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Queer Voices of the World: Stories, Poems, and Essays Responding to Worldwide LGBTQ+ Criminalization (ebook Rapid Response Publishing Series)

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Bringing together authors from Uganda, Mexico, the Philippines, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and the United States, among others, this timely anthology gives voice to queer people facing a barrage of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and bigotry worldwide. From Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act to Florida's Don't Say Gay law, governments everywhere have been drawing inspiration from each other as they target their own queer communities, all the while claiming that queerness is something foreign and invasive. The storytellers collected in this book come together to push back on those silencing efforts, insisting that their voices, at least, cannot be censored or erased.

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Bringing together authors from Uganda, Mexico, the Philippines, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and the United States, among others, this timely anthology gives voice to queer people facing a barrage of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and bigotry worldwide. From Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act to Florida's Don't Say Gay law, governments everywhere have been drawing inspiration from each other as they target their own queer communities, all the while claiming that queerness is something foreign and invasive. The storytellers collected in this book come together to push back on those silencing efforts, insisting that their voices, at least, cannot be censored or erased.

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Publication Information: The first printing edition was in 2023. The book is divided into three parts: Criminalization, Persistence, and Voices.

Part I: Criminalization: This section addresses grave institutional threats, homophobic and transphobic legislation, conversion therapy, and religious anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry. Contributions include:

  • "Coming Out and Proud but Not Proud Because of Uganda" by Mboowa Aaron (Uganda).

  • "Garden in the Air" by Progga Shila Chakma (Bangladesh), which includes an epilogue citing Section 377 of the penal code of Bangladesh.

  • "Exegesis for a Medical Conscience Bill" by CD Eskilson (United States), which draws language from the Arkansas State Legislature's 2021 Medical Ethics and Diversity Act.

  • "Caged Heart" by Ikechukwu Henry (Nigeria), which details the experience of conversion therapy.

  • "The Man I Called My Father" by Michael Chukwudi (Indonesia/Nigeria), which describes being subjected to conversion therapy by a "prophet".

Part II: Persistence: This part reflects the resilience of queer communities. The text includes "I'm Trans and Proud" by Sergio A. Ortiz (Puerto Rico).

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