Legal recognition of same-sex partnerships

A comparative study of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID3592832
AuthorsDenise T-S Tang (0000-0002-8749-2647, corresponding author), Diana Khor (Hosei University), Yi-Chien Chen (0009-0006-6574-1872, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan), Yi‐Chien Chen (0000-0002-7476-0219, Shih Hsin University)
Year2020
Volume68
Issue1
Pages192-208
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038026119858222
OpenAlexW2952637193
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited22

Legal recognition of same-sex partnerships and marriages has been at the forefront of media attention in East Asian societies. For our comparative study, we carried out qualitative in-depth interviews with 31 gay men and lesbians to investigate the nuanced understanding of marriage, family and sexual citizenship within the context of debates on marriage equality across Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. Expanding on the theoretical concepts in Chen's 'Asia as method', Iwabuchi's 'inter-Asian referencing' and Yue and Leung's 'queer Asia as method', we aim to understand how the act of marriage is defined, conducted and rationalized amidst a web of social relations within each research locale. We argue that despite the variations in the structure and practice of kin relations, same-sex unions cannot be detached from the kinship institution in the three research sites. Our study points to a different perspective on same-sex marriage that goes beyond the binary of assimilation to/dismantling of the heterosexual marriage institution by attending to the structural and symbolic significance of the family and community

Citizenship · Cohabitation · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Heteronormativity · Institution · Kinship · Political science · Politics · Queer · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships

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