Negotiating sexual and gender diversity in rural and peri-urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15098593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Epprecht (0000-0003-3497-9395, Queen's University, corresponding author), Nomusa Mngoma (Queen's University), Nomusa F Mngoma (0000-0002-0344-3312, Queen's University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 490-504 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691058.2022.2055793 |
| PMID | 35383543 |
| OpenAlex | W4226083029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
A noticeable tendency in the first generation of scholarship on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (SOGIE) in Africa has been the focus on urban or modern institutional settings. A dominant theme is to document people's struggles against stigma, fear and violence to better inform interventions to strengthen human rights and sexual health for all. In some cases, unintentionally, the impression conveyed of Africa is of a continent with cultures that are uniformly, hostile to SOGIE rights. The present study arises from a large survey among boys and men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that problematises that impression. The study revealed unexpectedly high levels of same-sex sexual experience among boys and men in a mostly rural, culturally conservative setting. Following from that revelation, we conducted in-depth interviews to gain insight into their lives. Informants did indeed recount many incidents of discrimination and violence and admitted to sometimes severe emotional health problems. Yet they also spoke of finding love, acceptance, allies, resources, humour and hope for the future. In this paper, we tease out key themes from the interviews in relation to trends in the scholarship
Focus group · Human rights · Negotiation · Political science · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |