LGBTQ-hostility: is it normative, or is it a development?
I want to explore the sources of LGBTQ-hostility. I suspect that it is not a historically normative social construction, but rather a development largely brought about the European (and possibly other) colonial hegemonies. I think that the spread or intensification of LGBTQ-hostility* may have been a two-layer smear: the first layer is the direct, Euro-Christian doctrine against LGBTQ persons; the second layer is the victimization and the sense of victimization on the part of colonized persons and cultures, who may then adopt the LGBTQ-hostility in an attempt to regain pride / manhood / overcompensatory dignity (in effect, adopting or permitting the greater influence of Euro-Christian doctrine as a salve against Euro-Christian violations).
Any suggestions?
* in my own raising within a LGBTQ-hostile environment, I have difficulty fully conceiving of or expecting that there environments or communities that have been or that are sufficiently LGBTQ-neutral or -accepting to be considered non-LGBTQ-hostile.
Edit: explanation of star
Monday, September 24, 2007
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