Gaysia: Adventur the Queer East by Benjam Law (ebook)

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• BOOK REVIEW: GAYSIA–ADVENTUR IN THE QUEER EAST BY BENJAM LAW
• GAYSIA : ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST
• GAYSIA: ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST
• GAYSIA: ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST
• GAYSIA: ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST - SOFTVER

BOOK REVIEW: GAYSIA–ADVENTUR IN THE QUEER EAST BY BENJAM LAW

Benjam Law’s book Gaysia is an absorbg read filled wh quirky humour and rmative facts about the diverse queer culture Southeast Asia.

In his very own words, “For me, was time to go back to my homelands, to reach out to my fellow Gaysians: the Homolaysians, Bime, Laosbians and Shangdyk.

Author: Benjam LawPublisher: Random Hoe IndiaGenre: Non-fictnThe thor begs his book wh the claim that of all the ntents, Asia is the gayt. Law acknowledg his whe gay privilege—he knows that he is lucky to be born a part of the world where he n hold hands wh his boyiend public and n fluence the ernment to regnise same-sex marriag. Gaysia is a blend of solid rearch and adventure.

GAYSIA : ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST

He tak his rears on a journey to meet moneyboys exclive gay rorts of Bali, transsexual bety pageants Thailand, gay-lbian sham marriag Cha, fierce celebry drag queens Tokyo, gays and lbians gog through nversn therapy Malaysia, HIV affected patients Myanmar and anti-LGBT spirual gus I tly enjoyed the book, I really wish Law had given a short epilogue to his rears on what his travel enavours the Queer East meant to him personally.

GAYSIA: ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST

Homosexualy is seen as eher a mental disorr that n be cured or somethg equivalent to a ghost. Siarly, we are also given the acunt of attus towards homosexualy Malaysia, where reeratg vers of Quran is thought of as an ultimate way of reemg onelf om homosexualy. Law also troduc to a famo spirual gu India (not very hard to gus), who claims to have reversed homosexualy people wh pranayama don’t give his rears jt one view of Queer liv but giv the tails om different angl and brgs out plexi of beg a Queer Asia.

In Gaysia, we are given a look at morn Japane society that lik to watch s Queer muny on televisn but not so much real life.

GAYSIA: ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST

Law acknowledg his whe gay privilege—he knows that he is lucky to be born a part of the world where he n hold hands wh his boyiend public and n fluence the ernment to regnise same-sex thor also prents to fascatg stori of ristance agast the heteronormative ials. We are told about the creasgly popular practice of sham-marriag Cha, where young gay men and lbian women marry each other to pe the prsur om their nservative fai. Law also enunters the gay royal prce India who happens to be the first openly gay prce the world.

Overall, Gaysia is a personable and a movg exploratn of cultur that are slowly but steadily acceptg s queer muni. So he sets off to meet his fellow Gaysians. Law tak his vtigative duti serly, gog nu where required Bale sex rorts, stg backstage for hours wh Thai ladyboy bety nttants, and tryg Indian yoga class signed to cure his homosexualy.

GAYSIA: ADVENTUR THE QUEER EAST - SOFTVER

The characters he meets — om Tokyo's celebry drag queens to HIV-posive Burme sex workers and Malaysian ex-gay Christian fundamentalists to Che gays and lbians who marry each other to please their parents — all teach him somethg new about beg queer Asia. At once entertag and movg, Gaysia is a wild ri and a fascatg qut by a leadg Atralian wrer.

So off he sets to meet his fellow Gaysians. Law tak his vtigative duti serly, barg all Bale gay nudist rorts, and takg Indian yoga class signed to cure his homosexualy.

The characters he meets - om Tokyo’s celebry drag queens to HIV-posive Burme sex workers, om Malaysian ex-gay Christian fundamentalists to Thai ladyboy bety nttants - all teach him somethg new about beg queer Asia. At once hilar and movg, Gaysia trac a fascatg qut by a leadg Atralian wrer.