Overview
Benjamin Law considers himself pretty lucky to live in Australia: he can hold his boyfriend's hand in public and lobby his politicians to recognise same-sex marriage. As the child of migrants, though, he also wonders how different life might have been had he grown up elsewhere. So off he sets to meet his fellow Gaysians. Law takes his investigative duties seriously, baring all in Balinese nudist resorts and taking Indian yoga classes designed to cure his homosexuality. The characters he meets - from Tokyo's celebrity drag queens to HIV-positive Burmese sex workers, from Malaysian ex-gay Christian fundamentalists to Thai ladyboy beauty contestants - all teach him something new about being queer in Asia.
Full Product Details
Author: Benjamin Law ,
Benjamin Law ,
Audible Studios
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
Imprint: Bolinda/Audible Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9781489362391
ISBN 10: 1489362398
Publication Date: 28 October 2016
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'One of the most surprising and entertaining voices in Australian nonfiction writing ... Gaysia is a book of powerful, enlightening stories on a fraught topic, told with care, empathy, grace and good humour.' -- The Australian 'Gaysia is like a Louis Theroux documentary in book form.' -- Bookseller + Publisher 'The resulting travelogue is packed with highly entertaining anecdotes about a grab bag of subjects, from tagging along with the finalists in a Thai transgender beauty pageant to suffering near-apocalyptic digestive troubles in Mumbai.' -- Passport Magazine
`One of the most surprising and entertaining voices in Australian nonfiction writing ... Gaysia is a book of powerful, enlightening stories on a fraught topic, told with care, empathy, grace and good humour.' -- The Australian `Gaysia is like a Louis Theroux documentary in book form.' -- Bookseller + Publisher 'The resulting travelogue is packed with highly entertaining anecdotes about a grab bag of subjects, from tagging along with the finalists in a Thai transgender beauty pageant to suffering near-apocalyptic digestive troubles in Mumbai.' -- Passport Magazine
Author Information
Benjamin Law is a Sydney-based TV screenwriter, journalist and newspaper columnist, who has a PhD in creative writing and cultural studies. He's the author of two books - The Family Law (2010) and Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012). Both of his books have been nominated for Australian Book Industry Awards and The Family Law is now a major SBS TV series. Benjamin is a frequent contributor to Good Weekend (The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age), frankie and The Monthly. He has also written for over 50 publications, businesses and agencies in Australia and worldwide. Benjamin Law is a Sydney-based TV screenwriter, journalist and newspaper columnist, who has PhD in creative writing and cultural studies. He's the author of two books - The Family Law (2010) and Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012). Both of his books have been nominated for Australian Book Industry Awards and The Family Law is now a major SBS TV series. Benjamin is a frequent contributor to Good Weekend (The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age), frankie and The Monthly. He has also written for over 50 publications, businesses and agencies in Australia and worldwide.
