#EndSARS movement in Nigeria: tensions and solidarities amongst protesters. Issue 2 (2nd September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nwabunnia, Onyeka Antoinette
• Is Part Of: Gender and development. Volume 29:Issue 2/3(2021)
• Page Start: 351
• Page End: 367
• Publication Date: 2021-09-02
• Subjects: #EndSARS -- queer activist -- homophobia -- solidarity -- transnational feminism -- feminist -- police brutality; Women -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.90082
• DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2021.1982180
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-2074

Abstract

ABSTRACT: During Nigeria's #EndSARS movement, queer organisers and activists created and built solidarities that resulted in a truly complex organising for justice. Without the work of queer organisers, the movement to #EndSARS would have largely centred on the narratives and voices of cis heterosexual men and women. In creating systems that sustained the participation of queer protesters both on- and offline, queer organisers ensured that the movement reflected all Nigerians. Situating this article within theoretical debates around political homophobia and transnational feminist solidarities, I will outline the forms of solidarities queer activists developed with each other and the types of tensions that emerged during the movement.