Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East by Benjamin Law

Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East by Benjamin Law

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781863955768
Author: Benjamin Law
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Black Inc
Place: Collingwood VIC
Year: 2012
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288 pages
Period: 20th and 21st Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Benjamin Law considers himself pretty lucky to live in Australia: he can hold his boyfriend's hand in public and lobby his politicians to recognise same-sex marriage. But as the child of migrants, he's also curious about how different life might have been had he grown up in Asia.

So he sets off to meet his fellow Gaysians. Law takes his investigative duties seriously, going nude where required in Balinese sex resorts, sitting backstage for hours with Thai ladyboy beauty contestants and trying Indian yoga classes designed to cure his homosexuality.

The characters he meets - from Tokyo's celebrity drag queens to HIV-positive Burmese sex workers, from Malaysian ex-gay Christian fundamentalists to Chinese gays and lesbians who marry each other to please their parents - all teach him something new about being queer in Asia.

At once entertaining and moving, Gaysia is a wild ride - a fascinating quest by a leading Australian writer.

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