Truly Ugandan: Martyrs, Pope Francis, and the Question of Sexuality

By T.J. Tallie African Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, Religion and Sexuality

Francis obscured both the colonial Christian and queer sexual contexts of the executions.

Blood Ties: Queer Blood, Donations, and Citizenship

By T.J. Tallie 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

Can queer blood be less American than straight blood?

Hirsute Phoenix: Conchita Wurst, Beards, and the Politics of Sexuality

By T.J. Tallie Modern Europe

Conchita Wurst’s beard queers the predictable image of female pop singer and calls directly to the constructed nature of gender performances.

The Archbishop’s Argument: Anglicanism, Homosexuality, and Colonial Complexities

By T.J. Tallie Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

It is a curious and powerful discursive move to link the murder of hundreds of people in Nigeria to the vaguely described suffering of British queer people.

Disputing ‘Gay Jim Crow’: Rhetorical Appropriation in LGBT Politics

By T.J. Tallie 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

‘Gay Jim Crow’ invests in false equivalence by appropriating continued struggles of people of color in the United States.