Presented by The Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

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About the Conference


WHAT IS HOMONATIONALISM?

Homonationalism is a term coined by Professor Jasbir Puar of Rutgers University to describe a recent global phenomenon of great interest to scholars. Homonationalism occurs when sub-sectors of specific gay communities achieve legal parity with heterosexuals and then embrace racial and religious supremacy ideologies. The most obvious examples are in the Netherlands, Britain and Germany where white gays, most often males, increasingly join racist movements against immigrants and immigrations, especially from Muslim countries. However, Homonationalism is increasingly present in Nationalist ideologies across the globe, as secular right-wing forces increasingly leave anti-gay politics to organized religion.