584 - Thematic Session. Transnational Sexual Diversity Politics

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

Over the last twenty years, gender and sexual diversity has been the focus of intense social and political scrutiny, which has led to social movement activism in the global North and South. Panelists will discuss the strategies employed by gender and sexual diversity activists in African, Caribbean, Latin American, and South Asian contexts. They will also address how capitalist, colonialist, and racist systems of domination have influenced the paths taken by defenders of gender and sexual dissidence in different nations.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Ashley Currier, University of Cincinnati

Presider

• Janice M. Irvine, University of Massachusetts

Individual Presentations

• Law-Struggles: Decriminalizing Homosexuality in India - Jyoti Puri, Simmons College

• Transnational Perspectives on Black Queer Activism: Reflections from Cuba and Brazil - Tanya Saunders, The Ohio State University

• Anticipatory Political Homophobia & Global LGBT Human Rights: Un/mapping Transnational Discourses Around Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act - Amar Wahab, York University

• Local Mobilization against LGBT Rights Organizing in Liberia - Ashley Currier, University of Cincinnati