We are queer and the struggle is here! Visibility at the intersection of LGBT+ rights, post-coloniality, and development cooperation in Uganda

Author:

Svensson Jakob1ORCID,Edenborg Emil2,Strand Cecilia3

Affiliation:

1. Malmö universitet Fakulteten för Teknik och Samhälle, Sweden

2. Stockholm University, Sweden

3. Uppsala University, Sweden

Abstract

This article unpacks different meanings of visibility and adds to a more complex and nuanced understanding of visibility and its role in LGBT + activism in Uganda, a widely discussed case of political homophobia. Public visibility has a central, although contested, role here. The study aims to explore how visibility is understood and navigated by local LGBT + activists, unaffiliated people with same-sex desires, as well as international development partners. Interviews conducted in Kampala from December 2021–January 2022 reveal different and complex narratives surrounding visibility. Local unaffiliated individuals and activists agreed on the importance of making the LGBT + rights struggle more visible. This, however, did not translate into a wish to “come out” themselves. International development actors expressed a need for caution regarding their own visibility, mindful that explicit and visual support may generate accusations of neo-imperialism.

Funder

Vetenskapsrådet

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Anthropology,Gender Studies

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