ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author draws from the human security framework as a way to enter the dialogue over human security in queer terms at a time when sexual and gender minorities face increasing violence and repression globally. He examines how the sex and sexuality of gender and sexual minorities is constituted as proscribed; producing insecurity for/in those marginalized because their conduct is what in the West has been called queer, by its defenders and detractors. To 'queer' human security, requires a political formulation that is oppositional and emancipatory, with an eye toward the constitution of political risk. The author discusses the positionality of sexual minorities in security landscapes as foundational to an argument about the importance of queering vulnerabilities. He also discusses how the intervention alters visions of the relationships between security, sovereignty, and the state. The author concludes with a discussion about how queering security resituates people's security.
