With the passage of the Act for Implementation of J.Y. Interpretation No. 748 in May 2019, Taiwan has become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex spousal rights. Many activists in other parts of East Asia have considered this legal breakthrough a sign of hope that their countries might soon follow suit. After nearly three years since the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, the UCLA Asia Pacific Center will convene a panel of scholars and gay rights activists to review the recent development of gay rights in East Asia. The discussants will share their insights into the opportunities and challenges local activists face when advocating for gay rights. Furthermore, they will discuss how Taiwan's experience may have changed the way gay rights activism works in other East Asian societies.

The Department of Gender Studies and Chicano Studies Research Center Present CINTHYA MARTINEZ  ICE on Fire: Incinerating Prison/Border Violence through Feminist Abolition Geographies  Tuesday, January 31st 3:30-5pm YRL Presentation Room, 11348 Talk Description:  How are ghosts subjects that continue to speak after death? What do they say about the violence that has occurred? “ICE on […]

      This event is co-sponsored by the Racial Violence Hub of the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Gender Studies, UCLA's American Indian Studies Center, the Center for the Study of Women, UCLA Law's Native Nations Law & Policy Center, Climate Rights International, UCLA's Luskin Endowment for Thought Leadership and the Luskin Center for History […]