Funny Gyal (eBook)

My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica

Angeline Jackson (Autor)

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2022
Dundurn Press (Verlag)
9781459749207 (ISBN)

Infos

Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult - 2022 Finalist"e;Instead of remaining silent, she chose to speak out ... That's the power of one person."e; - Barack ObamaThe inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica's oppression of queer youth to demand recognition and justice.When Angeline Jackson was a child, she wondered if there was something wrong with her for wanting to kiss the other girls. But as her sexuality blossomed in her teens, she knew she wouldn't "e;grow out of it"e; and that her attraction to girls wasn't against God. In fact, she discovered that same-sex relationships were depicted in the Bible, which she read devoutly, even if the tight-knit evangelical Christian community she grew up in believed any sexual relationship outside of marriage between a man and woman was a sin, and her society, Jamaica, criminalized homosexual sex.Angeline's story begins with her traumatic experience of "e;corrective rape"e; when she is lured by an online predator, then traces her childhood through her sexual and spiritual awakening as a teen - falling in love, breaking up, coming out, and then being forced into conversion therapy.Sometimes dark, always threadbare and honest, Funny Gyal chronicles how Angeline's faith deepens as a teenager, despite her parents' conservative values and the strict Christian Jamaican society in which she lives, giving her the courage to challenge gender violence, rape culture, and oppression.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.6.2022
• Co-Autor: Susan McClelland
• Vorwort: Diana King
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
• ISBN-13: 9781459749207 / 9781459749207