LAW, RELIGION, AND THE POLITICIZATION OF SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP IN KENYA
LAW, RELIGION, AND THE POLITICIZATION OF SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP IN KENYA
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10.1017/jlr.2021.12
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2021-04-01
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Parsitau，Damaris Seleina
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作者：
Parsitau，Damaris Seleina
在肯尼亚，关于性取向的辩论近年来在几个时间点上占据了中心舞台，特别是在2010年肯尼亚宪法颁布之前和之后。这些辩论是由宗教神职人员和政治家推动的，他们希望与宗教组织结盟，以获得尊重和合法性，特别是通过寻求影响国家关于性的法律的规范。我认为，通过他们的反应，并试图影响法律的规范，宗教和政治领导人不仅负责在非洲的同性关系的不接受，但也确保性和体现已成为一个文化和宗教战场。同样是这些神职人员和政治家试图将同性恋框定为非非洲的、不可接受的、对非洲道德和文化情感和敏感性的威胁，以及对非洲道德和家庭价值观的侮辱。因此，人们认为同性恋者不属于非洲，他们不能被娱乐、容纳、容忍，甚至理解。最终，我认为，与非洲其他地方一样，肯尼亚同性关系的政治化和宗教化掩盖了人权辩论，扼杀了对性差异和性取向等重要问题的严肃学术和务实参与，同时助长了人们的负面态度不同的性取向。
In Kenya, debates about sexual orientation have assumed center stage at several points in recent years, but particularly before and after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010. These debates have been fueled by religious clergy and by politicians who want to align themselves with religious organizations for respectability and legitimation, particularly by seeking to influence the nation's legal norms around sexuality. I argue that through their responses and attempts to influence legal norms, the religious and political leaders are not only responsible for the nonacceptance of same-sex relationships in Africa, but have also ensured that sexuality and embodiment have become a cultural and religious battleground. These same clergy and politicians seek to frame homosexuality as un-African, unacceptable, a threat to African moral and cultural sensibilities and sensitivities, and an affront to African moral and family values. Consequently, the perception is that homosexuals do not belong in Africa—that they cannot be entertained, accommodated, tolerated, or even understood. Ultimately, I argue that the politicization and religionization of same-sex relationships in Kenya, as elsewhere in Africa, has masked human rights debates and stifled serious academic and pragmatic engagements with important issues around sexual difference and sexual orientation while fueling negative attitudes toward people with different sexual orientations.