Colonial Legacies, Decolonized Spirits

Balboa, Ugandan Martyrs and Aids Solidarity Today

Bibliographic Data

ID12759571
AuthorsKenneth Hamilton (0000-0001-9831-4849, Notre Dame de Namur University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume10
Issue1-2
Pages121-136
Publication date2010-04-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15299711003609799
OpenAlexW2081122624
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

The longing and journey toward “decolonization,” of body, mind and community, is a key element in queer/bi spirituality. “Colonization” is that complex notion that refers to external acts of conquest; it also involves the inner colonization or alienation of the minds and souls of the colonized. Two poignant examples from queer history illustrate how the “heteronorm” was/is established over queer bodies and spirits: one, Balboa's murder of “sodomites” (Panama, 1513) and, in 1886 (B)Uganda, the demonization of the African queer/bi ruler, Mwanga. For contemporary Western queer/bi persons, political-spiritual solidarity with historic and present-day demonized sexualities, such as in the AIDS pandemic, is a generous, life-giving response

Aesthetics · Alienation · Art · Colonialism · Demonization · Ethnology · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sociology · Solidarity · Spirituality · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · History · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Religious studies

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