By Christopher Pullen

Delivering a serious advent into LGBT (lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender) transnational id within the media, this publication examines performances and representations inside of documentary and fiction orientated texts. An interdisciplinary process is put forward, revealing new potentials for non western queer identification.

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