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Release Date: April 21, 2014
ISBN: 9781627780360
eISBN: 9781627780537

Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East

by Benjamin Law

Benjamin Law considers himself pretty lucky to live in Australia: he can hold his boyfriend's hand in public and lobby his politicians to recognize same-sex marriage. But as the child of immigrants, 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 and 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 and a fascinating quest by a leading Australian writer.

 
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About the author Benjamin Law
 
 

Benjamin Law is the author of The Family Law and a frequent contributor to frankie magazine, Monthly, and QWeekend. His work has been published in Good Weekend, Cleo, Crikey, Griffith Review, and The Best Australian Essays. He lives in Brisbane, Australia. Like Huck Finn, Aaron Allbright was born in Missouri and grew up on the banks of the Mississippi. He spent three years in the Peace Corps...


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"[F]unny and charming and worthy of being tucked in your carry-on."

-- Terri Schlichenmeyer, LGBT Weekly

"Gaysia is educational, enlightening and a must read for anyone whose interested in travelling to the Asian continent..."

-- Antony Simpson

"I want to gift this book to every friend of mine -– straight or gay..."

-- The Hungry Reader

 

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