Scapegoating Queerness
Associating Egyptian LGBTQIA Advocacy to Western Conspiracy as a Strategy for Aborting Democratization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shaimaa Magued (0000-0003-4190-3188, Cairo University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 1689-1710 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08969205241289584 |
| OpenAlex | W4404329671 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 61 |
Focusing on Egypt as a case study, this paper juxtaposes Mubarak and al-Sisi's anti-queer measures in order to delineate their discursive strategy in framing collective victimhood vis-à-vis Western-sponsored gender activism in an attempt to overshadow the Muslim Brotherhood's political visibility and reverse the liberal gains of the January 25 Revolution, respectively. This study argues that both presidents' anti-queer discourse succeeded to abort calls for democratization because of rulers' capitalization on populist and religious-nationalist idioms in developing a collective victimhood frame as a defensive strategy against constructed threats. Building on the social movement theories' framing approach, this study unpacks the state's three-pronged collective victimhood frame by drawing on the revival of Western colonial heritage, sovereignty assertion, and cultural authenticity to validate a generalized repression against non-heteronormative identities and non-conforming sexual practices during the Queen Boat incident in May 2001 and following al-Sisi's ascension to power from 2014 until 2024
Criminology · Democracy · Democratization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scapegoating · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Political Conflict and Governance
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Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The State of Being LGBT in the Age of Reaction
Theories of Political Protest and Social Movements
A Political Theory of Populism
Emotions and Social Movements
The socialization of international human rights norms into domestic practices
Discourse and social change
Desiring Arabs
The EU Enlargement and Gay Politics
Framing political opportunity
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Islamic Populism in Indonesia and the Middle East
Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East
The Syrian Uprising
Global Sex
Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
Power in Movement
The Power of Human Rights
The Globalization of Sexuality
Backlash
The Oxford Handbook of Global LGBT and Sexual Diversity Politics
Special issue introduction
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Western leveraged pedagogy of Central and Eastern Europe
Women against the state
Qualitative Research Interviewing
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The Queen Boat case in Egypt
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National Identities and Transnational Intimacies
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Social Movements, Framing Processes, and Cultural Revitalization and Fabrication
LGBTQ activism in repressive contexts
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |