This is the first full length study of queer development studies, collecting the very best in research from around the world.

Introduction to Queer Development Studies Reader Corinne L. Mason Section 1: Queering Policy and Planning 1. Foundational: Changing Families and Communities: An LGBT Contribution to an Alternative Development Path Peter Drucker 2. Troubling Hetero/cisnormative Educational Practices in International Development Robert C. Mizzi 3. Queerying Development Planning: Recognizing Needs and Identifying Vulnerable Populations in Africa Petra L. Doan 4. Gender, Sexuality and Development: avenues for action in a post-2015 development era Chloe Vaast and Elizabeth Mills Section 2: Queer Development Critique 5. Foundational: Arrested development or the queerness of savages: resisting evolutionary narratives of difference (with new preface) Neville Hoad 6. Dangerous Liaisons? (Homo)Developmentalism, Sexual Modernization and LGBTIQ Rights in Europe Christine M. Klapeer 7. Decolonizing development work: a Transfeminist perspective Chamindra Weerawardhan Section 3: Global LGBTIQ Rights 8. Foundational: Critique of 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' in human rights discourse: global queer politics beyond the Yogyakarta Principles Matthew Waites 9. LGBTIQ (In)Visibility: A Human Security Approach to SOGIESC Ariel G. Mekler 10. Liveable Lives: A Transnational Queer-Feminist Reflection on Sexuality, Development and Governance Niharika Banerjea and Kath Browne 11. The Growing Chasm: International Polarization Around Queer Rights Dennis Altman and Jonathan Symons Section 4: Aiding Queer Mobilizations? 12. Foundation: Rescue, and Real Love: Same-sex Desire in International Development Andil Gosine 13. Queer Paradise: Development and Recognition in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Marcus McGee 14. Queer Dilemmas: LGBT Activism and International Funding Julie Moreau and Ashley Currier 15. Politicized Priorities: Critical Implications for LGBTQ Movements Nick J. Mulé 16. Circumscribed Recognition: creating a space for young queer people in Delhi Maria Tonini 17. Disrupting Joburg Pride: Exploring the depoliticisation of Africa's first Pride march Nyx McLean