“... it is an exciting contribution to scholarly understandings of gender and religion and how they are transforming and evolving in contemporary Southeast Asia. The authors highlight the agency, ability, and creativity of queer ritual specialists, who can transform and reconstruct their sexual identities within the boundaries of localised sexual norms. The book is highly recommended to scholars, researchers, students, and even general readers who are interested in queer and gender studies, with in-depth anthropological insights into the private lives of queer ritual specialists adapting to a rapidly globalizing world.”

“This is my jam! A meeting of queer studies and religious studies in the context of mainland Southeast Asia!... these anthropological essays challenge [the idea that Western colonial modernity dispelled the traditional sacred role of queer folks as mystics in Southeast Asia] a little by revealing that mainland Southeast Asia is experiencing a new wave of queer mystics since the 90s, with gay men and trans women (and a few butch lesbians) taking over the roles of maa khii and nat kadaw previously dominated by cis women.”