Health Sciences

Despite my first degree in urban planning, I was actively involved in tertiary, informal and special need education work through my former employments. It was through my personal coming out experience that I became interested in the areas of gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS, especially how people make sense of their sexuality and manage the stress for having alternative feelings and experiences. I was an active VCT (through PT Foundation) and suicide helpline (The Befrienders) counsellor prior to my enrolment with ARCSHS.

Sexuality, Gender, HIV/AIDS.

The identity Politics of Male Homosexual Malay Muslims in a Plural Society: A Case Study in Malaysia (Tentative title)

This thesis seeks to examine the interplay amongst gender, sexual, ethnic and religious identities of Malay (Muslim) homosexual men in contemporary Malaysian society that sees a proliferation of LGBTQ cultures, Islamic revivalism and the recent shift in the Malay dominated political power structure.

Chua, Hang-Kuen. Gay Malaysia In Retrospect (2005). Oral presentation at Sexualities, Genders and Rights in Asia: An International Conference of Asian Queer Studies, Bangkok, Thailand 2005.

Chua, Hang-Kuen. Coping with Role Conflict in The Chinese Families: Case Studies of Chinese Gay Men in Kuala Lumpur and Penang (2004). Paper presentation at the International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 2004.

Chua, Hang-Kuen. Role Conflict and Role Adjustment Among Chinese Gay Males in Their Families: Case Studies in Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Paper presentation at the 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference, UKM, 2004. http://pssmalaysia.tripod.com/doc/ChuaHangKuen.zip

Email: hkchua@students.latrobe.edu.au
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