Seksualitet som strategi

En undersøgelse af seksualitetsbegrebets dobbeltrolle i dansk LGBT+-aktivismes tidlige historie

Resumé

This article examines Holger Bramlev’s 1954 manifesto and its strategic use of the concept of sexuality during the early phase of Danish LGBT+ activism. Through a Foucauldian reading, the analysis explores how Bramlev simultaneously utilized and reproduced contemporary medical and identity-based understandings of homosexuality to advance demands for recognition and rights. The article argues that Bramlev’s manifesto illustrates the double role of the concept of sexuality: as a tool for mobilizing resistance and as a framework that reinforces oppressive categorizations. The article concludes that Bramlev’s eclectic and often contradictory arguments can be seen as a meaningful response to a contradictory discourse around sexuality.