Home Institution
Colgate University
Publication Date
Fall 2019
Abstract
In 2018, the Tunisian government arrested 127 Tunisians on the basis of suspicions regarding non-heterosexual and non-cisgendered acts. Tunisian civil society centralizes its core missions around advocating for the rights of LGBT individuals through attempts to target the measures that allow for such unlawful imprisonment: Articles 230 and 226 of the Tunisian Constitution. But within the undiscussed gaps between laws, cultures of homo and transphobia, and civil society lies alternative measures for non-linear forms of queer advocacy. This research engages with the work of Khookha McQueer -- a Tunisian LGBTQI+ rights activist -- and documents conversations had with Khookha regarding her own advocacy, the Tunisian queer landscape, identity politics, and civil society. Ultimately, this study project is a means to document a queer minority experience that is not thought of in the conventional fight for LGBTQI+ rights.
Disciplines
African Studies | Arabic Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication | History of Gender | Islamic World and Near East History | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Politics and Social Change | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Gomez, Jake, "Khookha McQueer: Advocacy for Non-Binary Queerness and LGBTQI+ Representation in Tunisia" (2019). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3163.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3163
Included in
African Studies Commons, Arabic Studies Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, History of Gender Commons, Islamic World and Near East History Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Program Name
Tunisia and Italy: Politics and Religious Integration in the Mediterranean