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Tag: homosexuality

UNDER OLYMPIAN PRESSURE: LGBT RIGHTS IN JAPAN

LILLY WEBBER WRITES – The long-awaited Japan 2020 Olympics is finally in full swing— or it would be if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t forced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the event to 2021 (hopefully). The Olympics would have brought renowned athletes and thousands of tourists to the East…

Full Article UNDER OLYMPIAN PRESSURE: LGBT RIGHTS IN JAPAN

K-POP KORNER: Homosexual Slurs Do Not Make You a Tough Cookie

KELCEY LORENZO WRITES – Block B’s Zico has recently come under fire after the release of his official solo debut music video “Tough Cookie” on November 6th. In the video, the rapper uses a homosexual slur and is seen wearing a jacket with a Confederate flag. The music video is also…

Full Article K-POP KORNER: Homosexual Slurs Do Not Make You a Tough Cookie

PAKISTAN: First Gay Pakistani Site Blocked

AUSTIN SZABO WRITES – The front page of Pakistan’s only LGBT support website, Queer Pakistan, reads “Don’t Hate Us, Know Us!” The Pakistani government said no. In another attempt to impede social progress in Pakistan, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (the PTA) censored the website, saying “Surf Safely! This website is…

Full Article PAKISTAN: First Gay Pakistani Site Blocked

China Blog Blotter: Too Soon for Equal Rights?

“Gays Dare to Love” was the slogan for the Equal Rights for Gays Parade that took place in Hong Kong recently. Much like America’s own Pride Parades, Equal Rights for Gays Parade is public, loud, and flamboyant. Although parades like these have happened in the past in Hong Kong, this…

Full Article China Blog Blotter: Too Soon for Equal Rights?

HONG KONG: Homophobic Chao Offers Inspiration

Cecil Chao, Hong Kong’s notoriously homophobic billionaire playboy, has recently become the  inspiration for the outrageous Sacha Baron Cohen’s next movie. Famous for being absurdly offensive yet comical, Cohen’s last mockumentary, “The Dictator”, parodied the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Similarly, Cohen and his production company has made plans with…

Full Article HONG KONG: Homophobic Chao Offers Inspiration

Openly Gay HK Legislator Comes Out Swinging on the Fast Beat!

In a move sure to leave Beijing squirming, media outlets and LGBT activists (for, of course, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) have praised Raymond Chan Chi-chuen as the first Hong Kong legislator to come out of the closet. Chan, a former disc jockey and CEO of the Internet radio station Hong…

Full Article Openly Gay HK Legislator Comes Out Swinging on the Fast Beat!
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      • ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL is a student-driven publication of Loyola Marymount University’s Asia Media Center, under the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the Dept. of Asian and Asian American Studies — in alliance with the independent Pacific Century Institute, a non-profit 501(c) organization based in Los Angeles. LMU/AMI graduates often go on to prestigious graduate school, here and globally, such as the School of Advanced International Study (SAIS) in Washington, Sciences Po in France and the London School of Economics.

The Staff

Executive Editor
Ella Kelleher ’21

Book Review Editor
Ella Kelleher ’21

Administrative Assistant
Samantha Lundin ’23

Contributing Writers
Samantha Lundin
Aidan Smith-Fagan
Sarah Lohmann
Samantha Lundin
Gaby Rusli
Miles Whittingham
Ryan Byrne

Asia Media International
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Gareth C.C. Chang
Spencer H. Kim
Professor Kal Raustiala
Professor Jennifer Ramos
Lesley Stahl
Gregory F. Treverton
Yeocheol Yoon

  • Emeritus Editors
  • Cristina Pedler
    Zhi Jiao Danielle Goh
    Michelle Nguyen
    Senay Emmanuel
    Clementine Todorov
    Dhari Alduraibi
    Savannah Nunez
    Jay Seo
    Sabrina Verduzco
    Mary Grace Costa
    Jeremiah Fajardo
    Kelcey Lorenzo
    Lexi Tucker
    Aashna Malpani
    Yi Ning Wong
    Lani Luo
  • Senior Editor (Writing)
    Andrea Plate
  • Founder & President
    LMU Clinical Professor Tom Plate,
    Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies

 

RECENT POSTS

  • BOOK REVIEW: PEOPLE WHO TALK TO STUFFED ANIMALS ARE NICE (JUNE 2023) BY AO OMAE – SHARED EXPERIENCES OF ESTRANGED MODERN YOUTH

  • VIETNAM: IS THE NEW BARBIE MOVIE PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES?

  • SINGAPORE: CAN A SMALL ISLAND COUNTRY RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS OF SUSTAINABLE FASHION?

  • SOUTH KOREA: BACKLASH AND PROGRESS FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

  • BOOK REVIEW: VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS (2023) BY JESSE SUTANTO – A WHOLESOME INVESTIGATION OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL

RECENT POSTS

  • BOOK REVIEW: PEOPLE WHO TALK TO STUFFED ANIMALS ARE NICE (JUNE 2023) BY AO OMAE – SHARED EXPERIENCES OF ESTRANGED MODERN YOUTH
  • VIETNAM: IS THE NEW BARBIE MOVIE PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES?
  • SINGAPORE: CAN A SMALL ISLAND COUNTRY RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS OF SUSTAINABLE FASHION?
  • SOUTH KOREA: BACKLASH AND PROGRESS FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
  • BOOK REVIEW: VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS (2023) BY JESSE SUTANTO – A WHOLESOME INVESTIGATION OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL
  • JAPAN: RECENT LEGAL REVISIONS ELIMINATE “FORCIBLE” FROM THE DEFINITION OF RAPE
  • PHILIPPINES: THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY WINS BIG AND RIGHTS THE WRONGS OF DISCRIMINATION
  • BOOK REVIEW: BEIJING SPRAWL (2023) BY XU ZECHEN — ONE MUST IMAGINE THEIR PEOPLE HAPPY
  • SAUDI ARABIA: A WIN FOR THE SAUDI-BACKED LIV TOUR, A LOSS FOR ASIAN GOLF
  • HAS THE INDIVIDUAL FALLEN?

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