LGBTQIA+

Women and girls with diverse disabilities have been largely neglected in the World Conference on Women (WCW) documents in the decades preceding the Fourth WCW in Beijing in 1995, which endorsed the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), and the subsequent five-yearly implementation reports up to and including the report for Beijing+30. Although the Beijing WCW […]

As digital technologies reshape political and social landscapes, queer individuals face escalating technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including doxxing, online harassment, deepfake abuse, and state surveillance. While the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) is committed to eliminating violence against women and gender minorities, it could not have anticipated the emergence of digital violence as a key […]

This article examines the challenges faced by Acervo Bajubá, an LGBT+ community archive located in São Paulo, Brazil. Departing from the observation of a disconnect between the recognition of the archive’s importance in terms of the content it holds and its consideration as a community epistemological project, the article argues for a paradigm shift in […]

This article explores the subcultures and experiences of LBQ (lesbian, bisexual, and queer) women and non-binary individuals in Lusaka, Zambia, against the backdrop of draconian anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rising homophobia in Africa. Drawing upon decolonial feminist methodology, the study investigates how these marginalised communities navigate hostile environments where their sexual orientation is criminalised and stigmatised […]