Resisting Sectarianism

John Nagle is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK.Tamirace Fakhoury is Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and Society at Aalborg University in Copenhagen and the Scientific advisor to the Kuwait Chair at Sciences po in Paris.

• Resisting SectarianismFiguresTablesAcknowledgementsBiographical DetailsPrefaceChapter 1. ‘No Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Classism’Chapter 2. ‘We are Hated by Everyone’: Sexuality and SectarianismChapter 3. ‘The Law Prosecutes the Weakest’: The Rise of the LGBTQ MovementChapter 4. ‘What Kind of Relationship can be Considered Contrary to Nature?’ Contesting CriminalizationChapter 5. ‘I Exist’: The Politics of Ambiguous Visibility and PrideChapter 6. ‘LGBT is at the Bottom of Our List’: International Actors and RightsChapter 7. ‘We Have Always Been There’: Tactical Alliances and Protest SpacesChapter 8. Conclusion: Contesting SectarianismNotes

A sensitive exploration of the practices of freedom deployed to resist the violence of Lebanon's sectarian system, in the process undermining its ideological and disciplinary powers one small battle at a time.