Xavier I C Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6574877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xavier I C Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xavier I C |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN X I C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-6509-5630 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Queer Legal Time and the Architecture of Delay in Sham Tsz Kit v. Secretary for Justice
This article develops the concept of queer legal time to argue that recognition within the Hong Kong courts is achieved through suspension and not resolution. Focusing on the 2023 ruling in Sham Tsz Kit v. Secretary for Justice, it constructs an “architecture of delay” in which the court acknowledged that the lack of a partnership framework was unconstitutional yet still reaffirmed heterosexual marriage and imposed a two-year compliance period wi…
Queer Rhythms of Continuity
The article examines how the Taiwan-based LGBTQ+ streaming platform GagaOOLala reconceptualizes seriality as a queer infrastructure of endurance. Rather than reifying seriality as a function of retention, GagaOOLala harnesses rhythm, delay, and repeat to extend relation in fragile media conditions. By conducting a textual analyses of Fragrance of the First Flower (2021) and Boys Like Boys (2023), interviews with platform editors, and reception tr…
Soft infrastructural visibility and the rhythms of queer media in Hong Kong
This article examines how queer visibility in Hong Kong subsists through precarious conditions of representation. In a media landscape characterised by linguistic erasure and infrastructural fragility in present-day Hong Kong, the question of queerness’ visibility becomes urgent. Focusing on Boyscation Too a Cantonese gay men dating show produced by Vinci Wong in 2024, it investigates how queerness is wielded rhythmically in tone, pace, and conve…
Recognition Without Meaning
This article frames the paradox of queer recognition in Hong Kong by analysing the legal treatment of same-sex couples under HKCFA 28. Synthesising the concepts of affective disqualification and relational justice, it claims that ethical inclusion must be measured not merely by the entitlements it secures but also by the forms of moral goods it validates. The analysis illustrates that privacy serves as an idiom of regulation, confining intimacy t…
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Queer Legal Time and the Architecture of Delay in Sham Tsz Kit v. Secretary for Justice
This article develops the concept of queer legal time to argue that recognition within the Hong Kong courts is achieved through suspension and not resolution. Focusing on the 2023 ruling in Sham Tsz Kit v. Secretary for Justice, it constructs an “architecture of delay” in which the court acknowledged that the lack of a partnership framework was unconstitutional yet still reaffirmed heterosexual marriage and imposed a two-year compliance period wi…
Queer Rhythms of Continuity
The article examines how the Taiwan-based LGBTQ+ streaming platform GagaOOLala reconceptualizes seriality as a queer infrastructure of endurance. Rather than reifying seriality as a function of retention, GagaOOLala harnesses rhythm, delay, and repeat to extend relation in fragile media conditions. By conducting a textual analyses of Fragrance of the First Flower (2021) and Boys Like Boys (2023), interviews with platform editors, and reception tr…
Soft infrastructural visibility and the rhythms of queer media in Hong Kong
This article examines how queer visibility in Hong Kong subsists through precarious conditions of representation. In a media landscape characterised by linguistic erasure and infrastructural fragility in present-day Hong Kong, the question of queerness’ visibility becomes urgent. Focusing on Boyscation Too a Cantonese gay men dating show produced by Vinci Wong in 2024, it investigates how queerness is wielded rhythmically in tone, pace, and conve…
Recognition Without Meaning
This article frames the paradox of queer recognition in Hong Kong by analysing the legal treatment of same-sex couples under HKCFA 28. Synthesising the concepts of affective disqualification and relational justice, it claims that ethical inclusion must be measured not merely by the entitlements it secures but also by the forms of moral goods it validates. The analysis illustrates that privacy serves as an idiom of regulation, confining intimacy t…
LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 works) · Queer (4 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (3 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2 works) · Acknowledgement (1 work) · Architecture (1 work) · Architecture (1 work) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 work) · Digital media (1 work)