Construire des théories queer of color en France

Abstract

This article attempts to retrace the path taken to produce queer of color theories in France through the eyes of one of the members of the Queers and Trans Revolutionaries political theory production collective. In the early 2010s, queer of color theory in France was difficult to access. The new generation of queer and trans activists noted a lack of transmission. It is in this context of virtual theoretical desert that a group of activists are seeking to produce their own political theory based on their minority and marginal existence. Drawing on feminist, anti-capitalist and decolonial political theories, and analyzing the social relations of race, class, gender and sexuality from the perspective of France’s neo-colonial context, they have created a blog, a number of articles and public interventions that materialize their work. This article describes the methodology used to build the queer of color theories in France.

Keywords

• race
• queer theories
• situated knowledges
• LGBTQI+
• economic capital