Abstract Although Vietnamese society is currently undergoing significant changes with regards to the rights and perceptions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GLBTQ) people, dominant socio-cultural norms related to gender, sexuality, and the importance of the patrilineal family regime continue to cast a shadow over the lives of GLBTQ in contemporary Vietnam. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the urban centers of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, as well as legal documents and secondary sources, this article illustrates how dominant heteronormative socio-cultural norms have contributed to the political, legal, and social exclusion of same-sex sexualities through a process of outlawing, whereby GLBTQ have been systematically excluded from the rights of law. Drawing on qualitative interviews with gay men and lesbian women between the ages of 20 and 50, the article also highlights how this relation of domination has allowed for instances of GLBTQ resistance, through subversive opposition, strategies of avoidance, and the seeking out of new opportunities in urban spaces outside the dominant sociality. The article thus provides a qualitatively nuanced account of family politics and GLBTQ resistance in urban Vietnam at a significant socio-political historical juncture.

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重塑界限：越南城市的家庭政治和GLBTQ抵抗

摘要尽管越南社会目前在同性恋，女同性恋，双性恋，变性者和同性恋者（GLBTQ）的权利和观念方面正在发生重大变化，但与性别，性行为和父系家庭的重要性相关的主流社会文化规范政权继续为当代越南GLBTQ的生活蒙上阴影。根据在河内和胡志明市市中心进行的人种志田野调查，以及法律文件和第二手资料，本文说明了占主导地位的异规范社会文化规范如何促成对同一个民族的政治，法律和社会排斥-通过取缔违法行为来实现性行为，从而有系统地将GLBTQ排除在法律权利之外。通过对20至50岁之间的男女同性恋进行定性访谈，文章还强调了这种统治关系如何通过颠覆性反对，回避策略和寻找新机会而使GLBTQ产生抵抗在主导社会地位之外的城市空间中。因此，本文在重要的社会政治历史关头，对越南城市的家庭政治和GLBTQ抵抗进行了定性的细微描述。