Ideological manoeuvres in and around Pink Dot

A geopolitics of gender/sexuality in Asia

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ID3088979
AuthorsMichelle M Lazar (0000-0002-0316-7004, National University of Singapore, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume10
Issue2
Pages202-210
Publication date2021-07-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-3770 • E-ISSN: 2211-3789
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jls.20018.laz
OpenAlexW3184369704
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

This commentary comprises two parts. In the first part, different ways 'ideological manoeuvres' performed in and around Pink Dot discourses in Singapore and Hong Kong, as evinced in this special issue, are highlighted. 'Ideological manoeuvres' refer to the ideological actions and skilful management undertaken by social actors, explicitly or implicitly, to bring about or secure a tactical end in support of, or in opposition to, the Pink Dot LGBT social movement. In the second part, how the ideological manoeuvres are on-goingly shaped by, and shape, the geopolitics of gender/sexuality in Singapore and Hong Kong are discussed. In this regard, two areas are highlighted: the politics of Pink Dot's expressed apoliticism; and the transnational purchase of Pink Dot's mode of political organising. Both of these areas 'speak to' a critical project on the decolonisation of gender/sexual knowledge-making and practice in these two Asian contexts

Decolonization · Geopolitics · Human sexuality · Ideology · Media studies · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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