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Politics of desire: exploring the ethnicity/sexuality intersectionality in south asian and east asian men who have sex with men (MSM)

das Nair, Roshan; Thomas, Shirley A.

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ROSHAN NAIR Roshan.dasnair@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology

Shirley A. Thomas



Abstract

Intersectionality’ has been used to interrupt dominant discourse surrounding LGB experiences, and has exposed their heterogeneity. Complexities of negotiating desire within a matrix of race/ethnicity and sexuality in South and East Asian men who have sex with men (MSM) has been under-explored in Black and Minority Ethnic LGB research. Our internet survey found discordance between sexual identities and sexual practices amongst Asian MSM. Many did not access LGB physical and cyberspaces, and some experienced abuse attributed to their race/ethnicity. Feeling undesired was read as a function of racism, but racism from Asian MSM, manifesting as dispreference for certain races/ethnicities, was also found. We also explored intersections between internalised racism and homophobia which affect the lived experience of diasporic Asian MSM.

Citation

das Nair, R., & Thomas, S. A. (2012). Politics of desire: exploring the ethnicity/sexuality intersectionality in south asian and east asian men who have sex with men (MSM). Psychology of Sexualities Section Review, 3(1),

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 1, 2012
Publication Date Nov 1, 2012
Deposit Date Jun 27, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jun 27, 2016
Journal Psychology of Sexualities Review
Print ISSN 2047-1467
Electronic ISSN 2047-1475
Publisher British Psychological Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 3
Issue 1
Book Title The British Ps
Keywords Ethnicity, gay/bisexual men, homophobia, intersectionality, racism, sexuality
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/711640
Publisher URL http://shop.bps.org.uk/publications/publication-by-series/psychology-of-sexualities-review/psychology-of-sexualities-review-vol-3-no-1-autumn-2012.html
Contract Date Jun 27, 2016

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