The Queer Caribbean Speaks ― Interviews With Writers, Artists, and Activists

In most Caribbean countries homosexuality is still illegal and many outside of the region are unaware of how difficult life can be for gay men and lesbians. This book is born out of the near-silence surrounding the lives of queer Caribbean citizens and collects interviews with writers, activists, and citizens to challenge the dominance of Euro-American theories in understanding global queerness. These interviews gives voice to those who live and work on the front lines of the battle for the recognition of LGBT rights in the region, with the hope that their voices will bring wider awareness of, and shed light on, the problems faced by LGBT Caribbean citizens.

Kofi Campbell is Associate Professor of English at Laurier Brantford University, Canada, and Associate Dean in its Faculty of Liberal Arts. He is also a member of Wilfrid Laurier University's graduate program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory. He is the author of Literature and Culture in the Black Atlantic: From Pre- to Postcolonial and has published several articles on postcolonial and medieval literatures.