Drawing on primary research on lesbian subjectivity in South Africa, this timely book examines research on lesbian and gay identities to explore the contemporary politics of homophobia related violence in a postcolonial context.

Melanie Judge is a queer and feminist activist, and Adjunct Associate Professor, and research associate at the Centre for Law and Society, in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town.

Introduction: (Un)settling Violence Chapter 1. "Double the Trouble": Gender and Sexuality (Un)corrected Chapter 2. The Violence of Racialisation, The Racialisation of Violence Chapter 3. View to a Kill: The Politics of Spectacle Chapter 4. Assimilation and Ascendance: Violent Differentiation in Post-Colonial Context Chapter 5. Law, Education and a Not-Only LGBT Revolution Conclusion: Trouble the Dreams of Political Possibility