Transnational LGBT Activism and UK-Based NGOs: Colonialism and Power

✍ Scribed by Matthew Farmer

Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 278
Series: Global Queer Politics
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book contributes an analysis of UK-based non-governmental organisations engaged in transnational lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) activism, within a broader recognition of the complexities that British colonial legacies perpetuate in contemporary international relations. From this analysis, the book suggests that greater engagement with intersectional and decolonial approaches to transnational activism would allow for a more transformative solidarity that challenges the broader impacts of coloniality on LGBT people’s lives globally. Case studies are used to explore UK actors’ participation in the complexities of contemporary transnational LGBT activism, including activist responses to developments in Brunei between 2014 and 2019, and the use of LGBT aid conditionality by Western governments. Activist engagements with legacies of British colonialism are also explored, including a focus on ‘sodomy laws’ and the Commonwealth, as well as the challenges faced by LGBT people seeking asylum in the UK.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Introduction (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 1-11
Conceptual Tools for a Decolonising, Intersectional, Transnational LGBT Activism (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 13-39
Unpacking the Colonial Baggage of British Imperial Sexual Discourses (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 41-62
Contemporary Context of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Politics (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 63-88
Analysing the UK-Based NGO Landscape Engaged in Transnational LGBT Activism (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 89-145
UK Governmental Interventions and Transnational LGBT Activism (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 147-203
Navigating the Intersections of Colonial Legacies and LGBT Lives (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 205-246
Conclusion (Matthew Farmer)....Pages 247-254
Back Matter ....Pages 255-267

✦ Subjects

Political Science and International Relations; Development and Gender; Queer Theory; Political Theory; Development and Post-Colonialism; British Politics; Public Policy

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