Rachael Crook

Rachael Crook is a MPhil candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University.She has interned with the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law

The sources of global homophobia

Activists and politicians working for the human rights of LGBT people must study the history which underlies the fears they are trying to allay. Understanding who benefits from homophobia, and why, is a crucial step in this process, argues Rachael Crook

By Rachael Crook

/ 30 Mar 2012

‘Gays, Gods and Governments': homophobia in Uganda

The drama playing out in Kampala over the tabling of the Anti Homosexual Bill for its first reading in the Ugandan Parliament represents a complex interplay of historical, political and religious factors, says Rachael Crook

By Rachael Crook

/ 20 Feb 2012