July 13th, 2007, 12:00
For your interest
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The Thai Queer Resources Centre (http://www.tqrc.org/) (TQRC) is developing a comprehensive collection of Thai language publications on gay, kathoey and lesbian issues. The TQRC would love to provide a good home for old Thai gay magazines and books.
The large volume of gay, lesbian and kathoey magazines, booklets, and ephemera published in Thailand since the 1970s is a treasure trove of information on the history of some of the worldтАЩs most important homosexual and transgender cultures.
However, these valuable materials are in danger of being destroyed and disappearing completely because established institutions have not considered them тАЬworthyтАЭ of collection and preservation. Neither the National Library of Thailand nor any university or institutional archive, whether in Thailand or the West, has collected these materials. Because of this, the only remaining copies are in the hands of private collectors.
To respond to this emergency ThailandтАЩs gay, lesbian and transgender communities and the AsiaPacifiQueer Network have jointly established the Thai Queer Resources Centre, with the aim of saving and preserving ThailandтАЩs endangered rainbow heritage.
On behalf of ThailandтАЩs gay, lesbian, and transgender communities and the international community of scholars the TQRC wishes to invite you to donate well-preserved copies of any relevant materials that you may have obtained over the years. The publications and materials we seek for the Thai Rainbow Archive include:
* ALL magazines and newsletters on gay, lesbian, and transgender themes published in Thailand in both Thai and English. We are interested in receiving copies of both commercial magazines (e.g. тАЬMithunaтАЭ, тАЬNeonтАЭ, тАЬMidwayтАЭ, тАЬMorakotтАЭ, тАЬMaleтАЭ, тАЬWeekend MenтАЭ, тАЬHorng Ha LiamтАЭ, тАЬK-MagтАЭ, тАЬDoorтАЭ, тАЬMMтАЭ, etc.) and free bar magazines (e.g. тАЬVarietyтАЭ, тАЬMax MagazineтАЭ, тАЬSpiceтАЭ, тАЬGay Guide BangkokтАЭ, etc.)
* All fiction and non-fiction books on Thai GLT issues and themes published in Thai, English and other languages, both in Thailand and overseas.
* Posters, leaflets, flyers, handouts, and other ephemera relating to Thai GLT events, movies, songs, stage plays, meetings, etc.
HOW TO DONATE YOUR OLD MAGAZINES, BOOKS, ETC.
TO MAKE A DONATION of any of the above materials please contact:
* For English speakers: email KHUN ROGER saranyu_lon "at" hotmail.com
* For Thai speakers: KHUN BON thai_queer "at" yahoo.co.th
A PERMANENT HOME FOR THAILANDтАЩS RAINBOW ARCHIVE?
Initially the collected materials are being stored securely at the offices of participating Thai gay community groups. The project partners are investigating possible locations in Bangkok for a permanent home where the collected the materials can be preserved safely and made publicly available for researchers today and in the future.
THE THAI QUEER RESOURCES CENTRE , July 10, 2007.
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The Thai Queer Resources Centre (http://www.tqrc.org/) (TQRC) is developing a comprehensive collection of Thai language publications on gay, kathoey and lesbian issues. The TQRC would love to provide a good home for old Thai gay magazines and books.
The large volume of gay, lesbian and kathoey magazines, booklets, and ephemera published in Thailand since the 1970s is a treasure trove of information on the history of some of the worldтАЩs most important homosexual and transgender cultures.
However, these valuable materials are in danger of being destroyed and disappearing completely because established institutions have not considered them тАЬworthyтАЭ of collection and preservation. Neither the National Library of Thailand nor any university or institutional archive, whether in Thailand or the West, has collected these materials. Because of this, the only remaining copies are in the hands of private collectors.
To respond to this emergency ThailandтАЩs gay, lesbian and transgender communities and the AsiaPacifiQueer Network have jointly established the Thai Queer Resources Centre, with the aim of saving and preserving ThailandтАЩs endangered rainbow heritage.
On behalf of ThailandтАЩs gay, lesbian, and transgender communities and the international community of scholars the TQRC wishes to invite you to donate well-preserved copies of any relevant materials that you may have obtained over the years. The publications and materials we seek for the Thai Rainbow Archive include:
* ALL magazines and newsletters on gay, lesbian, and transgender themes published in Thailand in both Thai and English. We are interested in receiving copies of both commercial magazines (e.g. тАЬMithunaтАЭ, тАЬNeonтАЭ, тАЬMidwayтАЭ, тАЬMorakotтАЭ, тАЬMaleтАЭ, тАЬWeekend MenтАЭ, тАЬHorng Ha LiamтАЭ, тАЬK-MagтАЭ, тАЬDoorтАЭ, тАЬMMтАЭ, etc.) and free bar magazines (e.g. тАЬVarietyтАЭ, тАЬMax MagazineтАЭ, тАЬSpiceтАЭ, тАЬGay Guide BangkokтАЭ, etc.)
* All fiction and non-fiction books on Thai GLT issues and themes published in Thai, English and other languages, both in Thailand and overseas.
* Posters, leaflets, flyers, handouts, and other ephemera relating to Thai GLT events, movies, songs, stage plays, meetings, etc.
HOW TO DONATE YOUR OLD MAGAZINES, BOOKS, ETC.
TO MAKE A DONATION of any of the above materials please contact:
* For English speakers: email KHUN ROGER saranyu_lon "at" hotmail.com
* For Thai speakers: KHUN BON thai_queer "at" yahoo.co.th
A PERMANENT HOME FOR THAILANDтАЩS RAINBOW ARCHIVE?
Initially the collected materials are being stored securely at the offices of participating Thai gay community groups. The project partners are investigating possible locations in Bangkok for a permanent home where the collected the materials can be preserved safely and made publicly available for researchers today and in the future.
THE THAI QUEER RESOURCES CENTRE , July 10, 2007.