Queer and Trans African Mobilities: Migration, Asylum and Diaspora

Recent years have seen increased scholarly and media interest in the movement of LGBTIQ+ persons, particularly those seeking protection in Europe and North America. While this has helped focus attention on the plight of individuals facing persecution, it has also reinvigorated racist tropes about sexual or gender rights in the Global South.

In the case of Africa, the existence of anti-LGBTIQ+ laws and the prevalence of hetero-patriarchal discourses are regularly cited feeding into continent's colonial notions of an uncivilised continent in need of salvation.

Queer and Trans African Mobilities draws on a diverse range case studies from the length and breadth of Africa, offering the first in-depth investigation of LGBTIQ+ migration on, from, and to the African continent - challenging notions about how and why LGBTIQ+ Africans are on the move.