This article focuses on the ways in which LGBT+ flag raising in a university at the Republic of Cyprus was debated in a social media environment. It aims to examine the ways in which discourses around sexuality intersect with discourses around the nation in a postcolonial, ethnically divided, European context. One hundred four comments posted on the university Facebook page were analysed through Thematic and Rhetorical analysis. Analysis revealed three main ways of accounting for the flag incident in which sexuality and LGBT+ issues are represented as (a) inferior to national issues, (b) symbolic and/or tangible threat to the nation and (c) personal (instead of collective) identity that should not be waved in public. The discussion focuses on the ways in which the findings differentiate from literature on homonationalism and on their implications for constructing collectiveness and understanding citizenship.

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挥舞和未挥舞的旗帜：塞浦路斯社交媒体辩论中的民族与性

本文重点关注在塞浦路斯共和国的一所大学升旗的 LGBT+ 升旗方式在社交媒体环境中的辩论方式。它旨在研究在后殖民、种族分裂的欧洲背景下，围绕性的话语与全国话语的交叉方式。通过主题和修辞分析对大学 Facebook 页面上发布的 104 条评论进行了分析。分析揭示了解释国旗事件的三种主要方式，其中性和 LGBT+ 问题被表示为（a）低于国家问题，（b）对国家的象征性和/或有形威胁和（c）个人（而不是集体）不应该在公共场合挥舞的身份。