"And I Am Also Gay": Illiberal Pragmatics, Neoliberal Homonormativity and LGBT Activism in Singapore

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  • Robert Phillips University of Manitoba

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Singapore, illiberal pragmatics, homonormativity, LGBT social movements, Internet, citizenship

Résumé

For decades, members of Singapore's LGBT com
munities have been unsuccessfully advocating for rights. How
ever, since the state introduction of the Internet, there has
been a profound shift in the relationship between LGBT Singa
poreans and their nation. In this article I examine recent
Internet-influenced developments in LGBT activism and posi
tion them within the framework of illiberal pragmatics, which
highlights the ambivalent logic employed by Singaporean au
thorities when formulating social and legal policy. I describe
how illiberal pragmatism, in combination with a Singaporean
specific neoliberal homonormativity, has changed strategies of
LGBT activism and provided new ways to think about rights.

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2014-04-30

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Phillips, R. (2014). "And I Am Also Gay": Illiberal Pragmatics, Neoliberal Homonormativity and LGBT Activism in Singapore. Anthropologica, 56(1), 45–54. Consulté à l’adresse https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/630

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