Queer processes of Hong Kong as a global formation post‐2019: LGBTIQ+ Hong Kong migrants and their experiences in Taiwan

Although Hong Kong has always been transnational and its overseas communities longstanding, the queer experiences of diasporic Hongkongers have rarely been explored. Through interview‐based research, this article examines the experiences of LGBTIQ+ Hongkongers who migrated to Taiwan after the 2019–2...

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Published in:Global networks (Oxford) 2024-07, Vol.24 (3), p.n/a
Main Author: Yu, Ting‐Fai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diaspora
Hong Kong
Intersectionality
LGBTQ people
Migrants
Migration
queer
Sexuality
Taiwan
Transnationalism
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Summary:Although Hong Kong has always been transnational and its overseas communities longstanding, the queer experiences of diasporic Hongkongers have rarely been explored. Through interview‐based research, this article examines the experiences of LGBTIQ+ Hongkongers who migrated to Taiwan after the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, with the intention to accomplish three broader theoretical objectives. First, it introduces an intersectional approach to understanding the current Hong Kong diaspora by exploring how queerness came to shape and politicize a changing Hong Kong identity. Second, it considers Taiwan's role in global queer migration by investigating how it became a place of exception for LGBTIQ+ Hongkongers and, by extension, other ethnically Chinese queers. Lastly, it highlights how Hong Kong and Taiwan are linked by a structure of queer Sinophone consciousness, demonstrating how queerness and Chineseness are mutually productive and most amplified in transnational settings.
ISSN:1470-2266
1471-0374
DOI:10.1111/glob.12474