Gender and Sexuality Justice in Asia Finding Resolutions through Conflicts

Joseph N. Goh is a Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. He holds a PhD in gender, sexuality and theology, and his research interests include queer and LGBTI studies, human rights and sexual health issues, diverse theological and religious studies, and qualitative research. Goh is the author of numerous publications, including 
Becoming a Malaysian Trans Man: Gender, Society, Body

and Faith
 (2020) and 
Living Out Sexuality and Faith: Body Admissions of Malaysian Gayand Bisexual Men
 (2018).

Sharon A. Bong is Associate Professor in Gender and Religious Studies at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Religious Studies (2002) and M.A. in Women and Religion (1997), University of Lancaster, UK. She has authored
Becoming Queer and Religous in Malaysia and Singapore
 (2020) and 
The Tension Between Women’s Rights and Religions: The Case of Malaysia
 (2006). Her research interests include: gender, sexualities and religions in Southeast Asia. She serves on the editorial board of Concilium: International journal for theology, was former coordinator and consultant of the Ecclesia of Women (comprising feminist-Catholic theologians) in Asia and a regional forum writer for the Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church.

Thaatchaayini Kananatu is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Business Law and Taxation Department, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia. She holds an LLB Law (Hons.) (Cardiff), LLM/Masters in International Law (Oxford Brookes), and a PhD (Monash) in socio-legal studies. Her research interests include law, gender and race; law and social movements; as well as ethics, human rights and social justice. She is the author of 
Minorities, Rights and the Law in Malaysia
 (2020, Routledge) and is co-editor of 
Vulnerable Groups in Malaysia
(2020, De Gruyter) with Sharon G. M. Koh. She is also a British High Commissioner’s Chevening Scholar.