“Gay relationships applications as well as the generation / support of Queer Space in Tokyo” Thomas Baudinette (Macquarie institution)

Organised because of the Media, sex & Sexualities research collection

AbstractThe regarding online dating and, for example, location-based going out with apps has led to a great deal stress among Japanese homosexual guys whom be afraid why these features, by facilitating friendly conversation between gay guys, may eventually result in the erosion of queer places. In Tokyo, this fear is actually compounded by recent telephone calls from traditional politicians desiring to “clean-up” the whole city by shutting love-making enjoyment areas like the homosexual place of Shinjuku Ni-chome in preparation for any Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Despite these concerns, but Ni-chome remains a vital space for gay people to socialise under a finite privacy.

Reflecting upon ethnographic fieldwork performed in Ni-chome between 2013 and 2016, I debate with this display that other than bringing about the demise regarding the section, homosexual relationships software like Grindr, Jack’d and 9Monsters posses alternatively strengthened the creation of queer area. อ่านเพิ่มเติม →