activism: xvii (also see struggle)
hate crime activism: 18
health activism: 43
Israeli gay activism: 115, 117, 124
liberal queer / LGBT activism: 117, 163
radical queer activism: 20, 116
trans activism: 20, 31ff, 130, 151ff, 172ff, 187
Agamben, Giorgio: 8, 26 n2, 74, 77, 79, 82, 83, 104, 142, 177
allies: 4, 17, 39, 113, 172, 185
Alliance for Safe and Diverse DC: 174, 178
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation: 185
Scottish Trans Alliance: 156
assimilation: 3, 78, 81, 83–4, 116, 135, 151, 200
Amnesty International: 98, 100
asylum: 99–101, 109 n14, n15, n17, 110 n19, 22, 26, 112, 117, 122, 160 (also see refugee, migration, UK Home Office)
‘bare life’: 1, 79, 103–4, 142–3 (also see Agamben, Giorgio)
belonging: 6, 8, 59, 60, 71 n13, 74, 76, 81, 174, 179, 200 (also see kinship)
belonging and nation: 12, 13, 96, 107–8 n4, 114, 116, 119, 126, 169 n2
biopolitics: 4, 5, 10, 15, 27 n7, 42, 52, 55, 58, 74, 79, 81–85, 88 n6, 95, 99, 113, 103–104, 121, 124, 125, 130, 132, 134, 137, 139–140, 142–143, 161, 175, 177, 180, 183, 184
biopower: 6, 32, 51, 95, 103, 132, 161, 171 n18, 176, 185 (also see Foucault, Michel)
bodies: 4, 5, 7, 14, 16–7, 19, 42, 51–3, 57–9, 65, 67–8, 72–3, 84, 88 n5, 93, 95, 102–3, 108 n9, 129, 132–3, 135–6, 140, 142, 161, 172, 174–80, 183–7
gender variant / non-conforming bodies: 2, 14, 129–33, 137, 142, 176
queer bodies: 95, 102, 129, 175, 177
racialized bodies: xvii, 5, 17, 27 n8, 114, 137, 174, 176–7, 184
transfeminine bodies: 17, 135, 137, 174, 176, 184–6
body: 32, 39, 43, 56–7, 59–61, 64–5, 82, 99, 104, 124, 136, 138–9, 140, 142, 173–4, 177–8, 190 n2
body politic(s): 78–80, 82, 88 n5
borders: xvi, 1, 3, 12, 15, 20–1, 41, 83, 109 n16, 124, 134, 137, 160, 175
borderzones: 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19
Butler, Judith: 102, 110 n18, 129, 146 n1, 162 (see also death as (un)grievable)
capital / capitalism: xvii, 5, 8, 13, 14, 21, 33, 83, 109 n10, 12, 130, 131–3, 137, 141–2, 146 n4, 153–4, 169 n3, 174–7, 184, 186, 193–4
anti-capitalism: 42
carceral regimes: 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 31–5, 38, 41–6, 151–3, 155, 161, 163–5, 169 n3
child / children: 10, 56, 58–60, 72, 75–6, 78–81, 84, 88 n7, 111, 113, 125, 128 n3, 142, 152, 185, 195–8, 200, 202, 208 n6, 209 n7, 210 n11
citizenship: i, 2, 7, 12, 18, 20, 26 n4, 56, 58, 67, 70 n9, 78, 87–8 n1, 95–6, 99, 107 n2, 107–8 n4, 108 n8, 116, 130, 151, 156, 163–4, 172, 175, 180, 184–5, 195, 199
sexual citizenship: 18, 151, 155, 160, 163, 169 n2
civil rights: 121, 203, 208 n2
Civil Rights Movement: 9, 36, 203, 208 n2, 209 n6
LGBT civil rights: 185, 208 n2 (see also rights-LGBT)
collective action: ix, 36, 39, 42, 50 n1, 84, 162, 164
colonialism: i, 1, 4–5, 14, 18, 125–6, 153, 161, 194, 199 (also see imperialism, occupation, settler colonialism)
complicity: 1–2, 12, 81, 116, 151, 174, 194
criminality: 15, 41, 163, 172, 185, 193, 199, 210 n10, n11
criminalization: 5, 9, 19, 31–2, 34–5, 37–41, 44, 84, 139, 142–3, 151, 155–6, 164, 170 n12, 185, 190 n2, 196, 198, 200–2, 210 n10
death: i, xv–xvii, 2, 3, 5–9, 11, 13–15, 17, 18–20, 26 n1, 27 n8, n10, 31–2, 35, 43–4, 51–6, 58–9, 64, 67–8, 70 n3, 71 n14, 72–7, 79, 81–2, 84, 94–8, 101–4, 109 n11, 110 n24, 112–4, 118, 121–4, 126, 129–30, 132, 137, 140, 143, 154, 161–2, 170 n6, 171 n18, 174–5, 177, 185–7, 195–6, 198–9, 200
death as (un)grievable / (un)mournable: 2, 3, 102, 129–30, 32, 142, 146 n1 (also see funerals, grief)
premature death: 1, 17–8, 20, 26 n3, 32, 39, 45, 155, 162, 196, 199, 200
queer death: 2, 5, 11, 13, 95, 102, 175
social death: 6, 8–10, 36, 74, 79, 80–1, 84
death penalty (inc Death Row): 154–5, 170 n8, n9, 209 n9
death worlds: i, 6, 7, 9–11, 81, 124, 161, 177, 187
democracy: ii, 13, 27 n9, 97, 99, 104, 107 n2, 123 (also see liberal democracy)
diversity: i, 1, 31, 41, 42, 66, 116, 122, 160, 163
diversify: 18
drag performance: 14, 37, 129, 133, 134, 138, 14
Duggan, Lisa: 121, 174, 193 (see also homonormativity)
East End (London): 156–8, 170 n14
exclusion: 2, 6, 7, 12–14, 64, 71 n12, 73, 76, 79, 81–2, 96, 113, 115–6, 129, 132–3, 142–3, 159, 170 n8, 172, 175, 178, 180, 184–5, 190 n8, 193, 179–201, 209 n8
family: ix, 10, 54–5, 57–61, 64–7, 72, 74, 77, 113, 118–20, 122–3, 129, 141, 162, 186–7, 195, 197, 202, 108 n5, 210 n11
feminism: xvi–xvii, 1, 3, 12–13, 15, 20, 41–2, 84, 122, 146 n2, 164, 199, 202, 208 n5
femininity: 65, 132–3, 135, 195
trans feminine: 17–8, 27 n10, 130–1, 135–7, 142, 172, 174–6, 183–6, 190 n2, n7, n9
‘Final Salute’: 53, 58–59, 62–68
Foucault, Michel: 6, 32, 34, 51, 82, 88 n4, 95, 102–4, 161, 171 n18
freedom: ix, 13–4, 27 n8, n9, 33, 36, 39, 41, 44, 57, 67–8, 93–4, 96–9, 101–2, 104, 107 n1, 117, 123, 139, 155, 160, 162–3, 192, 194, 199, 202–3
funerals: 1, 9–10, 37, 39, 51–61, 64–8, 71 n12
futurism / futurity: xvi, 3, 10–11, 74, 78–9, 81–4, 195
gender: i, ii, xvi, 1, 4–5, 12, 18, 19, 41–2, 56–8, 71 n12, 72, 78, 100, 104, 108 n9, 109 n13, 109 n16, n17, 110 n18, 134, 136, 147 n10, 153, 155–6, 158, 169 n1, 174, 176, 208 n8 (also see ‘bodies’)
gender norms/normativity: i, 4, 41, 104, 142, 147 n9, 176, 186, 194, 199
gender variance / non-conformity: 2, 4, 8, 14, 16–18, 31, 41, 129–33, 137–8, 142–3, 151, 158, 176, 194
gentrification: 17, 19, 140, 151, 173, 175, 176–9
genocide / genocidal: xv, 10, 15, 18, 40, 45, 75, 176, 194
We Charge Genocide petition: 33
grief: 1, 26 n1, 52, 56, 59, 61, 65 (see also death as (un)grievable)
hate crime: i, 3–4, 16–18, 31, 40, 70 n3, 151, 153–6, 159, 163, 170 n10, 185, 193, 198–202, 209 n9
heroes / heroism: xvii, 53, 57–8, 64, 66–7, 70 n10, 71 n11, 96–7, 102, 108 n8
HIV/AIDS: 2, 5, 9, 19, 27 n10, 31–2, 34–44, 137, 139, 170 n12, 174, 195
HIV/AIDS activism: 9, 31–2, 34–40, 43, 46,
HIV/AIDS criminalization /decriminalization: 5, 9, 31, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 170 n12
heteronormative / heteronormativity: 3, 10, 54, 56, 58–9, 61, 64, 74, 77–8, 81, 96, 108 n8, 109 n12, 116, 121, 131, 142, 185
heterosexual / heterosexuality: 10, 54–5, 81, 96–7, 99, 102, 116, 119, 128 n3, 157, 208 n5
homonationalism: xvi, 4, 95, 114, 131–2, 139, 174–5, 193 (also see Puar, Jasbir)
homonormative / homonormativity: xvi, 2–3, 12, 17, 53, 74, 77–8, 81, 100, 102, 121, 175, 185, 193 (see also Duggan, Lisa)
homophobia: 31, 36, 70 n3, 97, 102, 109 n16, 110 n26, 115–8, 122, 156, 157–9, 196–7, 202
homo sacer: 13, 26 n2, 74, 79, 82–3, 95, 104, 177, 178 (also see Agamben, Giorgio)
homosexual / homosexuality: 10, 51, 54–5, 57, 99, 107 n4, 111, 118, 120, 134, 155, 169 n1
homosociality: 3, 10, 54–5, 66
humanity: 7, 37, 45, 58, 79, 103, 130, 139
human rights: xvi, 8, 54, 95, 98–101, 107 n2, 110 n20, 116, 132, 170 n13, 174
Human Rights Watch: 38, 40, 44, 98, 140
identity politics: xvii
immigration / immigrant: 3, 13, 17, 70 n9, 100–1, 110 n26, 115, 129, 159–60, 163, 164, 177, 192, 196, 200–2, 208 n5, 210 n11, 132, 138 (also see migration / migrant)
imperialism: i, xvi–xvii, 2, 4–5, 8, 12–13, 27 n9, 51, 53, 75–6, 79, 81, 104, 121, 130, 187 (also see occupation)
incarceration: xvi–xvii, 1, 7, 9, 15–16, 20, 26 n5, 27 n8, 31–45, 152–3, 161, 164–5, 182 (also see carceral regimes)
inclusion: 2–4, 6–7, 12–14, 17, 27 n8, 31, 41, 56, 66–7, 78–9, 81, 107 n4, 113, 116, 118, 132, 133, 142, 146 n4, 163, 175, 185–6, 193–5, 199, 200, 202, 208 n5
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission: 100, 108 n7
intersectional / intersectionality: i, 1, 12, 42, 84, 136
intimacy: 3, 5, 10, 13, 52–4, 58–60, 66, 67, 72, 79, 134, 163, 208 n5
same-sex intimacy: 10, 53, 59, 67
Islam / Islamic: xvi, 18, 72, 97–9, 09 n12, 118–20, 123, 156, 158
Islamophobia: xvi, xvii, 12, 158
Israel / Israeli: i, xvii, 13, 14–16, 32, 111–126, 128 n1, n3, n4, 129, 133–4, 137, 147 n8
‘It Gets Better’: 195 (also see Savage, Dan)
killability: 5, 17, 93, 95, 132
kinship: 4, 9, 10, 18, 20, 54–9, 64–5, 67–8, 71 n12, 87 n1, 113, 121, 169 n2, 195. (also see belonging)
LGBT: 8, 10, 12, 40, 53, 131, 151, 159–60, 164 (also see GLBT)
LGBT politics / organising groups: 1, 16, 17, 19, 70 n3, 101, 110 n19, 146 n2, 153–9, 163–4
liberal democracy: xv–xvi, 8, 11, 103
liberalism: 8, 10, 32, 73–5, 78, 81–3, 123, 185, 112
liberation: ii, 9, 14, 16, 19, 31, 33, 35–7, 40, 42–4, 102, 104, 164, 169 n1, 199, 204
livability: 5
market, the: i, 2, 7, 8, 18, 20, 26 n5, 42, 51, 72, 78, 81, 101, 103–4, 110 n24, 132, 135, 140, 142, 169 n3
marriage (inc gay/same-sex marriage): i, 2, 3, 5, 14, 55, 59, 66, 113, 128 n3, 191–2, 196–9, 202–3, 208 n2, n5, n7
masculinity: 10, 65–6, 68, 96–7, 108 n8, 134–5, 147 n9
Mbembe, Achille: xv, 2, 6, 8, 27 n8, 32–3, 51–2, 77, 80–1, 102–4, 124, 129, 132, 139, 161–2, 171 n18
memorialization: 11, 56 (also see memory and commemoration)
memory / memory practices: 11, 36, 39, 46, 55, 56, 65, 195 (also see commemoration)
Middle East: xviii, 12–13, 104, 112
migration / migrant: ix, 1, 4, 11, 15, 18, 70 n9, 87 n1, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 137–8, 142, 159, 165, 198 (also see immigration / immigrant)
military: xvii, 1, 6, 9, 10–11, 13, 15, 17, 31–2, 37, 41, 51–61, 63–8, 70 n5, n6, n10, 71 n12, n14, 108 n9, 113, 117, 151–3, 155, 158, 161, 169 n2, 185, 199, 202
modernity: xv, 6, 14, 73, 104, 109 n10, 117, 197
mourn / mourning: 3, 8, 9, 31, 52, 56, 58–9, 66, 68, 130, 146 n1, 187
Muslim: 156–8, 170 n14 (also see Islam, racism: anti-Muslim)
construction of Muslims as threat: xvi, 20, 95, 97, 121, 123
construction of Muslims as victim: xvi, 4, 97, 123
construction of Muslims as backwards / homophobic: 97, 102, 109 n10, 112, 163
Muslim organising groups: 156, 158, 170 n14
nationalism: 10, 11, 12, 14, 66, 96–7, 102, 108 n8, 113, 114, 116–7, 121, 151, 170 n14, 174–6, 186 (also see homonationalism)
sexual nationalism: 11
necropolitics: i, ix, xv, 2–11, 13–15, 17–20, 27 n8, 32–3, 45, 51–3, 58, 67–8, 74, 77, 81–5, 88 n6, 95, 103–4, 114, 124, 129–30, 132–3, 137, 140, 142–3, 161–3, 172, 174–8, 180, 183–4, 186–7
necropower: i, 14, 27 n8, 124–5, 161–2, (also see Mbembe)
neoliberalism: 4, 13, 16–17, 31–2, 37, 40, 42–3, 77–8, 88 n3, 93, 104, 110 n21, 132, 139, 141–2, 176
normative / normativity: xvi, 3, 32, 53, 56–8, 66–8, 73, 83–4, 96, 100, 103, 113–4, 118, 134, 139, 142, 176, 180, 183, 186, 194 (also see heretonormative, homonormative, transnormative)
non-normative: 5, 53, 58, 67, 83, 134, 194
occupation: xv–xvi, 4, 13–5, 32, 103, 113, 125, 129, 152, 161
OutRage: 98
Palestine / Palestinian: 1, 13–16, 32, 104, 111–126, 128 n1, n4, 162 (also see West Bank)
Patriot Guard Riders: 10, 53–5
Patterson, Orlando: 6, 8, 26 n2, 74, 80–1
police / policing: 11, 17–19, 42, 44, 137, 151, 153, 158–60, 163–5, 169 n1, n3, 171 n16, 176–7, 196–8, 200
police, the: 18, 31–2, 34–8, 40–2, 80, 198–200, 99–101, 123–4, 128 n4, 136, 138, 140, 151, 157–60, 163–5, 172, 174, 177–9, 181, 183, 188, 190 n1, n3, 192–3, 195–6
population(s): 7, 27 n8, 66, 75–6, 93, 95, 103–4, 115–6, 121, 132, 158, 170 n14, 175, 177, 183, 190 n7, 192, 196, 199
population control / regulation: 3, 95, 103, 139–40, 175, 179, 197
postcolonial: 12, 15, 73, 75, 106 n5
power: xv, xvi, xviii, 1, 6, 7, 14, 27 n8, 32, 35, 41, 43, 45, 51, 58, 68, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 89 n15, 103, 113, 116, 124–5, 131, 134, 151, 153, 161–2, 171 n17, 18, 175–7, 180, 186, 192 (see also biopower, necropower)
sovereign power: 6, 51, 103, 162, 171 n18, 176
precarity / precarious: xvi, 1, 17, 41, 55, 129–30, 132, 134, 140, 153, 162, 172, 187
prison / imprisonment: i, xv, 6–7, 9, 11, 15–20, 26 n5, 27 n6, n7, n8, 31–46, 98, 126, 151–62, 164–5, 170 n4, n9, 171 n15, 180, 190 n3, 193, 196, 198–200, 202
anti-prison / prison abolition: 31–2, 34, 36, 43, 164, 192
privilege: 2, 5, 16, 17, 18, 56, 58, 66, 73, 76, 78, 82, 87 n1, 110 n19, 115, 116, 117, 130, 151, 152, 160, 186, 197, 199
protest: 9, 10, 37–8, 40–1, 53–4, 67, 80, 98, 109 n11, 151, 191–2, 197
Puar, Jasbir: 2, 5, 51–2, 78, 81, 96, 113–4, 121, 161, 175, 193
queer
queer kinship: 10, 55, 58–9, 61, 64, 67, 71 n12
queer of colour: 9, 11, 36, 131, 146 n1
queerness: i, 1–5, 8–12, 15, 53–4, 60, 67–8, 81, 83–4, 96, 111, 114, 117, 123–4
queer studies / theory: 51, 53, 84, 143
to queer: 1, 2, 9, 31, 34, 54–5, 113, 119, 122, 185
racializing: i, xvi, 2–5, 7, 11, 13–16, 26 n4, 35, 41, 79, 81, 84, 96, 113, 118, 120–1, 130, 132–3, 136, 142, 158, 159, 161, 163–5, 174, 176, 180, 190 n5, 195–7, 200–2, 208 n5
racism: i, x, 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 26 n3, 36, 38, 39, 81, 104, 136, 157, 194, 200–1
racism against Palestinians: 117
anti-black racism: 33, 193–4, 96
anti-Muslim / Arab racism: xvii, 4, 17, 170 n14
queer / LGBT racism: xvi, 3, 18, 157
anti-racism: 194
state racism: 161
refugee: xv, 6, 12–13, 15, 93–102, 104, 109 n14, n15, n16, 110 n18, n19, n24, 114
regimes: i, xvi, 1–8, 12–15, 17, 20, 43, 79–80, 83, 95, 99, 110 n19, 130, 156, 161, 180, 184, 196, 198, 202, 209 n8
reproductive labour: 130–1, 133, 135, 138–9, 142, 147 n6
rescue narratives: xvi, 5, 13, 95, 97–9, 101–2, 104, 111–2, 121, 139–40, 146 n2
Savage, Dan: 196–7 (also see ‘It Gets Better’)
segregation: 5, 15, 32, 38, 57, 120, 157, 208 n6, 209 n8
settler colonialism: 2, 4, 11–12, 18, 27 n9, 194
sexuality: i, ii, xvi, 1, 4–5, 9, 11–13, 20, 39, 53, 57–8, 71 n11, 72–4, 80, 82, 84–5, 88 n1, n4, 98, 100, 104, 110 n18, 120–22, 125–6, 131, 157, 160, 171 n17, 176, 199 (also see heterosexuality, homosexuality)
sex work / sex workers: 19, 32, 40, 42–3, 111, 117, 130, 135,-40, 142–3, 159, 164, 174, 177–179, 181–2, 190 n1
Shepard, Matthew: 40, 54, 70 n3, 153, 156, 170 n6, 7, 201
slavery / slaves: xv, 6, 8–9, 16, 18, 26 n2, 32–3, 36, 45, 74, 80–1, 103–4, 139, 192–5, 197–8, 202–4
sovereign power: 6, 51, 103, 162, 171 n18, 176, 82–3
space (political): 19, 64, 73, 83, 97, 113–4, 126, 135–6, 162, 165, 172, 174–7, 180, 183
queer space: 3, 17, 114, 172, 174, 181, 183
struggle (political): ii, 9, 15, 17, 31, 34–6, 40, 42, 44, 73, 113, 203–4, 208 n2 (also see activism)
subjectivity: 2–5, 12, 16, 59, 72–3, 83, 97, 100, 121, 123, 153, 177, 190 n2
terrorism / terrorist: xvii, 4, 13, 20, 32, 40, 52, 67, 96, 108 n9, 111, 113–4, 121, 123, 128 n4, 158, 160, 175
torture: i, xvi, 2, 5, 15, 33, 38, 41, 44, 98, 116, 170 n6
Transgender Day of Remembrance: 18, 26 n1, 137
transnational: 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 74, 80, 82, 95, 102–3, 137, 142, 175
transnational adoption: 6, 10–11, 72–8, 80, 82, 84–5, 87 n1, 88 n3, n7
transnational feminism: 3
transnational markets / capital: 83, 103, 132–3, 135
transnational circuits: 130, 139
transnational organising: 137
transphobia: 3, 36, 130, 135–6, 159, 202
United Kingdom: i, ix, xvii, xviii n2, 13, 16, 98, 151–2, 156, 158–60, 170 n4, n13, n14 (also see East End (London))
United States: i, xvii, 2, 6–12, 16, 18, 26 n5, 27 n8, n9, 33, 35–8, 43, 51–4, 56–8, 65–8, 70 n6, n9, 71 n12, 75–7, 81, 93, 95–7, 99–100, 107 n4, 108 n9, 109 n13, n15, n18, 113, 116, 121–2, 131, 137, 140, 143, 151–5, 158, 170 n8, n13, 174–5, 183, 185, 192–8, 201–2, 209 n8, 210 n10
victimization: 95–8, 107 n2, 111, 114, 117, 183–5
violence: i, xv–xvii, 1–3, 5–10, 12–13, 15, 16, 18–21, 33–4, 36–7, 39–42, 44–5, 52, 75–6, 78–9, 81–2, 84, 88 n12, 99, 109 n16, 112–4, 116, 122–4, 130–1, 133–4, 136, 138–9, 154–6, 159, 161, 163–5, 169 n2, 170 n10, 172–7, 184, 194, 196, 201–2, 208 n5
anti-queer / anti-trans: 8, 31, 40, 42–4, 98–9, 109 n16, 111–2, 124, 130, 133, 136–7, 140, 159, 183, 185–7, 193, 196, 202
anti-violence: 1, 4, 18, 155, 164, 209 n9
gendered / sexual violence: 3, 6, 16, 19, 41, 136, 158–9, 195–6,
police violence: 19, 31–2, 36–7, 41–2, 58
racial violence: i, xvii, 19, 39, 136–7, 161, 195
state violence: 9, 13, 32–4, 42–5, 76, 103, 113, 116, 121–3, 152, 259, 161, 174–5, 193
structural violence: 1, 5, 20, 136, 185, 187
visibility: 1, 4–5, 11, 16, 18–20, 55–6, 58, 66, 68, 95–7, 104, 108 n9, 112, 115–8, 121, 172, 176
(hyper / in)visibility: 10, 55, 58, 66–8, 71 n12
war: i, xvi, xviii n2, 1–4, 6, 8, 11–13, 15, 27 n9, 32, 35, 44, 51–2, 54, 56, 57–9, 64, 66–8, 70 n1, n2, n8, 76, 88 n5, 97, 104, 109 n10, 130, 152, 161, 194
‘war on terror’: xv, xvii, 1, 3, 9, 12–15, 27 n9, 51–52, 55, 95, 97–8, 101–4, 108 n9, 110 n21, 152, 202
war without end: 2, 18, 20, 55, 194
West Bank: 115, 122, 128 n4, 32 (also see Palestine)
West, the: xv–xvii, 4, 11, 16, 18, 94, 97, 99, 101, 112, 118, 139
Westboro Baptist Church: 9, 10, 53, 54–5, 67, 70 n4, n5