Here's an interesting blog article (with great pictures):
http://blog.newint.org/majority/2009/07/09/african-lesbian/
So often we think of queerness only in a Euro/North American context, and I think we need to open the dialogue a bit to look at queerness on a global scale. Fat Acceptance often uses Africa as a space where fatness is more accepted (the 'fattening huts' of West Africa comes to mind), but what kind of space is Africa represented as for queer communities? Does HIV/AIDS influence these questions at all?
No need to get deep, if you don't want to. Just enjoy the article and the fabulous pictures.
http://blog.newint.org/majority/2009/07/09/african-lesbian/
So often we think of queerness only in a Euro/North American context, and I think we need to open the dialogue a bit to look at queerness on a global scale. Fat Acceptance often uses Africa as a space where fatness is more accepted (the 'fattening huts' of West Africa comes to mind), but what kind of space is Africa represented as for queer communities? Does HIV/AIDS influence these questions at all?
No need to get deep, if you don't want to. Just enjoy the article and the fabulous pictures.
