How do digital activisms alter the ways in which we think about mobilisation, and affect? Do they help us counter authoritarian states and open up queer spaces, or do they become means of authoritarian discipline and control? Seeking answers to these questions, this panel will situate digital activism at the core of authoritarian politics and objections to them.

Chair: Daniel Luther (London School of Economics)

• Ladan Rahbari (University of Amsterdam): ‘Queering Iran, Digitally: Implicit Activism and LGBTQI+ Dating on Telegram’
• Larissa Kojoue (University of Buea, Cameroon / CEPED Paris): ‘Queer digital activism in Cameroon. Exploring the dynamics of gender, sexuality and power mediated through digital cultures’
• Antoine Badaoui (University of Leicester): 'Transgressing Heteronormativity Online: A Study of Social Media Videos of LGBT Organisations in Lebanon'

To see the full 'Queering Authoritarianisms: Conflict, Resistance, and Coloniality' programme and sign up for other sessions visit: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/29301