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Thinking Allowed: 'Queer' wars, Nigerian beauty pageants

25/05/2016

'Queer' wars, Nigerian beauty pageants

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, 'Queer' wars, Nigerian beauty pageants

'Queer' wars: the global struggle for lesbian/gay rights. Also, Nigerian beauty pageants.

'Queer' wars: Laurie Taylor considers the global struggle for LGBT rights and the challenges to the idea of universal human rights. Plus a reflection on Nigerian beauty pageants.

'Queer' Wars: The claim that LGBT rights are human rights meets fierce, sometimes deadly opposition in many parts of the world. Politicians and religious leaders invoke tradition to deflect such universal claims, accusing Western activists of neo colonial interference. Laurie Taylor talks to Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security at La Trobe University, Melbourne, who has examined the international polarisation over sexual rights. He asks how best we can advocate for change in contexts where people face violence and imprisonment for their sexuality and gender. They're joined by Lama Abu- Odeh, Professor in Law at Georgetown University, Washington.

Also, Nigerian Beauty Pageants. Juliet Gilbert, Teaching Fellow in African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham, reflects on the popularity of such spectacles in a country where crowned winners use pageantry as a 'platform' for success, hoping to overcome the double bind of gender and generation in a deeply religious and patriarchal society.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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