Identity, Mobility, and Urban Place-Making: Exploring Gay Life in Manila

This article offers a nuanced analysis of identity reconstitution in transnational gay relations. Drawing from critical ethnography, the author focuses on Filipino gay-identified hosts, who remain invisible in global analyses of sexuality and tourism, as they create a gay space in Malate, an ex-sex...

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Published in:Gender & society 2005-04, Vol.19 (2), p.180-198
Main Author: Collins, Dana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Culture Contact
East and West
Gay communities
Gays & lesbians
Gender identity
Gender studies
Homosexuality
Homosexuals
Identity
LGBT
Male homosexuality
Manila, Philippines
Men
Philippines
Queer culture
Queer studies
Sex Role Identity
Sexuality
Social identity
Society
Tourism
Travelers
Urban areas
Urban identity
Urbanism
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Summary:This article offers a nuanced analysis of identity reconstitution in transnational gay relations. Drawing from critical ethnography, the author focuses on Filipino gay-identified hosts, who remain invisible in global analyses of sexuality and tourism, as they create a gay space in Malate, an ex-sex and current tourist district in the city of Manila. Challenging the perception that gay identity is Western made, the author focuses on how gay host identity is constituted through hosts' travel/mobility and in relation to urban place. She discusses place-making as a strategy that allows gay hosts to see their identities transformed in Malate despite their social exclusion in the process of urban gentrification.
ISSN:0891-2432
1552-3977
DOI:10.1177/0891243204272707