Research on political homophobia in contemporary African nations tends to focus on the
legal, political and social consequences of such homophobia. However, this work remains …

The tickets promised a 9 pm start, but as the hour approached midnight guests were still
filing into the villa in Abidjan's Deux Plateaux neighborhood. There were boys who'd paired …

Surgery is hard to talk about. This has been the case in transgender studies since the
emergence of the field, often dated to the publication of Sandy Stone's essay “The Empire …

There is growing recognition of the health disparities faced by sexual minority populations
and the critical role played by sexual stigma in increasing their vulnerability. Experienced …

In the fight against concentrated HIV epidemics, men who have sex with men (MSM) are
often framed as a homogeneous population, with little attention paid to sexual and gender …

Sexual minorities are stigmatised in much of sub-Saharan Africa, restricting their access to
sexual health services and undermining their mental health. Although public attitudes and …

“Queer” is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African studies. Yet it is
proving to be productive, not only for understanding African subjectivities of sexuality and …

In most African countries, a significant proportion of" men who have sex with men"(MSM) are
divided according to a spectrum of sex-role stereotypes, with some identifying themselves as …

It is not easy to introduce such a diverse body of work. The research collected here is
situated within disparate epistemological, methodological and theoretical traditions, and …

Despite the Internet's global importance as a sex-seeking venue for men who have sex with
men (MSM) and other sexual and gender minorities, little is known about this topic in sub …