Indonesian intersections of bisexuality and transgender
Collections | Sexualities, Genders and Rights in Asia: International Conference of Asian Queer Studies (2005) |
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Title: | Indonesian intersections of bisexuality and transgender |
Author(s): | Graham, Sharyn AsiaPacificQueer Network |
Publisher: | Canberra, ACT: The Australian National University |
Citation: | Graham, S. (2005, July). Indonesian intersections of bisexuality and transgender. Paper presented at Sexualities, Genders and Rights in Asia: 1st International Conference of Asian Queer Studies. Bangkok, Thailand: AsiaPacifiQueer Network, Mahidol University; Australian National University |
Description: | This article analyses the intersections of bisexuality and transgender in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. While there are no equivalent indigenous terms, there are cognate identities and experiences that make such an examination valid and fruitful. The article is divided into three main sections. After a brief introduction, I introduce two gendered identities which fall outside normative models: calabai’ (transgendered males) and calalai’ (transgendered females). In the second section I recount specific examples of bisexuality and transgender intersection. A critical analysis of these intersections reveals much about representations and understandings of desire, sexuality, and gender. The theoretical contributions which arise from this analysis are proposed in the third section where I argue that the conceptual categories imposed by rigid Western terminology are rendered problematic when considering the intersection between bisexuality and transgender in South Sulawesi. As such, in South Sulawesi experiences of bisexuality and transgender must be explored from a perspective which allows appreciation of their coalescence. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/8667 |
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