This paper reflects upon the adoption of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) rights discourse and imagery in police public relations and problematises the construction of police as protectors and defenders of gay liberties and homonormative life. Building from a foundational conceptualisation of policing as a racial capitalist project, it analyses the phenomenon of police rainbow branding practiced in nominally public spaces, such as Pride parades, and online through news media and social networking sites. Drawing on critiques of queer liberalism and complicities with state violence, the paper explores the contours of carceral homonationalism, arguing that ‘officially anti-homophobic’ police image work attempts to obscure the role of the carceral state in (re)producing sexual and gender oppression. However, this image work has also given rise to new forms of political action. Counter-movements against police and ‘carceral pride’ are actively reworking the distributions of space and visibility within LGBTI movements.

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Carceral Pride：警察形象与 LGBTI 权利的融合

本文反映了女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和双性人 (LGBTI) 权利话语和图像在警察公共关系中的采用，并对警察作为同性恋自由和同性生活的保护者和捍卫者的建设提出了问题。建立在将警务作为种族资本主义项目的基本概念的基础上，它分析了在名义上的公共场所（例如骄傲游行）以及通过新闻媒体和社交网站在线实施的警察彩虹品牌现象。借鉴对酷儿自由主义和国家暴力共谋的批评，本文探讨了监狱同性恋民族主义的轮廓，认为“官方反同性恋”的警察形象工作试图掩盖监狱国家在（重新）产生性和性别压迫方面的作用. 然而，这种形象工作也催生了新的政治行动形式。反对警察和“监狱骄傲”的反运动正在积极改变 LGBTI 运动中空间和可见性的分布。