LGBT rights versus Asian values: de/re-constructing the universality of human rights. Issue 7 (2nd October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Po-Han
• Is Part Of: International journal of human rights. Volume 20:Issue 7(2016)
• Page Start: 978
• Page End: 992
• Publication Date: 2016-10-02
• Subjects: Asia as method -- Asian values -- cultural relativism -- human rights -- LGBT rights -- universality; Human rights -- Periodicals; Civil rights -- Periodicals; 323
• DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2016.1192537
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-2987

Abstract

Abstract : Law, especially from the international human rights regime, is a direct reference on which minority groups rely when it comes to 'non-discrimination'. Drawing upon LGBT rights in Taiwan, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore, this article – through an application of K.H. Chen's (2010) Asia as Method – critically reviews how global LGBT politics interact with local societies influenced by Confucianism. Along a perpetual competition between the universalism and cultural relativism of human rights, this article not only identifies the pitfalls of 'Asian values' from a cosmopolitan perspective but also contributes to a queered approach to human rights-holders against homonationalism .