This special issue of Intersections has emerged from the conference "Sexualities, Genders, and Rights in Asia: 1st International Conference of Asian Queer Studies," held in Bangkok, 7-9 July 2005.
It features articles by conference presenters, including both papers presented at the conference and new work. This issue also contains reviews of twelve recent works in the field of Asian Queer Studies, as well as arts reviews and poetry.
Next year’s “Queer Asian Sites Conference” (UTS, Sydney; 22-23 Feb 2007) is supported by the Cultural Research Network. The event is organised by AsiaPacifiQueer members Mark McLelland, Fran Martin and Audrey Yue.