Becoming self-conscious lesbian activists:A study of the transformative trajectory of identity through participation of lesbian club, NTU LAMBDA
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Chang, Wei-Jung
Abstract
Since the 90s’, the development of gay and lesbian movement in Taiwan has run through more than a decade, and there are also a accumulation of researches about it. Based on all those researches, this paper is going to answer an original question: Why participating gay and lesbian movement? In other words, what is the relationship between homosexual identity and political mobilization?ake a look on the participation of gay and lesbian movement in Taiwan, we’ll find out that there is high proportion of college youth participants. As a result, this paper will focus on the participation of college youth, and use NTU LAMBDA as an example to find out that, how campus club as a mediating institution, make different levels of changes on participants’ homosexual identity possible. The club provides role moles of identity, shapes collective image of lesbian, and bring in gay and lesbian movement through alliance with social movement organizations. It is through these experiences that participants construct their lesbian identity, collective identity, and movement identity. Club as a meso-level institution, it links the gap between micro-level identity and macro-level political mobilization. Also, it explains why identity can be recruited in social movement, and respond to the core concern of identity politics, that is, the relationship between identity and politic.
Subjects
gay movement
lesbian club
homosexual identity
identity polirics
Type
thesis
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