Moving Beyond Homophobia: Centering Queerness in Jamaica
Date and Time
November 27, 2023
12:00PM - 01:30PM EST
Location
S216, CGIS South
Speakers: Moji Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Jamaica.
Moderated by: Jocelyn Viterna, Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard University.
Jamaica is famous for being uniquely homophobic. While homophobia is real, epithets like Time magazine’s “the most homophobic place on earth” not only misrepresent reality but also posit LGBTQ+ Jamaicans exclusively as victims.