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More than any other, the idea of normalisation has provoked deep divisions within queer activism both at a philosophical and also at a political level. At the root of these divisions lies the irreconcilable divergence between an agenda for social change, which advocates the need for society to accept all sexual behaviours and identities as normal, and an approach of radical resistance against some social structures that can only offer a bourgeois and conformist normalisation. Literary fiction and homo-gay-queer themed cinema have explored these and other sides of the idea of normalisation and have thus contributed to the taking of decisive steps: from the poetics of transgression towards the poetics of celebration and social transformation. In this paper we examine two of these literary normalisation strategies: the use of humour and the proliferation of discursive perspectives both in the cinema and in narrative fiction during the last decades. ; Más quizá que ninguna otra, la idea de normalización ha provocado profundas divisiones en el seno del activismo queer, tanto a nivel filosófico/conceptual como a nivel de estrategia política. En el origen de estas divisiones se encuentra la irreconciliable divergencia entre una agenda de cambio social, que propugna la necesidad de que la sociedad acepte como normales todas las conductas e identidades sexuales, y un planteamiento de resistencia radical ante unas estructuras sociales que sólo pueden ofrecer una normalización burguesa y acomodaticia. La literatura de ficción y el cine de temática homo-gay-queer han explorado éstas y otras facetas de la idea de normalización, contribuyendo así a dar pasos decisivos desde las poéticas de la transgresión hacia poéticas de la celebración y transformación social. En esta presentación se exploran dos de estas estrategias de normalización literaria: el uso del humor y la proliferación de perspectivas discursivas en el cine y la narrativa de ficción de las últimas décadas.

Beyond the Stereotype of Black Homophobia: Exploring the Potential of Black Allies for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students Strides at the federal and state levels are being made to improve the overall climate for gay rights and relationships across the country. However, despite greater acceptance, legislative victories and visibility of gay rights and relationships, homophobia is still widespread in American society (Fone, 2000; Jenkins, Lambert, & Baker, 2009; Schroeder, 2004). No matter the environment, homophobic attitudes permeate all aspects of the US culture, leading to prejudicial attitudes and inequalities that affect everyone in society. Unfortunately, some of these prejudicial attitudes lead to instituting laws that are inherently homophobic (HRC, n.d.). Trends illustrate that more people are coming out at a younger age in society, creating a larger number of `out' students on college campuses. However, the increase in `out' students has also led to an increase of prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation more visible on college campuses (Cannick, 2007; D'Augelli & Rose, 1990; Jenkins et al., 2009). Current research indicates Black college students are more likely than other college students to hold negative attitudes toward LGB students. The purpose of this research was to explore and describe perceptions and feelings of Black college students toward LGB students. A qualitative online survey using open and close-ended questions was sent out nationally to a number of college campuses to solicit responses. Major findings include the following: 1) participants have the potential to be allies for and hold positive perceptions of LGB identified students, 2) contact with LGB individuals affects the participants' ability to have more positive perceptions, and 3) participants are receptive to engage in conversations about LGB related issues. Implications of this study suggest collaboration among multicultural offices and other campus constituents for social and academic related programming. In addition, there is a need to provide a space for potential student allies to feel supported and engage in their own self-reflection and learning on how to create community among individuals that hold multiple social identities.

Preface / Robin Maria Valeri -- Why do we hate? / Robin Maria Valeri -- Hate crimes : an updated offender typology / Jack Levin & Jack McDevitt -- Hate crime laws / Melissa Garlick -- Hate and race / Paul Bones -- Hate and religion / Abe Sweiry & Jade Borgeson -- Hate against the lgbt community / Forrest Rodgers -- Hate and gender / A. Elizabeth Stearns -- Hate groups / Kevin Borgeson -- From bullying to brutality : hate incidents and hate crimes at schools and universities / Robin Maria Valeri & Adam Brown -- Crossing the divide : from virtual hate to actual harm / Robin Maria Valeri -- The experience of hate crime victims and their communities : reactions, definitions, and statutes / Jennifer Robinson -- Turning the tide of hate / Robin Maria Valeri

Intro -- Perspectives on Forgiveness: Contrasting Approaches to Concepts of Forgiveness and Revenge -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: When and When not to Forgive -- Old Order Amish Teaching Children Forgiveness -- The Paradox of Forgiveness: Forgiving the Unforgivable -- Ritual of Forgiving Communication as Morality Negotiation -- Monuments, Memorials and Forgiveness -- Revenge and Forgiveness in Intimate Partner Violence Intervention -- Barriers and Factors Facilitating State Forgiveness among Religious/Spiritual and Secular/Atheist People: A Qualitative Study -- A Research Inquiry into the Relation between the Structure of Moral Judgements, the Propensity to Forgive and Justice Preferences -- Literary Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Concept of Forgiveness -- Grappling with Forgiveness: Perspectives of Jewish, LGBT and Roma Holocaust Survivors.

"Queerness in Play examines the many ways queerness of all kinds - from queer as 'LGBT' to other, less well-covered aspects of the queer spectrum - intersects with games and the social contexts of play. The current unprecedented visibility of queer creators and content comes at a high tide of resistance to the inclusion of those outside a long-imagined cisgender, heterosexual, white male norm. By critically engaging the ways games - as a culture, an industry, and a medium - help reproduce limiting binary formations of gender and sexuality, Queerness in Play contributes to the growing body of scholarship promoting more inclusive understandings of identity, sexuality, and games."--Provided by publisher

"This innovative text explores international relations with the tools of political theory. In so doing, it contributes to and advances the idea of international political theory. The book focuses on four key concepts - authority, rules, rights, and responsibilities - and four important topics - wealth, violence, nature and belief. In each of these areas, the book draws on key figures in political theory to explore, explain and evaluate the current global order. Chapters address such contested issues as humanitarian intervention, LGBT rights, climate change, and our collective responsibilities for alleviating global poverty. The book invites students into a conversation about international political theory, one that will help orient them in an increasingly complicated and pluralist international order. "--

Barbara Bompani takes aim at the dominant narrative that rising homophobia in Africa is the result of external actors, and in particular US conservative Christian groups. Drawing from more than a decade of research and analysis, she argues rising homophobia is not simply the result of external influence, but is shaped by the complex role religion has played in shaping new forms of nationalisms on the continent. What we are observing in several African countries, she contends, is the emergence of a new politics that threatens untold and profound harm to LGBT communities.
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En este artículo exponemos la necesidad de especialización en traducción y paratraducción de textos LGBT+, en especial aquellos que traten identidades no binarias; así como la importancia de alentar a las editoriales a utilizar revisiones de sensibilidad. Para demostrar nuestra hipótesis analizamos la traducción al español de Gender Queer: A Memoir, una novela gráfica en la que se muestra el proceso de descubrimiento de las identidades sexual y de género de Maia Kobabe. La intención de esta obra es servir como una guía y el lenguaje debe acompañar a la imagen en una evolución que nos lleve más allá del sistema binario de género, tanto en el texto como en sus paratextos.

This essay considers the stories of Blaccucini and Ángel Daniel, two Black transgender drag performers from Cuba, and dwells on the relationship they imagine between their work as performers and their subjectivities as trans people. The author situates these narratives within queer Cuban and Caribbean studies, noticing the ways they push back against renderings of gender and sexuality as inherently distinct categories. Instead, for these artist-thinkers, trans subjectivity is informed by various experiences related to gender, sexuality, race, class, and geography. The essay offers some possibilities for greater nuance in accounts of sexual subjectivity in Cuba and the Caribbean and locates the stakes of these discussions in broader transnational LGBT rights discourses.

AbstractReligion and sexuality are polysemic categories. While conservative religion often fights against progressive sexual politics in contemporary America, this "usual story" is fractured and destabilized by people navigating the relationship between religion and sexuality as complex social creatures, not pundits or caricatures. Drawing from interdisciplinary scholarship, I examine salient issues of sexual politics—including abortion and reproductive rights, LGBT rights, and pornography—to show how religious actors have been on both sides of these debates. Because of this polysemic complexity, scholars of religion must not only tend to the dynamic interaction between religion and other categories, we must also recognize and study the diversity within the categories themselves.

A segurança de travestis e transexuais está em risco no Brasil, país esse que mais mata esse grupo vulnerável no mundo. Assim, o objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar os desafios que se apresentam hoje para a inserção do combate a transfobia na agenda do governo brasileiro. Utilizando do raciocínio dedutivo, do tipo de pesquisa qualitativa, da abordagem documental conjugada da revisão bibliográfica, observou-se que o Movimento LGBT no Brasil tem influenciado a elaboração de políticas públicas de segurança para trans nas últimas décadas, porém ainda de maneira bastante insuficiente. O resultado disso é a negação de direitos humanos as pessoas trans e o consequente genocídio que esse grupo sofre.

La ciberviolencia de pareja (CDV) surge a partir de la era digital, aunque su investigación es escasa, sobre todo en relaciones del mismo sexo; por ende, este estudio explora y analiza la prevalencia entre los factores asociados a la CDV dentro de las parejas de mujeres lesbianas mexicanas durante el confinamiento. La participación fue de 39 mujeres mexicanas de 18 a 28 años. Entre los resultados se observa una prevalencia alta en Apego Seguro, Vigilancia Electrónica y Celos, lo cual se corrobora con las tablas de frecuencia por ítem. Estos hallazgos destacan la necesidad de impulsar la investigación en México con población LGBT, especialmente en situaciones como el confinamiento.