Global struggles, local consequences: the impact of internationalisation on local LGBT struggles in Uganda

Jjuuko, Adrian

doi:10.1080/21624887.2021.2009105

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“…Furthermore, postcolonial narratives of donor dependency and the imposition of Western values through aid (Klapeer, 2017;Becker, 2020;Rodriguez, 2022) tend to strip local actors of their agency, approaching them as (helpless) victims unable to uphold cultural norms and values in the face of Western funding. The coordinated resistance against several attempts to pass unfavourable legislation reveals a determined, organised and hardworking community deterred neither by domestic homo-hostility nor by the lack of funding (see, for example, Jjuuko and Mutesi, 2018). Although Pride originates from the West, it does not have a fixed location.…”

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Development cooperation and the stratification of lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual activism: international donors, elite activists and community members during Uganda Pride 2022

Svensson,

Strand

2024

European Journal of Politics and Gender

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Uganda’s infamous state-sanctioned homo-hostility has resulted in intense international attention, development cooperation and Western funding to local lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual (LGBT+) organisations. However, Western funders and allies in this context are becoming increasingly questioned. Researchers have highlighted the complexities, opportunities and constraints of an increasingly transnational LGBT+ movement, but how is this manifested on the ground in the Global South? Through an inductive and ethnographically inspired study, we set out to explore the Ugandan LGBT+ community and its intra-community relationships and relations with Western funders and allies in the unique setting of Uganda Pride 2022, to which we had rare first-hand access. The results reveal that security concerns, both from outside and within the community, shaped Uganda Pride 2022. The most salient finding is that competition for international funding distorts activists’ relations, as it stratifies the LGBT+ community based on who has access to Western donors and international funders.

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