The migration of groups of people often comes with an exchange of ideas -- and such is a characteristic of globalization. In Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, or Macau, a space that’s being rapidly “modernized” with the casino industry, which draw a number of migrant workers, university students, diplomats, multi-national corporations, and tourists, I argue that definitions of queerness come from negotiations among many different groups of Hong Kongers and Macanese.*

* "Macanese" here is used to describe people of Macau; not simply expat communities in Macau as is historically used.

Safe Spaces:
Because sexual preference is often "invisible," being present in a queer space can affirm one's membership to a queer identity (another way is to physically manifest this identity membership is to use fashion or personal style). These spaces can help form supportive social networks and communities, and are -- as I argue a strange space between the private and the public.

Begin this path: Shifting Spaces

1. Gay Bars as a Point of Entry
2. Class Stratification and Commodification of Identity

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