‘Queer’ Asia blogs present perspectives on LGBTQ+ issues in Asia. Our contributors include artists, activists and academics working on LGBTQ+ issues in Asia or Asian diasporas. If you wish to contribute to our blog, please write to us at queerasia@gmail.com.
QA Blog Series: ‘Queer’ + Decoloniality In Post-Socialist States
‘Queer’ + Decoloniality in Post-Socialist States — Blog Series Introduction by Olga Andreyevskikh and misha ireklekh yakovlev
QA Blog Series: QA 2020 Rethinking Radical Now Series (ongoing)
‘Rethinking Radical Now’ Blog Series Introduction by Jennifer Ung Loh and J. Daniel Luther
‘퀴어’가 한국말로 뭐에요? (What is ‘Queer’ in Korean?): Reflections on Navigating as Queer-identifying Student Activist by Jessie Yoon
Queer Safer Spaces by Elmira Zadissa and Ramona Zadissa
Queer Theory in the Sexual Health and Human Rights Paradigm by Justin Francis Bionat
China by Jinhao Xie
For Sara by Sabiha Allouche
Ontopower and Queer Radical Changes by Victor Fan
Queer of colour community building as radical utopia: QTIPOC Notts by Ibtisam Ahmed
To (Homo)Sex the Family/What’s Queer about Kinship? by Themal Ellawala
QA Blog Series: From South Asia with Love (ongoing)
SAL (1) – Steering in new directions: after Sec377
QA Blog Series: Building Blocks in the LGBT Asian community in the UK (ongoing)
QA Blog Series: Doubly Others – Queers of Colour in the Diaspora (ongoing)
Inheritance by Alexandra D’Sa
QA Blog Series: Reflections on the conference and film festival
Reflections (1) – Silence That Breaks the Boundary: Voicelessness as a Queer Asian Art Expression
Reflections (2) – Learning and Exploring at ‘Queer’ Asia: A Perspective from Central Asia
QA Blog Series: QA18 Bodies X Borders Art Exhibition: Artist Interviews
Exploring Queer Asia: Bodes X Borders (original on Cuntemporary) – by Rhea Tuli, Curator
LGBT Censorship in Art Institutions: Interview with Ryudai Takano
Sexuality, Violence, and Beauty in Art: Interview with Alqumit Alhamad
Underwear as a Window to Gay Life: Interview with Heezy Yang
Collaging Narratives: Interview with Jay Cabalu
QA18 Conference and Film Festival overview – on Study at SOAS Blogs
Information regarding the upcoming ‘Queer’ Asia 2018 events at SOAS, UCL, and the British Museum
QA Blog Series: What is ‘Queer’ in South Korea? Explorations of art, identity, and ‘queerness’
Reflections on an exhibition of queer art in Korea – Camille Sung
Performing Art in South Korea – Sungjae Lee
Queer art from Korea (Seoul): A List of My Own, 2017 – Yeonsook LEE / 리타 (Rita)
Event Report: Queer Korean Trans and Diaspora Identity
‘Queer’ Asia and SOAS North Korea Society got together to organise a seminar on “Queer Korean Trans and Diaspora Identity” at SOAS, University of London on 1st Dec, 2017.
Overview of LGBTQ activism in South Korea by Heezy Kim Yang
“Even though South Korea has become a culturally very influential Asian country, non-native South Koreans outside South Korea are often only able to access limited bits of the country’s culture due to the language barrier and South Korea’s unfamiliarity with foreigners.”
QA17 – Zed Books Blog Contest
Being Queer in North Korea – Shyun J. Ahn
Waiting for the Worst – Diego García Rodríguez
Dishes and Desire in DC – Ping H. Wang
Versions of Violence Against Trans People in China – Ausma Bernotaite
The Colonial Choreography of Queer Value – Sara Shroff
What do queers want? QA17 Summary by Allan C. Simpson
A summary write up of the ‘Queer’ Asia 2017 Conference by Allan C. Simpson, Co-founder and Committee member of ‘Queer’ Asia
Trans rights: Legal gender recognition in Asia and the Pacific by Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN): “Trans people are among the most vulnerable populations throughout Asia and the Pacific and face significant barriers in exercising their human rights, including their right to health.”
QA17 – IAPS, University of Nottingham Blog Series
Queer Politics and Tibet: Past, Present and the Future – Seagh Kehoe and Chelsea E. Hall
Gay and Indian in Malaysia? Forget it – R. Jeyathurai
Acrush: A Case Study in Chinese Gender Neutrality – Jamie J. Zhao
Queer’ India: A Path to Sustained Progress? – Jennifer Ung Loh
Awareness awaiting recognition: Intersex rights in Hong Kong – Geoffrey Yeung
“Activists are still advocating for the right for intersex people not to be subject to genital surgeries without their consent. The gender binary remains entrenched in the law and on identity cards.”
Far left behind: the situation of LGBTI rights in Indonesia – Yasmin Purba
“Although there is no law criminalising homosexuality or same-sex conduct at the national level, except in Aceh province, there are at least 15 discriminatory policies against LGBTI people in Indonesia.”
To submit a blog, please email us at queerasia@gmail.com with your ideas!