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Introduction published In: Pink Dot: Discursive Formations, Constructions, and Contestations
Edited by Adi Saleem Bharat, Pavan Mano and Robert Phillips
[Journal of Language and Sexuality 10:2] 2021
► pp. 97–104

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Introduction

Pink Dot: Ten years on

 | University of Michigan, USA
 | King’s College London, UK
 | Ball State University, USA


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Published online: 16 July 2021
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Language and sexuality in Singapore
  • 3.The special issue
  • References
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