https://paulinepark.com/2011/01/29/proto-transgenderal-homoerotic-traditions-in-asia-the-pacific/ writer & activist Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:34:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://paulinepark.com/2011/01/29/proto-transgenderal-homoerotic-traditions-in-asia-the-pacific/#comment-85935 Fri, 10 May 2013 21:37:47 +0000 https://wordpress4.openwavedigital.com/?p=2104#comment-85935 My favorate Asian homosexual pairing is Oda Nobunaga and Mori Ranmaru. Nobunaga was a warlord who united Japan into a single nation in the 16th century. Ranmaru was his young manservant whom Nobunaga’s wife No treated like a son. Although given samurai attitudes towards homosexuality, it’s likely neither of them were actually gay. Rather it was a matter of Ranmaru’s beauty enticing Nobunaga, and Ranmaru’s loyalty towards his master being so great that he would not resist his sexual advances.

]]> https://paulinepark.com/2011/01/29/proto-transgenderal-homoerotic-traditions-in-asia-the-pacific/#comment-76 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:01:12 +0000 https://wordpress4.openwavedigital.com/?p=2104#comment-76 Thanks for the posting. This kind of information is valuable to both the API community and its LGBTQ members ‘cos most API immigrant communities think that gay is a western thing. I am in a PhD program and has planned to examine the Chinese history of queer people with the religious lenses. Your work has really been encouraging to me as I can experience the value of the research of this field.

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