The "Real" Chechen Man: Conceptions of Religion, Nature, and Gender and the Persecution of Sexual Minorities in Postwar Chechnya.

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  • Author(s): Scicchitano D;Scicchitano D
  • Source:
    Journal of homosexuality [J Homosex] 2021 Jul 29; Vol. 68 (9), pp. 1545-1562. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 18.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7502386 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1540-3602 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00918369 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Homosex Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Philadelphia : Routledge
      Original Publication: New York, Haworth Press.
    • Subject Terms:
      Homosexuality* ; Human Rights Abuses* ; Religion and Sex*; Sexual and Gender Minorities/*legislation & jurisprudence; Bisexuality ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Police ; Russia ; Torture ; Violence
    • Abstract:
      In March of 2017, the Russian LGBT Network received their first reports of police violence against individuals in Chechnya because of their perceived sexual orientation. In the following months, news spread of a campaign of forced disappearances and torture specifically targeting suspected homosexual men. Between December, 2018 and February, 2019, police carried out another wave of unlawful detentions of men on the basis of their sexual orientation. The reports of unlawful detentions and extrajudicial killings of queer men may seem surreal in a world that has slowly grown more progressive with regard to LGBT rights issues. And yet, this violence is the reality faced by gay and bisexual men in Chechnya under Ramzan Kadyrov, the hypermasculine Chechen leader. This paper explores the ways in which religious practice, imaginations of nature, and conceptions of gender have influenced Chechnya's current anti-LGBT climate.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Chechnya; LGBTQ+; antigay violence; caucasus; gendered nature; masculinities; religious fundamentalism; unlawful detentions
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20191219 Date Completed: 20210604 Latest Revision: 20210604
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/00918369.2019.1701336
    • Accession Number:
      31850836