Understanding homophobia in colonial contexts demands accounting for colonialism in order to understand homophobia, rather than positing homophobia as a timeless universal of all societies or the specific property of Arab and/or Muslim societies. In our work, we struggle constantly to resist and dismantle this oppressive stereotype that links queer people in Palestine with Israel, and instead to promote the complex understanding of homophobia that emphasizes its relationship with colonialism.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 01:56:04 +0000