kong Cinema in the Borderless World (2001).

First International Conference of Asian Queer Studies (2005): Papers available for download. - The 2005 Conference Abstracts: Many of these possible papers were either not presented or not made avaible as full text papers (PDF Download) (Alternate Link). - Titles for abstracts of these paper: related to Hong Kong: - Survey on Discrimination on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation for Women in Hong Kong (Connie Man Wai Chan, Women’s Coalition of HKSAR). - On the Edge of Culture: Sex and Sexualities in Taiwan and Hong Kong Science Fiction (Kit Sze Amy Chan, Hong Kong Shue Yan College). - Half Full or Half Empty? Legal Status and Activism of the Transgender Community in Hong Kong (Robyn Emerton, University of Hong Kong). - Theatrics of Cruising: Bath Houses and Movie Houses in Tsai Ming-liang’s Films (Guo-Juin Hong, Duke University). - Public Perceptions of Transgender in Hong Kong: Social, Psychological, and Emotional Sources of Biases (Mark King, University of Hong Kong). - Power and Subjectivity Beyond the Blurring of Boundaries: Experiences in Cyberspace and Daily Life of Lesbians in Hong Kong (Lap Man Law, Chinese University HK). - The Queer Cosmopolitics of Hong Kong Cinema (Helen Hok-Sze Leung, Simon Fraser University).  - Sexing the Cinematic Space: Films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan (Sean Metzger, Duke University). - Beyond Identity Politics: The Making of an Oral History of Hong Kong Women Who Have Same-sex Desires (Day Wong, National University of Singapore).  

Asian Homosexuality - 1992 - edited by Wayne R. Dynes and Stephen Donaldson (Table of Contents). Contains: "Lesbianism in the Chinese of Hong Kong," 99-108. - Lesbian Identity Development, Parental Acceptance, and Self Esteem among Hong Kong Lesbians - 2002 - by Fiona Ho Man Lam, Catherine McBride-Chang: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Word 97 Download N/A). - IGLHRC Book Hong Kong (PDF Download). - GLB Hong Kong -> Publications.

Resource Links: Gay Hong Kong. - Gay Hong Kong. - Utopia's Resources on China and Hong Kong. - GLB Hong Kong: Gay and Lesbian Organizations. - Gay Hong Kong Guide. - Gay Hong Kong. - Gay and Lesbian Hong Kong HKQueer News : Articles and Press Releases. - Grey Gay Guide - Hong Kong. - Selected News relating to HK Gays and Lesbians In Chinese). - Hong Kong Lesbian Resources Centre, Lesbian Forum. - Susana Marques Transgender Directory for Hong Kong. - GayRice. - Civil Rights for Sexual Diversities.

Gay Hong Kong (Global Gayz): - News/Reports 1997-07. - ILGA Report. - The Eastgarden.

Gayscape. - Pridelinks. - Google Directory. - Open Directory.

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

Academic Searches: Search IngentaConnect: The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. - Search Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online. - Search JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive. - Search The National Library of Medicine.

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TAIWAN: GLBTQ: Taiwan. - Being Transgender in Taiwan. - Same-sex unions promoted. - Taiwan lesbian and gay groups protest lack of freedom of expression. - Taipei's yearly gay pride parade has share of closeted marchers. - Taipei mayor hosts opening of gay pride festival. - Gay Taiwanese sues parents, hospital over lockup. - Gay groups in Taiwan to set up "Rainbow Republic": Gay groups in Taiwan are so angry that the government is not protecting their rights, they plan to set up a country for gay men and lesbians called the Rainbow Republic, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported Friday... - Taiwan chief cites "Brokeback" in speech: In a speech to U.S. business leaders: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian cited the film "Brokeback Mountain" to illustrate the potential for U.S.-Taiwan relations.... - Chinese gay rights activists encouraged after Taiwan visit.

Demand Taiwan's Court to Open Up Its Doors in Gay Bookstore Obscenity Trial: Taiwan's only gay and lesbian bookstore has been unreasonably charged with obscenity and is currently under trial behind closed doors... - Chen eyes abolishing death penalty, legalising gay marriage: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on Sunday he is considering abolishing the death penalty and legalizing marriage between homosexuals...  - Taiwan Gays March For Civil Rights: Thousands of gays, lesbians and transsexuals marched through the streets of Taipei on the weekend, showing their pride and calling for marriage and civil rights protections. The parade marked the climax of two weeks of pride celebrations in the capital that featured human rights forums and cultural events...

In Taiwan, Gay Life Has Zest. - Taipei holds its first gay pride parade. - Taiwan holds its first gay parade. - Straight-talking at Pride Parade: The second Taiwan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade put a spotlight on homosexual issues. - Lesbian and Gay Taiwan: A Yardstick of Democracy: An overview of lesbian and gay Taiwan including the half century of martial law when any gender irregularity could mean prison or worse, and the first years of democracy. - Taiwan Girls School Grapples with Lesbian Book N/A.: (Related Information) (See:  Book reveals high school lesbian lives) "The reputation of the top high school for girls in Taiwan has been shaken by the publication of a book chronicling the sex lives of lesbian students at the school, the Taipei Times reports. Entitled "The Taming and the Resistance," the book is a collection of interviews with 10 lesbian women who graduated from the Taipei First Girls' Senior High School, all of whom later went on to study at Taiwan's top university - National Taiwan University (NTU)..." - Taiwan Radio Station Fined For Lesbian Sex Sounds.- Taiwanese gays protest. - Taiwan moves to abolish death penalty, legalise gay marriages. 

Taiwan lesbian and gay groups protest lack of freedom of expression (Must Scroll) (Related Information). - What Happened Next? -Updates on the TJ Retrospective: Ten years ago this month, the Free China Journal--the forerunner of this paper--ran a short article under the headline, "First church for homosexuals gives members peace of mind." It covered the founding, by "three pastors sympathetic to the gay rights movement," of Taiwan's first church specifically geared toward meeting the needs of the country's homosexual community...

Gay Orgy Raid Raises Privacy Questions in Taiwan. (Alternate Link) - Policeman Raid Gay Gymnasium in Taipei. - The Apartheid of Homosexuality. - Archbishop Tutu, the apartheid of homosexuality, and being human. - Tongzhi, Queers, Gays and Lesbians in Taiwan N/A. (Archive Link) - History after 1986. - Both Sides of the Mirror - the Public Discourse on (Homo-)sexuality and Gender in Taiwan. - From Citizenship to Queer Counterpublic: Reading Taipei's New Park. - Taiwan: Masculinity, Sexuality.

Taiwan's gay activists out