Aid conditionality and the limits of a politics of sexuality

Published date 2011-11-01 10:12
For activists and advocates of sexual rights, the very recognition of sexuality as a valid aspect of ‘development’ or of rights itself, has been a slow and thankless battle. As such, yesterday’s statement by David Cameron warning that the British government will withhold aid from countries with homophobic policies might be seen as a ‘victory’ of sorts. However, there is something more…