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Building: Federick Douglass Centre, Floor: 1st Floor, Room: Room 1.16
Wednesday 11:00 - 12:30 BST (17/06/2026)
This panel brings together historical, theoretical, and contemporary analyses to interrogate how queer subjectivities are shaped, constrained, and mobilised across shifting political contexts. The contributions trace long-term trajectories of lesbian, trans, and queer politics, examining how forms of self-understanding, community-building, and resistance emerge in relation to broader national and global dynamics. One paper examines LGBTIQ+-phobic hate speech occurrences by Brazil's Chief Executive, showing how it produces harmful effects on Brazil's LGBT population. Another contribution rethinks the marginalisation of femme subjectivity by framing ethical self-formation as a political practice that destabilises dominant norms within queer movements. Another contribution explores the everyday realities of living with HIV/AIDS, foregrounding the mundane, affective, and relational dimensions of long-term survival and the evolving social meanings of the epidemic. Historical work on Barcelona’s Colectivo de Travestis y Transexuales uncovers early trans political consciousness during Spain’s Transition, tracing how political opportunities closed in the 1980s amid intersecting crises. A transnational genealogy of lesbian identity politics maps how global exchanges—from UN conferences to media flows—have shaped a contested and evolving category across five decades. Finally, a paper on homonationalism analyses how far-right actors strategically appropriate queer symbols in digital spaces to reinforce exclusionary nationalist projects.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Political consciousness, interrupted? Barcelona’s CTT (1978-80) and the closure of a window of opportunity | View Paper Details |
| The same virus, different stories: Navigating everyday life with HIV/AIDS for the LGBQI+ community | View Paper Details |
| Rainbow Nationalism: The Far Right, Homonationalism, and the Politics of Pride Online | View Paper Details |
| When Hate Becomes Policy: LGBTphobic Discourse as Government Strategy in Brazil | View Paper Details |