When loving in Africa costs you your life

Abstract The true case of Marianna, a lesbian from Senegal requesting asylum in Brussels, Belgium, is the key of this article that revolves around styles of persecution specifically of homosexual women and the reasons for their invisibility. The study deals specifically with female genital mutilation inflicted in aggravation of lesbo-phobia and in the analysis of the patriarchal symbolism that this practice entails and which leads to its perpetuation even today. An exploration is also done of the data about lack of systemization in reporting this practice as a means of control of lesbianism and the consequences this impunity has on women who must flee from their countries of origin seeking refuge. The investigation is part of the project of Community Art titled When loving in Africa costs you your life (2011) created by Toxic Lesbian.

摘要：来自塞内加尔的女同性恋者玛丽安娜在比利时布鲁塞尔寻求庇护的真实案例，是本文的核心依托，本文围绕针对女同性恋女性的迫害形式及其被忽视的原因展开论述。本研究特别聚焦于因女同恐惧症加剧而实施的女性外阴残割（Female Genital Mutilation），深入剖析该行为所承载的父权象征意义，以及其时至今日仍得以延续的根源。此外，本研究还探讨了将此类残割行为作为管控女同性恋的手段却未得到系统性报告的相关数据，以及这种有罪不罚的状态对被迫逃离原籍国寻求庇护的女性所造成的多重影响。本次调查隶属于创作者Toxic Lesbian于2011年推出的社区艺术项目《当在非洲相爱会付出生命的代价（When loving in Africa costs you your life）》。