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Co-sponsors: UC Davis East Asian Studies, UCLA Asian Pacific Center, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, UCI Center for Asian Studies, UCSD International Institute, UCSD 21st Century China Center, Pomona College Asian Studies
This event is organized and hosted by Global Hong Kong Studies at University of California.
About the Event
Based on newly published life histories of gay men and women, Denise Tang and Travis Kong discuss and compare the experiences of these marginalized communities amidst Hong Kong’s political economic transformation.
All Shall Be Well?
Ethnographies of older lesbians and bisexual women in Hong Kong by Denise Tse-Shang Tang
From Grey & Pride to Suk Suk and Beyond: Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong through Participatory Action Research by Travis Shiu-ki Kong
About the Speakers
Denise Tse-Shang Tang
Denise Tse-Shang Tang is Head and Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Her research specializes in gender and sexualities with specific focus on lesbian desires and transgender masculinities in an inter-Asian context. Prior to entering academia, Tang was program manager for communities including Asian & Pacific Islander LGBTQI+, survivors of sexual violence, First Nations women, queer youth and incarcerated Asian youth in San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver B.C. Tang's latest publication in Chinese includes an oral history of older lesbians and bisexual women in Hong Kong (同聲同氣:香港年長女同志口述史, 手民出版社,2024). She is also the Co-Producer of the award-winning film, All Shall Be Well ((Dir. Ray Yeung / Hong Kong / 2024 / Drama / 93min).
Travis S.K. KONG
Professor Travis S.K. KONG is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. His research specializes in the sociology of homosexuality, of prostitution and of praxis. He is the sole author of Chinese Male Homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy (Routledge, 2011), Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong: Unspoken but Unforgotten (HKU Press, 2019) and Sexuality and the Rise of China: The Post-1990s Gay Generation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China (Duke University Press, 2023). He is co-editor-in-chief of Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society. Kong is committed to knowledge exchange and social impact; notably, his scholarly work on older gay men led to the establishment of the NGO Grey and Pride (2014-), inspired the multi-award-winning film Suk Suk (2019) and put the concerns and rights of older LGBTQ+ onto the public agenda, for which he won the Prism Award (2014) and LGBT+ Advocacy Award (2020) acknowledging his contributions to the LGBTQ+ community in Hong Kong.