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Compromising Priests and Nuns Under State Socialism: Encountering Homosexuality in Hungarian State Security Records.
This article is based on the results of archival research in 20th century Hungary concerning the practices and consequences of state policing of homosexuality under state socialism. Two cases will be examined in detail. One is related to the court case of a Catholic priest caught performing homosexual acts, whose testimonies were intended to be used by the secret services to compromise other members of the clergy. The other case is special because it is connected to female homosexuality, which was rarely thematized in this period. Its main characters are a former Dominican nun and a group of young religious women organized by her. The Secret Police tried to dissolve the group by sending anonymous letters to the parents of the young women, accusing the leader of the group of homosexuality. By foregrounding institutionalized homophobia as a strategic tool of governance under Hungarian state socialism, the presented cases demonstrate how sexual deviance was deliberately weaponized to achieve broader political objectives, including the suppression of autonomous religious communities and the manipulation of church-state relations.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Homosexuality is an internationally acclaimed, peer-reviewed publication devoted to publishing a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship to foster a thorough understanding of the complexities, nuances, and the multifaceted aspects of sexuality and gender. The chief aim of the journal is to publish thought-provoking scholarship by researchers, community activists, and scholars who employ a range of research methodologies and who offer a variety of perspectives to continue shaping knowledge production in the arenas of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) studies and queer studies. The Journal of Homosexuality is committed to offering substantive, accessible reading to researchers and general readers alike in the hope of: spurring additional research, offering ideas to integrate into educational programs at schools, colleges & universities, or community-based organizations, and manifesting activism against sexual and gender prejudice (e.g., homophobia, biphobia and transphobia), including the promotion of sexual and gender justice.