In this episode of the Disability and Sexuality Lab Podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Po-Han Lee, associate professor at National Taiwan University and a leading voice in the growing movement to reimagine disability and sexuality in Asia. Drawing from his research and activist work in Taiwan and across the region, Dr. Lee reflects on the silences, structural exclusions, and creative coalitions shaping queer and disabled lives.
We dive into the powerful work of organizations like Disabled + Queer and Hand Angels, who are not just advocating for access, but radically rethinking what pleasure, care, and intimacy mean. Dr. Lee offers a critical analysis of how disability and LGBTQ+ movements often operate in silos, and how real change comes not through simple inclusion, but through disruption—of space, of language, and of dominant assumptions about desire, normalcy, and human worth.
From queer porn with assistive tech to the politics of public ramps and family silence, Dr. Lee shows how storytelling, activism, and research can reshape both policy and culture. This conversation is a vibrant call to center interdependence, pleasure, and dignity—not as afterthoughts, but as foundations for social justice.
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