Beschreibung

This book brings together activist and scholarly perspectives from different African countries on the multifaceted lived realities of LGBTIQ+ persons, exploring their experiences of violence and their resistance strategies. It examines the impact of colonial legacies, the solidarity across LGBTIQ+ communities, and the ways in which scholars and activists can connect and foster practices of solidarity.

Building on the themes of violence, resistance, and solidarity, this book explores intersections of knowledge-production and -transfer between diverse scholarly and activist spheres and herewith contributes to methodological, conceptual, and normative aspects of centring LGBTIQ+ rights and lived realities in manifold African contexts.  The chapters discuss the longer historical developments of homo- and transphobic bills, legislations, and de jure practices as well as their effects for LGBTIQ+ persons (until) today. They offer insights into some of the internal challenges, such as the role of parents to LGBTIQ+ children/adolescents, as well as intersectional dynamics of discrimination and invisibilization of certain identities within the LGBTIQ+ community. Finally, they also discuss practices of resistance, such as strategic litigation and transnational solidarity.

The editors:
Mariel Reiss is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict Studies Marburg University, Germany. 
Ayodele Sogunro is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

The subject:
Gender Studies

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Autor*innen

Mariel Reiss

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Ayodele Sogunro

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Keywords

Activism, Civil society, colonialism, community, decolonial, feminism, Queer, Violence