ABSTRACT
This afterword takes the form of an interactive dialogue that shares the perspectives, experiences and theoretical insights of two distinguished sexuality researchers/activists who have been friends and colleagues for more than 20 years. In particular, our interlocutors reflect on sexual rights and politics, sexuality studies, and the future of sexuality research in Indonesia. In inviting Tom Boellstorff and Dede Oetomo to collaborate in this afterword, we are conscious of the richness that having both an emic and etic perspective gives to considerations of sexuality. Having undertaken his PhD in linguistics at Cornell University in the 1970s, Dede Oetomo returned in 1982 to found Indonesia's first lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) organisation, known now as GAYa Nusantara. Tom Boellstorff is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. His work constitutes the largest body of material on gay sexuality in Indonesia, with extensive publications.
