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Toward a struggle against invisibility: love between women in Thailand.
The following article, written by Took Took Thongthiraj, originally appeared in Amerasia Journal 20:1 (1994). Reprinted by permission of UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press.
Lesbian-like relationships and lifestyles exist in Thailand, yet many Western (often male) analysts of Thai sexuality and homosexuality have solely focused on the gay male subculture in Thailand. Unwillingness to uncover information on same-sex relationships between Thai women on the part of such analysts reinforces the multiple invisibility of these women-as women, "Third World"/Asian women, and lesbians. I hope to break such invisibilities by constructing a general discussion of ...
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