【by Yu-Ying Hu, Dec. 2024】 Around the turn of the millennium, the term “transgender,” or kuà sìng bié in Mandarin, emerged in Taiwan as a new, non-normative gender identity category. It represents ind …
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【by Howard Chiang, Dec. 2024】 As someone who engages with sources from the early modern period sporadically, I felt humbled and excited when asked to serve as a discussant for the “Global Early Modern …
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Taiwan’s Anti-Gender Movement and the Proleptic Politics of Transnational Transantagonism | Yo-Ling Chen and Panchen Lo
【by Yo-Ling Chen and Panchen Lo, Dec. 2024】 Since fall of 2021, Taiwan has seen the rise of a robust anti-gender movement that has grafted itself onto global anti-gender movement infrastructures prima …
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【by Yi-Chien Chen, Dec. 2024】 1. Why I Became Interested in Transgender Rights How did I become interested in transgender issues in the first place, and why do I think they are one of the most pressin …
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Are We All Nonbinary in Taiwan? A Recent History of a Transpacific Accident | Yo-Ling Chen
【by Yo-Ling Chen, Dec. 2024】 July, 2024. There are over thirty of us gathered in the long rectangular basement of DAYBREAK, a leftist event space run by New Bloom Magazine in Taipei. It is about 3:30P …
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Traveling Multiverse, Disrupting Categories: Crossdressing Subculture and Wei-Niang Community in Taiwan | Panchen Lo
【by Panchen Lo, Dec. 2024】 Celebrating Wei-Niang Community in Taipei At the end of 2018, I attended to a wei-niang subculture party in Taipei. There were about 70 guests, most of whom lived in norther …