2023-10-12
【專題演講】彩虹香港：自我、家庭與挑戰 Homosexuality, Disclosure, and Family Practices in Hong Kong
講座資訊：
1.講者： Travis S.K. KONG, The University of Hong Kong
2.演講專題： Homosexuality, Disclosure, and Family Practices in Hong Kong
3.專題大綱：
This paper offers the first sociological account in Hong Kong that examines the family dynamics between gay sons and their parents after the former coming out to the latter. Situated in the “doing family” and life course literature, it examines the changing moral and emotional economies across two generations based on in-depth interviews of gay sons (n = 15) and their parents (n = 20) conducted during the period of 2021 and 2022. Findings reveal that the heteronormative family life, as part of the moral economy of family life, is challenged although both gay sons and their parents work hard to accomplish a “correct” version of sexual normativity of being gay. Sons’ disclosure also shifts the burden of the closet, as part of the emotional economy of family life, to their parents, especially mothers, on whom that burden often takes an emotional toll. The paper argues that disclosure is a contested site of negotiation of the meaning of male identity, parenthood, and homosexuality, as well as a key family practice that changes the moral and emotional economies of families, eventually leading to the formation of new family forms. By viewing disclosure as family practice in a culture where intergenerational closeness and family co-residence are prominent, this paper rethinks coming out should be understood as identity politics and as relational politics, thus contributing to the international debate on the relationship between homosexuality and family life in contemporary society.
4.講者自傳：
Travis S. K. Kong is associate professor of sociology at the University of Hong Kong, where he teaches gender, sexuality, and media and cultural studies. He is the co-editor of Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society and the sole author of Chinese Male Homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy (Routledge, 2011), Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong: Unspoken but Unforgotten (Hong Kong University Press, 2019), and Sexuality and the Rise of China: The Post-1990s Gay Generation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China (Duke University Press, 2023). To date, his articles have appeared in books, encyclopedias and journals, e.g. Body & Society, Gender, Work & Organization, Culture, Health & Sexuality, British Journal of Criminology, The Sociological Review, Qualitative Research, Men & Masculinities, British Journal of Sociology, Lancet and AIDS Care. He is committed to knowledge exchange and social impact; notably, his scholarly work on older gay men led to the establishment of the NGO Grey and Pride (2014-), inspired the multi-award-winning film Suk Suk (2019) and put the concerns and rights of older LGBT+ onto the public agenda.
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