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As the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in Asia and host the first annual
gay pride in the Sinophone Pacific, Taiwan is a historic center of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer culture. With this blazing path of activism, queer Taiwanese
literature has also risen in prominence and there is a growing popular interest in
stories about the transgression of gender and sexual norms.
Since the lifting of martial law in 1987, queer authors have redefined Taiwan’s cultural
scene, and throughout the 1990s many of their works have won the most prestigious
literary awards and accolades. This anthology provides a deeper understanding of queer
literary history in Taiwan. It includes a selection of short stories, previously untranslated,
written by Taiwanese authors dating from 1975 to 2020. Readers are introduced to a
wide range of themes: bisexuality, aging, mobility, diaspora, AIDS, indigeneity, recreational
drug use, transgender identity, surrogacy, and many others. The diversity of literary
tropes and styles canvased in this book reflects the profusion of gender and sexual
configurations that has marked Taiwan’s complex history for the past half century.
Since the lifting of martial law in 1987, queer authors have redefined Taiwan’s cultural
scene, and throughout the 1990s many of their works won the most prestigious literary
awards and accolades. This anthology provides a deeper understanding of queer literary
history in Taiwan. It includes a selection of short stories, previously untranslated,
written by Taiwanese authors dating from 1975 to 2020. Readers are introduced to a
wide range of themes: bisexuality, aging, mobility, diaspora, AIDS, indigeneity, recreational
drug use, transgender identity, surrogacy, and many others. The diversity of literary
tropes and styles canvased in this book reflects the profusion of gender and sexual
configurations that has marked Taiwan’s complex history for the past half century.
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