In 2022, the United Kingdom hosted the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with this games featuring a pride programme that promoted LGBTIQ+ inclusion around the Commonwealth. With British colonial norms and laws often providing the origins of homophobic and transphobic policies in Commonwealth member states, this paper sees LGBTIQ+ inclusivity narratives at the games as a significant object of study. Focusing on the theme of “welcoming,” the paper interrogates the various welcomes that were extended to different communities at the games; welcoming athletes from around the Commonwealth to Birmingham, welcoming queer people into the world of sport, and welcoming Commonwealth citizens into the LGBTIQ+ framework. Encapsulating these welcomes, it argues, was a liberal progress narrative that ignores ongoing British colonial violence, for example through the United Kingdom’s carceral border policy, or through culture war debates that demonize trans women. Contesting depictions of British democracy as the zenith of human development, this paper highlights the inconsistency of this with the UK Government’s politics of exclusion and the ways in which civilizationist agendas detract attention from the ongoing operation of coloniality. It also reflects on opportunities for resisting colonial violence in complex socio-political contexts.

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英联邦运动会的文明政治：身份、殖民主义和 LGBTIQ+ 包容性


2022 年，英国在伯明翰主办了英联邦运动会，本届运动会以骄傲计划为特色，旨在促进英联邦各地的 LGBTIQ+ 包容性。由于英国的殖民规范和法律经常提供英联邦成员国恐同和跨性别恐惧政策的起源，本文将奥运会上的 LGBTIQ+ 包容性叙事视为一个重要的研究对象。该论文以“欢迎”为主题，探讨了奥运会上对不同社区的各种欢迎;欢迎来自英联邦各地的运动员来到伯明翰，欢迎酷儿进入体育世界，并欢迎英联邦公民加入 LGBTIQ+ 框架。报告认为，概括这些欢迎的是一种自由主义的进步叙事，它忽视了正在进行的英国殖民暴力，例如通过英国的监禁边境政策，或通过妖魔化跨性别女性的文化战争辩论。本文对将英国民主描述为人类发展的顶峰进行了争论，强调了这与英国政府的排斥政治的不一致，以及文明主义议程分散了对正在进行的殖民运作的关注。它还反思了在复杂的社会政治背景下抵抗殖民暴力的机会。