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We are queer and the struggle is here! Visibility at the intersection of LGBT plus rights, post-coloniality, and development cooperation in Uganda
Malmö University, Faculty of Technology and Society (TS), Department of Computer Science and Media Technology (DVMT).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5097-6218
Stockholm Univ, Dept Ethnol Hist Relig & Gender Studies, Stockholm, Sweden..
Uppsala Univ, Uppsala, Sweden..
2024 (English)In: Sexualities, ISSN 1363-4607, E-ISSN 1461-7382Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

This article unpacks different meanings of visibility and adds to a more complex and nuanced understanding of visibility and its role in LGBT + activism in Uganda, a widely discussed case of political homophobia. Public visibility has a central, although contested, role here. The study aims to explore how visibility is understood and navigated by local LGBT + activists, unaffiliated people with same-sex desires, as well as international development partners. Interviews conducted in Kampala from December 2021-January 2022 reveal different and complex narratives surrounding visibility. Local unaffiliated individuals and activists agreed on the importance of making the LGBT + rights struggle more visible. This, however, did not translate into a wish to "come out" themselves. International development actors expressed a need for caution regarding their own visibility, mindful that explicit and visual support may generate accusations of neo-imperialism.

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Sage Publications, 2024.
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Development cooperation, LGBT plus, post-coloniality, Uganda, visibility
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Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-66109DOI: 10.1177/13634607241232556ISI: 001157049800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85184405019OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-66109DiVA, id: diva2:1840794
Available from: 2024-02-26 Created: 2024-02-26 Last updated: 2024-04-12Bibliographically approved

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