Queer and Trans African Mobilities by B Camminga, John Marnell - 9780755638987

Queer and Trans African MobilitiesMigration, Asylum and Diaspora\nAuthor(s): B Camminga, John Marnell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\nISBN-13: 9780755638987, 978-0755638987\nSynopsis\nWinner, ASR Best Africa-Focused Edited Collection by the African Studies Review \n\nRecent years have seen increased scholarly and media interest in the cross-border movements of LGBT persons, particularly those seeking protection in the Global North . While this has helped focus attention on the plight of individuals fleeing homophobic or transphobic persecution, it has also reinvigorated racist tropes about the Global South.\n\nIn the case of Africa, the expansion of anti-LGBT laws and the prevalence of hetero-patriarchal discourses are regularly cited as evidence of an inescapable savagery. The figure of the LGBT refugee often portrayed as helplessly awaiting rescue reinforces colonial notions about the continent and its .