From private meetgs livg rooms the 1990s to the emergence of annual ralli and crimalizatn mpaigns the past six years, Sgapore's gay rights activists have sought equaly and jtice a state that do not regnise their rights to seek protectn of their civil and polil liberti. In her groundbreakg book, Mobilizg Gay Sgapore, Lyte Chua tells the history of the gay rights movement Sgapore and asks what a social movement looks like unr the circumstanc. She exam the movement s emergence, velopment, strategi, and tactics, as well as the rol of law and rights social procs. Chua -pth terviews wh gay activists, observatns of the movement's activi, movement documents, ernment statements, and media reports. She shows how activists ploy "pragmatic ristance" to ga visibily and support, and tackle polil norms that supprs dissent, while avoidg direct nontatns wh the state.
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- MOBILIZG GAY SGAPORE: RIGHTS AND RISTANCE AN AUTHORARIAN STATE
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- MOBILIZG GAY SGAPORE: RIGHTS AND RISTANCE AN AUTHORARIAN STATE (SEXUALY STUDI)
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MOBILIZG GAY SGAPORE: RIGHTS AND RISTANCE AN AUTHORARIAN STATE
* mobilising gay singapore *
From private meetgs livg rooms the 1990s to the emergence of annual ralli and crimalizatn mpaigns the past six years, Sgapore's gay rights activists have sought equaly and jtice a state that do not regnise their rights to seek protectn of their civil and polil liberti. In her groundbreakg book, Mobilizg Gay Sgapore, Lyte Chua tells the history of the gay rights movement Sgapore and asks what a social movement looks like unr the circumstanc. Chua -pth terviews wh gay activists, observatns of the movement's activi, movement documents, ernment statements, and media reports.
"Mobilizg Gay Sgapore fills a void foreigners’ unrstandg of gay issu Sgapore. " - Nigel Collett“The book offers a timely, prehensive and reflective discsn of the gay and lbian movement Sgapore and mak a signifint ntributn to queer Asian studi.
I would like to highlight the terview quot of gay and lbian activists the book.
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For s, Sgapore's gay activists have sought equaly and jtice a state where law is ed to stifle basic civil and polil liberti. In her groundbreakg book, Mobilizg Gay Sgapore, Lyte Chua asks, what do a social * mobilising gay singapore *
They are ed signifint personal narrativ of an important history and a vivid reprentatn of the activists as diverse dividuals” - Lucetta Kam“The -pth exploratn of a ntemporary gay movement an thorarian state is a unique ntributn to the study of social movements generally and gay rights specifilly. For s, Sgapore's gay activists have sought equaly and jtice a state where law is ed to stifle basic civil and polil liberti.
In her groundbreakg book, Mobilizg Gay Sgapore, Lyte Chua asks, what do a social movement look like an thorarian state?
MOBILIZG GAY SGAPORE: RIGHTS AND RISTANCE AN AUTHORARIAN STATE (SEXUALY STUDI)
For s, Sgapore's gay activists have sought equaly and jtice a state where law is ed to stifle basic civil and polil liberti. In her groundbreakg book, Mobilizg Gay Sgapore, Lyte Chua asks, what do a social movement look like an thorarian state? She tak an expansive view of the gay movement to exame s emergence, velopment, strategi, and tactics, as well as the rol of law and rights social procs. Chua tells this important story g -pth terviews wh gay activists, observatns of the movement's activi-cludg "Pk Dot" events, where thoands of Sgaporeans gather annual celebratns of gay pri-movement documents, ernment statements, and media reports. She shows how activists ploy "pragmatic ristance" to ga visibily and support, tackle polil norms that supprs dissent, and al wh police harassment, while avoidg direct nontatns wh the law. Mobilizg Gay Sgapore also addrs how the brave, lolly engaged cizens e out to the open as gay activists and expand and diversify their efforts the global queer polil movement. * mobilising gay singapore *
She tak an expansive view of the gay movement to exame s emergence, velopment, strategi, and tactics, as well as the rol of law and rights social procs. Chua tells this important story g -pth terviews wh gay activists, observatns of the movement's activi-cludg "Pk Dot" events, where thoands of Sgaporeans gather annual celebratns of gay pri-movement documents, ernment statements, and media reports. Mobilizg Gay Sgapore also addrs how the brave, lolly engaged cizens e out to the open as gay activists and expand and diversify their efforts the global queer polil movement.
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Pragmatic Ristance, Law, and Social Movements Appendix A: Rearch Dign and Methods Appendix B: Study Rponnts: Sgapore’s Gay Activists Appendix C: Sgapore’s Gay Movement Organizatns and Major Events Not Referenc Inx. Sexualy StudiMobilizg Gay Sgapore: Rights and Ristance an Authorarian StateFrom private meetgs livg rooms the 1990s to the emergence of annual ralli and crimalizatn mpaigns the past six years, Sgapore's gay rights activists have sought equaly and jtice a state that do not regnise their rights to seek protectn of their civil and polil liberti.
In her groundbreakg book, Mobilizg Gay Sgapore, Lyte J.
Chua tells the history of the gay rights movement Sgapore and asks what a social movement looks like unr the circumstanc. She exam the movement's emergence, velopment, strategi, and tactics, as well as the rol of law and rights social -pth terviews wh gay activists, observatns of the movement's activi, movement documents, ernment statements, and media reports. «Mobilizg Gay Sgapore monstrat how rights n be advanced effectively even when the law crimaliz not only homosexualy but also many forms of advocy.
For s, Sgapore's gay activists have sought equaly and jtice a state where law is ed to stifle basic civil and polil liberti. In her ... * mobilising gay singapore *
»- David Engel, SUNY Distguished Service Profsor of Law, State Universy of New York at Buffalo «Important as a history of an opprsed, margal muny, Mobilizg Gay Sgapore's acunts of how civil society actors had to operate are lucid, engagg, and sometim eply personal. The book centr on the Sgaporean gay movement's relatnship wh the "thorarian" state, trackg the movement's growth over a perd of about twenty years.
The teractn of the movement (which self is que a problematic label bee assum a staed, homogeneo and monolhic enty - Chua herself tak pas to acknowledge this, helpfully) wh wir Sgaporean civil society is not really examed, and I fd the treatment of the Christian Right to have been rather flat and one-dimensnal.
Also I read a subtle, almost untectable implitn that Sgaporean society at large is generally acceptg of the gay muny Sgapore.
For s, Sgapore's gay activists have sought equaly and jtice a state where law is ed to stifle basic civil and polil liberti. In her gr.. * mobilising gay singapore *
There is mentn of Alfian Sa'at's plays, but not a larger discsn of them or the other ways which theater and the arts have ntributed to the crease Gay Rights acceptance.