Season 1, Episode 4: Colonial Medicalization and Homosexuality in the Philippines
Season 1, Episode 4: Colonial Medicalization and Homosexuality in the Philippines
In this episode, Kristyna Comer is in conversation with Kiel Ramos Suarez, a PhD candidate in history at Linnaeus University. Kiel discusses her current research on the medicalization of homosexuality and the ongoing impact of Spanish and US colonial rule.
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biography
Kiel Ramos Suarez
KIEL RAMOS SUAREZ
Kiel Ramos Suarez is an aspiring researcher specializing in history, gender, and sexuality studies in Southeast Asia. She holds a BA in History from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, and an MA in Women's and Gender History from the Central European University (CEU), Hungary and the University of Vienna, Austria. Kiel is currently a PhD student in History at Linnaeus University, Sweden in the Department of Cultural Sciences and the Center for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies.
Doctoral Student Project: The Making of the Filipino “Homosexual”
UP CIFAL Philippines, Institute for Training and Research
show credits
Interview and post-production
Kristyna Comer
Cover image
Image from Kiel’s Doctoral Student Project: The Making of the Filipino “Homosexual”
Music
ispeakwaves (384935, Attribution License, Creative Commons), pryght one (27130, Sampling+ License), scotcampbell (263709, Creative Commons 0 License), X3nus (450539, Attribution License, Creative Commons)
Thank you
A special thanks to Kiel Ramos Suarez.