ABSTRACT Comparative analysis of colonialisms is of critical importance, and hence this article proposes and instigates such systematic comparative research with respect to same-sex sexualities and gender diversity. We offer a historical sociological comparison of the Portuguese and British empires analysing relevant regulation, in relation to two African contexts: Mozambique, which decriminalised same-sex sexual acts in 2015, and Kenya, where criminalisation persists. Through a comparative methodology, we illuminate important differences in the regulation of same-sex sexualities and gender diversity, that have contemporary legacies: (a) the difference in timing of criminalisation of same-sex acts and its impacts in the emergence of homosexuality in colonial governance; (b) the differences in transboundary moral regulation, between colonial ideologies and between Protestant and Catholic mission practices; and (c) the difference in racialised perceptions of homosexuality as a mainly European desire (in Portuguese colonialism) or as sometimes seen as potentially occurring universally (in British colonialism). Identifying such differences can assist those aligned with queer politics to understand and engage coloniality in the present.

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酷儿分析的比较殖民主义：比较英国和葡萄牙在非洲的同性性行为和性别多样性的殖民遗产——制定跨国研究议程

摘要 殖民主义的比较分析具有至关重要的意义，因此本文就同性性行为和性别多样性提出并发起了此类系统的比较研究。我们提供了葡萄牙和大英帝国的历史社会学比较，分析了与两个非洲背景相关的相关法规：莫桑比克，在 2015 年将同性性行为非刑事化，而肯尼亚，刑事定罪仍然存在。通过比较方法，我们阐明了具有当代遗产的同性性行为和性别多样性监管方面的重要差异：（a）同性行为定罪时间的差异及其对殖民时期同性恋出现的影响治理；(b) 跨界道德规范的差异，在殖民意识形态之间以及在新教和天主教传教实践之间；(c) 将同性恋视为主要是欧洲人的欲望（在葡萄牙殖民主义中）或有时被视为可能普遍发生（在英国殖民主义中）的种族化观念的差异。识别这些差异可以帮助那些与酷儿政治保持一致的人理解和参与当下的殖民主义。