
Queer Throughlines
Spaces of Queer Activism in South Korea and the Korean Diaspora
Ju Hui Judy Han(Author)
The University of Michigan Press
Published on 1. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-0-472-05772-6 (ISBN)
Description
Queer Throughlines draws on years of direct participation, interviews, and ethnography to examine transnational Korean LGBTQ+ activism since the 1990s. Han maps the sites and routes of leftist and queer political movements, highlighting challenges posed by Christian conservatives in both South Korea and the United States. The book uses the concept of "throughlines" to weave together a web of movement stories across time and space: a coalition of Los Angeles-based LGBTQ+ activists and allies fighting an anti-gay petition campaign led by Korean immigrant churches; queer activists involved in anti-war protests in Seoul; progressive clergy embracing inclusivity and risking heresy charges and excommunication; and queer and trans activists refusing to be sidelined from visions of political change underway. These moments do not always line up in a straightforward narrative of victory or progress, yet they create powerful lines of solidarity, community, and kinship.
Reviews / Votes
"Queer Throughlines represents a magisterial accomplishment in its subject. . . Essential." * C. Brienza, Choice *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Illustrations
10 color illustrations, 12 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-05772-6 (9780472057726)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Ju Hui Judy Han is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at UCLA.
Content
List of Illustrations
Glossary
Note on Romanization, Translation, and Pronouns
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Against Homophobia in the Diaspora
Chapter 2. Tracing the Queer Left
Chapter 3. Queer and Heretical, Iban and Idan
Chapter 4. Sigisangjo: Out of place in time
Epilogue: Whose Story?
Notes
References
Index
Glossary
Note on Romanization, Translation, and Pronouns
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Against Homophobia in the Diaspora
Chapter 2. Tracing the Queer Left
Chapter 3. Queer and Heretical, Iban and Idan
Chapter 4. Sigisangjo: Out of place in time
Epilogue: Whose Story?
Notes
References
Index