Login via Institution. This chapter explores the changing nature of queer spaces using field study conducted in and on the Quezon Memorial Circle QMC , a major urban node in the former capital city of the Philippines.
The QMC is considered the heart of the erstwhile capital city, a major roundabout connecting six avenues, and houses important governmental agencies. The chapter documents the dynamics of queer cruising and gay male prostitution in the area fronting the City Hall around QMC during the beginning of the decade and its eventual decline towards the end of the decade due to the rise of Internet.
Focusing on the dynamics of the queer use of public spaces, the paper explores the role of the gaze and its relationship to systems of surveillance and spectacle for the solicitation of gay sex in public urban space. The paper argues that these spaces should be understood as both a strategy for empowerment and instrument of oppression for queers.
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