Gay Asia: Tolerance Pays. Gordon Fairclough.
by Fairclough, Gordon; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 62Human Relations. Publisher: Far Eastern Economic Review, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Asia -- Politics and government | Asia -- Social conditions | Asians -- Attitudes | Gay consumers | Gay rights | Homosexuality | Homosexuality -- Religious aspects | Internet -- Social use | Social acceptance | Target marketing | TolerationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For many, the journey has yet to begin, but a growing number of Asian gay men and women are finally on the road to winning social and legal acceptance. Some are benefiting from the belief that open societies equal stronger economies; others are finding the courage to stand up for themselves as they find--often through the Net--that they are not alone." (FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW) This article examines how "across Asia, international travel, an increasingly globalized mass media and--crucially--the Internet are exposing gay people to the greater acceptance of homosexuals in the West and elsewhere, encouraging more to live openly and demand civil liberties."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Gay Asia: Tolerance Pays, Oct. 28, 2004; pp. 52-65.
"For many, the journey has yet to begin, but a growing number of Asian gay men and women are finally on the road to winning social and legal acceptance. Some are benefiting from the belief that open societies equal stronger economies; others are finding the courage to stand up for themselves as they find--often through the Net--that they are not alone." (FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW) This article examines how "across Asia, international travel, an increasingly globalized mass media and--crucially--the Internet are exposing gay people to the greater acceptance of homosexuals in the West and elsewhere, encouraging more to live openly and demand civil liberties."
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