The creation of sexual dissidence in Kuala Lumpur: The case of Seksualiti Merdeka

The Other Kuala Lumpur: Living in the Shadows of a Globalising Southeast Asian City

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 168-189

  Lee, Julian C H ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84925791234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315849881     Document Type: Chapter

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