Reinventing Sexual Identities: Thai Gay Men1’s Pursuit of Social Acceptance
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Reinventing Sexual Identities: Thai Gay Men1’s Pursuit of Social Acceptance
Assistant Professor Dr.Jaray Singhakowinta (School of Social and Environmental Development, National Institute of Development Administration)
Abstract
This paper presents an analytical investigation of Thailand’s gender normative homosexuals’ refashioning of their sexual identities. It is intended to examine how the emergence of modern homosexual identities in Thailand could be aresulted of the interplay between Western discourses of sexuality and Thai sex/gender system2. Although gayis often seen as a cultural import from the West, its application in Thai contexts reveals the hybridisation of the Thai sex/gender system and Western discourses of sexuality. Thai homosexual men’s adoption of gay and subsequently chairakchai3underscores their constant redefinition and reconstruction of their sexual identities within Thai heteronormative frameworks.
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