East African Queer and Trans Displacements by John Marnell, B... - 9781350422032

East African Queer and Trans DisplacementsAuthor(s): John Marnell, B Camminga, Barbara Bompani, Kamau Wairuri\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350422032, 978-1350422032\nSynopsis\nBringing together diverse case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, this open access collection serves as the first in-depth examination of queer and trans displacement in East Africa. The collection features original creative works by queer and trans diasporic writers and artists with first-hand experiences of displacement.\n\nThe last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. \nThis includes discriminatory legislation, such as the widely condemned Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda, and government-initiated crackdowns, such as the anti-gay taskforce launched in Tanzania in 2018. The politicisation of sexual and gender rights in the region is often presented as a moral cr.