Gender and Sexuality

Re-righting the sexual body

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This article explores the concept of “sexual rights” and what this means in
the context of state-sponsored and publicly supported homophobia across the
African continent. It explores the growth of the movement for sexual rights in
Africa and internationally, and looks at recent interventions by activist women.
I contend that the use of a discourse of “culture” to defend and legislate homophobia constitutes a form of cultural violence, and urge the engagement of
broader progressive social movements in the defence of sexual rights.

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: Feminist Africa., 2006

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English

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Feminist Africa
Queer
Sexual Rights
Activism
Homophobia

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Horn, J. 2006,'Re-righting the sexual body', Feminist Africa, no. 6, pp. 7-19.

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