This say choos as s texts three films reprentg ntemporary gay male subjects om each of the "three" Cha's: HK, Taiwan, and the Maland. Relotg the homoerotic image of the "sad young man," a trope popular om Hollywood rebelln films of the 1950s and 1960s, to ntemporary Cha …
Contents:
- HAPPY ALONE? SAD YOUNG MEN EAST ASIAN GAY CEMA
- WHAT A GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT’S LOST DISCRIMATN CASE SAYS ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CHA
HAPPY ALONE? SAD YOUNG MEN EAST ASIAN GAY CEMA
Social media, K-pop and gay characters on Netflix – all have played a part brgg LGBT issu to the mastream. But greater visibily has brought a backlash too. * east asia gay *
A recent directive to broadsters banned pictns of “sissy” men, soon after a polemic state-n media nounced effemate men as a sign of rpt Wtern fluence the entertament LGBTQ activists and homophobic bloggers view creased censorship as a sign the polil wds are shiftg to an actively anti-LGBTQ policy, triggerg more utn among activists and more aggrsive harassment om their opponents.
While Cha’s LGBTQ muny remas active and rilient, s already limed opportuni to create social and polil change have been sharply Korea: Harnsg Onle ActivismSouth Korea’s LGBTQ muny has faced heightened homophobia amid the panmic. In May 2020, the ernment’s ntact tracg app texted the public that a COVID-19 patient had vised a gay club Itaewon. South Korean media foced on the patient’s sexual orientatn, fuelg public stigma agast the LGBTQ muny as “disease-spreadg gays.
WHAT A GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT’S LOST DISCRIMATN CASE SAYS ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CHA
A Korean LGBTQ activist group publicly nounced homophobic ments on LGBTQ people a statement sayg, “[A] person’s disease do not jtify hatred and discrimatn agast one’s sexual orientatn. Sce nservative policians mostly secure vot om church-based muni, they are prsured to nform to tradnalist Christians’ re polil beliefs, cludg opposg pro-LGBTQ bills to halt “the spread” of homosexualy.
In July, Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je me unr fire for llg “gay groups” a “problem” COVID-19 preventn efforts, whout offerg evince or explanatn.
His ments served to perpetuate stigmatizatn of the LGBTQ muny and historil prejudice seeg gay people as “diseased. But sce Tsai Ing-wen and the DPP took on the mantle of champns for same-sex marriage, LGBTQ rights has trend toward beg a partisan polil issue, wh nservative pro-KMT and often relig elements spreadg homophobic disrmatn durg electns 2018 and 2020. The strategi, succs, and great patience of the LGBTQ+ movement Japan offer a valuable glimpse to how queer activism n flourish the socially nservative and culturally homogeneo societi of East Asia.