To browse Academia. The project sought to facilitate learning from each other and to create outcomes that would advance knowledge and social justice. The project was unique, combining research and writing with participatory documentary filmmaking. This visionary politics infuses the pages of the anthology.
The chapters are bursting with invaluable first hand insights from leading activists at the forefront of some of the most fiercely fought battlegrounds of contemporary sexual politics in India, the Caribbean and Africa.
Authors also speak In recent years, literature has pointed to the role of pictorial images in human rights advocacy. While this literature has focused mostly on images which portray the violations of human rights, this article considers images of a different type, that are used in the context of LGBT rights advocacy, arguably portraying utopian visions of human rights.
Through a reading of two images β the first portraying Dana International, the transgender pop singer who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest and won, and the second portraying what looks like a same-sex couple who have got married β the article examines issues that come up in international LGBT rights advocacy, focusing on questions of the globalisation of identities, the recognition of family life and on the post colonial context in which rights claims are being made.
The tension between the texts superimposed upon the images and the images themselves serve to expose existing contradictions within LGBT rights advocacy as practiced inter alia through the use of these images. Finally, the 'Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity' are examined and critically engaged with in light of the tensions in international LGBT rights advocacy discussed through a reading of the images.
