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on homonationalism
May. 4th, 2024 09:32 pmI was discussing homonationalism with my friends the other day. We talked about how the nationalists have managed to use lgbt and feminist rhetoric to recruit people and hijack the conversation. They talk about how immigration is a threat for lgbt and women, and how we are on the same side to fight against them. She recommended me a document called SD Börger. It's about the rise of Swedish homonationalism and it also takes partly place in USA where we meet a MAGA drag queen (which was almost like an parodical drag performance seeing him talking against trans people and drag story hours).
Nationalists/right wingers have for a long time been on the rise in Europe. There's a Conservative party coalition in the EU, where Poland is the biggest group and they have established the "Lgbt free zones" in parts of Poland. The homonationalists who were interviewed didn't really say anything or mind the fact that the party they support is against lgbt rights although at the same time they said they were welcomed in those spaces.
I have to say I never believe when a marginalized person says they feel welcomed in a religious/right-wing space because those people can hide their disgust and also they can use you as a mascot. I feel like supporting people who don't support you is based on self-hatred. I get that you don't see yourself as gay as some who are more open about it or more flamboyant, you just want to be seen as person, but it's a misconception that every leftist gay is only obsessed with their gay identity. And then there comes the fear mongering and lies that drag storytelling hours are used for grooming and pride is all about kink. The thing about nationalists is that their ideology is based on identity although they claim only the woke leftists are obsessed with that.
During the docu series I was also thinking about the role of journalism and false equal opinion dilemma and should we even be given these people a voice in media? I think that their experience can help us understand them more but their opinions and hatred have absolutely no nuance or place in society. I feel like these homonationalists are flirting with death, as are all nationalists/right wingers. Fascism is a death cult.
What I fond interesting was that they interviewed one yemeni gay living in Sweden who talked about his experience of having to flee al-qaeda and witnessing violence against his family for being human rights activists. He is a critisizing how leftists can't talk about these issues and so naturally he goes along with those who critisize it: the nationalists. I like how the documentary took the question of difficulties of immigration and then went to interview the yemeni family in Egypt to discuss these things by people who have been affected by them.
There is more nuance to be had in conversations, but there is no arguing with right wingers.
Overall, homonationalists are paradoxical people who have decided to exclude themselves from the gay community. I feel like some have done it in hopes of finding more acceptance from society and some have been radicalized by homophobic encounters from immigrants. These people do exists and should be taken seriously but thankfully they are a fringe group.
Nationalists/right wingers have for a long time been on the rise in Europe. There's a Conservative party coalition in the EU, where Poland is the biggest group and they have established the "Lgbt free zones" in parts of Poland. The homonationalists who were interviewed didn't really say anything or mind the fact that the party they support is against lgbt rights although at the same time they said they were welcomed in those spaces.
I have to say I never believe when a marginalized person says they feel welcomed in a religious/right-wing space because those people can hide their disgust and also they can use you as a mascot. I feel like supporting people who don't support you is based on self-hatred. I get that you don't see yourself as gay as some who are more open about it or more flamboyant, you just want to be seen as person, but it's a misconception that every leftist gay is only obsessed with their gay identity. And then there comes the fear mongering and lies that drag storytelling hours are used for grooming and pride is all about kink. The thing about nationalists is that their ideology is based on identity although they claim only the woke leftists are obsessed with that.
During the docu series I was also thinking about the role of journalism and false equal opinion dilemma and should we even be given these people a voice in media? I think that their experience can help us understand them more but their opinions and hatred have absolutely no nuance or place in society. I feel like these homonationalists are flirting with death, as are all nationalists/right wingers. Fascism is a death cult.
What I fond interesting was that they interviewed one yemeni gay living in Sweden who talked about his experience of having to flee al-qaeda and witnessing violence against his family for being human rights activists. He is a critisizing how leftists can't talk about these issues and so naturally he goes along with those who critisize it: the nationalists. I like how the documentary took the question of difficulties of immigration and then went to interview the yemeni family in Egypt to discuss these things by people who have been affected by them.
There is more nuance to be had in conversations, but there is no arguing with right wingers.
Overall, homonationalists are paradoxical people who have decided to exclude themselves from the gay community. I feel like some have done it in hopes of finding more acceptance from society and some have been radicalized by homophobic encounters from immigrants. These people do exists and should be taken seriously but thankfully they are a fringe group.
