Queer Asian Identities in Contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand
Explore the intersection of Asian identity and queer identity in Aotearoa New Zealand through the autoethnographic reflections of a Cantonese-Tauiwi queer man.
A Cantonese-Tauiwi queer man reflects on his lived experiences as a means to explore the intersection of Asian-ness and queerness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Queer Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand can suffer erasure caused by the dominance of whiteness in queer spaces. Written as a deliberate challenge to this invisibility, author Sidney Gig-Jan Wong 黃吉贊 reflects on his life and upbringing in order to explore the intersections of his own identity and ongoing coming out experience, and also highlight the perspectives of a minoritized community.
Ideal reading for students of LGBTQIA+ studies and Asian studies, as well as anthropology and sociology, this book draws on queer theory and the author’s life in a way that personalises concepts and highlights the humanity in the social sciences.
A Cantonese-Tauiwi queer man reflects on his lived experiences as a means to explore the intersection of Asian-ness and queerness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Queer Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand can suffer erasure caused by the dominance of whiteness in queer spaces. Written as a deliberate challenge to this invisibility, author Sidney Gig-Jan Wong 黃吉贊 reflects on his life and upbringing in order to explore the intersections of his own identity and ongoing coming out experience, and also highlight the perspectives of a minoritized community.
Ideal reading for students of LGBTQIA+ studies and Asian studies, as well as anthropology and sociology, this book draws on queer theory and the author’s life in a way that personalises concepts and highlights the humanity in the social sciences.
Introduction
Chapter 1: to leave one’s homeland
Chapter 2: to lay roots in the soil
Chapter 3: to navigate the world alone
Chapter 4: to obtain enlightenment
Chapter 5: to obsess without reason
Chapter 6: to return to one’s roots
Chapter 7: to find comfort in a hopeless situation
Chapter 8: to sail against the tide
Chapter 9: to long for a memory
Chapter 10: to inherit the teachings of one’s forebears
Chapter 11: to love one’s imperfections
Chapter 12: to stand without faltering
Epilogue
Sidney Gig-Jan Wong 黃吉贊 (he/him, any pronouns with respect) is a PhD candidate at the Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau, University of Canterbury (UC). He has a BSc in Linguistics, Master of Linguistics, and Master of Applied Data Science from UC.
