Mobilizing gay Singapore : rights and resistance in an authoritarian state /

Mobilizing gay Singapore : rights and resistance in an authoritarian state /

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For decades, Singapore's gay activists have sought equality and justice in a state where law is used to stifle basic civil and political liberties. In her groundbreaking book, Mobilizing Gay Singapore, Lynette Chua asks, what does a social movement look like in an authoritarian state? She takes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chua, Lynette J., 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Series:Sexuality studies.
Subjects:
Gay rights > Singapore.
Gays > Political activity > Singapore.
Gay liberation movement > Singapore.
Homosexuality.
Civil Rights.
Dissent and Disputes.
71.25 sexuality (sociology)
71.67 sexuality as a social problem.
Gay liberation movement.
Gay rights.
Gays > Political activity.
Singapore.
Table of Contents:
  • Mobilizing gay rights under authoritarianism
  • Legal restrictions, political norms and being gay in Singapore
  • Timorous beginnings
  • Cyber organizing
  • Transition
  • Coming out
  • Mobilizing in the open
  • Pragmatic resistance, law, and social movements.