Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia

Hugo Córdova Queroholds, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA Romit Dasgupta, University of Western Australia Joseph N. Goh, Monash University, Malaysia Kunisuke Hirano, University of Virginia, USA The Rev. Dr Jonipher K?pono Kwong, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) The Rev. Elizabeth Leung, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California, USA Jamie Paquin, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan Fabio Ricardo Ribeira, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil Michael Sepidoza Campos, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA Miak Siew, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California, USA Lai Shan Yip, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California, USA

"This volume offers inspiring and insightful essays from emerging scholars who explore the intersection of ethnicity, migration, sexual desire, practice, and religion. You will find most valuable contributions to the fields of queer studies and migration studies that expand the vision in both fields." - Andrea Bieler, Professor, Practical Theology, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, Germany

• Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction: Trans/Pacific Affairs: Queer-Journeyers in Search of New Liaisons; Hugo Córdova Quero, Joseph N. Goh and Michael Sepidoza Campos PART I: TOWARDS ASIA 1. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Sexual Preferences and Migration in Japan; Jamie Paquin 2. Made in Brazil? Sexuality, Intimacy, and Identity Formation among Japanese Brazilian Queer Immigrants in Japan; Hugo Córdova Quero 3. Desire, Nation and Faith: A Roundtable among Emerging Queer Asian/Pacific Islander Religion Scholars (EQARS); Hugo Córdova Quero, Joseph N. Goh, Elizabeth Leung, Michael Sepidoza Campos, Miak Siew, and Lai Shan Yip PART II: FROM AND AROUND ASIA 4. In Search of Dreams: Narratives of Japanese Gay Men on Migration to the United States; Kunisuke Hirano 5. Queer Imaginings and Travelings of 'Family' Across Asia; Romit Dasgupta 6. Transgressive Empowerment: Queering the Spiritualities of the Mak Nyahs of PT Foundation; Joseph N. Goh PARTIII: BEING AND BELIEVING: ASIAN DIASPORA 7. 'Bring Your Own Pink Rice Cooker': Portability of the Queer Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Experience; Jonipher Kwong 8. Straddling California and Manila in the Bathhouse: A Queer Ethnography of A Filipino-American Baklâ Healthworker; Michael Sepidoza Campos 9. Sexy Cool Asians From Brazil: A Study of Second-Generation Japanese-Brazilian Gay Men in Brazil; Fabio Ribeira Notes on Contributors Index of Names and Subjects