Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging

Francesca Stella is a Research Fellow in Sociology at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. Yvette Taylor is Professor of Education at the University of Strathclyde. Tracey Reynolds is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich. Antoine Rogers is a Principal Lecturer in Sociology at London South Bank University.

Introduction Francesca Stella, Yvette Taylor, Tracey Reynolds and Antoine Rogers Part 1: Sexual Nationalisms and the Boundaries of Sexual Citizenship 1. Sexual Citizenship, Nationalism and Biopolitics in Putin’s Russia Francesca Stella and Nadya Nartova 2. Sexuality, Citizenship and Migration: The Irish Queer Diaspora in London Roísín Ryan-Flood 3. Narrativizing One’s Sexuality/Gender: Neoliberal Humanitarianism and the Right of Asylum Calogero Giametta 4. The New Transnational Politics of LGBT Human Rights in the Commonwealth: What Can UK NGOs Learn from the Global South? Matthew Waites Part 2: Racialised Subjects and Feminist/Queer Solidarities 5. Black Mammy and Company: Exploring Constructions of Black Womanhood in Britain Tracey Reynolds 6. Activism Beyond Identities: Building Shared Alliances Against Homophobia and Racism in Palermo Maria Livia Alga 7. What Does a “Genuine Lesbian” Look Like?: Intersections of Sexuality and “Race” in Manchester’s Gay Village and in the UK Asylum System Nina Held 8. “Time After Time”: Gay Conditionality, Colonial Temporality, and Āzādī Tara Atluri Part 3: Sexuality, Religion and Belonging 9. Creating Citizens, Constructing Religion, Configuring Gender: Intersectional Sites, Scripts and Sticking Points Yvette Taylor and Ria Snowdon 10. Changing Churches: Sexuality, Difference, Power Savitri Hensman 11. Counter-Normative Identities: Religious Young Adults Subverting Sexual Norms Sarah-Jane Page 12. Angels and the Dragon King’s Daughter: Gender and Sexuality in Western Buddhist New Religious Movements Sally R. Munt and Sharon E. Smith