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    Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East
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    Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East

    By Benjamin Law

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    Benjamin Law considers himself pretty lucky to live in Australia: he can hold his boyfriend’s hand in public and lobby his politicians to recognise same-sex marriage. As the child of migrants, though, he also wonders how different life might have been had he grown up elsewhere. So off he sets to meet his fellow Gaysians.

    Law takes his investigative duties seriously, baring all in Balinese gay nudist resorts, and taking Indian yoga classes designed to cure his homosexuality. The characters he meets – from Tokyo’s celebrity drag queens to HIV-positive Burmese sex workers, from Malaysian ex-gay Christian fundamentalists to Thai ladyboy beauty contestants – all teach him something new about being queer in Asia.

    At once hilarious and moving, Gaysia traces a fascinating quest by a leading Australian writer.

    ‘One of the most surprising and entertaining voices in Australian nonfiction writing … Gaysia is a book of powerful, enlightening stories on a fraught topic, told with care, empathy, grace and good humour’ —The Australian

    ‘Benjamin Law is funny and honest and handsome – Gaysia is a delightful, occasionally confronting adventure’ —Josh Thomas

    ‘Often thought-provoking in a refreshingly upbeat way’ —Robert Dessaix, The Monthly

    ‘Gaysia is like a Louis Theroux documentary in book form’ —Bookseller+Publisher

    ‘A terrific read … gonzo anthropology and great storytelling’ —John Safran
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Inc. Books
    Release dateJun 30, 2013
    ISBN9781922231147
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    Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East
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    Benjamin Law

    Benjamin Law is the author of The Family Law, Gaysia, the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101, and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia. He's also a TV and radio broadcaster; co-creator, co-executive producer and co-writer of the Netflix comedy-drama Wellmania; creator and co-writer of three seasons of the award-winning TV series The Family Law (SBS/Hulu/Comedy Central Asia); and playwright of the sold-out mainstage play Torch the Place (Melbourne Theatre Company). He appeared on Survivor: Heroes v Villains in 2023.

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    • 3/5
      A series of vignettes and snapshots, rather superficial, not an in-depth exploration of an important topic. Maybe my expectations of this were too heavy.