Bad Queers: LGBTQ People and the Carceral State in Modern America

The war on sex offenders was an American campaign against sex crime that began in the 1930s and is still ongoing. In this review essay, I argue that the architects and opponents of that war engaged in political struggles that—especially during the pivotal era of the long 1970s—produced, criminalized, and hierarchized multiple new categories of “good” and “bad” LGBTQ legal subjects. In making this argument, my aim is to bring the field of LGBTQ political and legal history—especially the work of George Chauncey ([1994] 2019) and Margot Canaday (2009)—into closer conversation with scholarship by queer theorists who are not historians—especially Gayle Rubin ([1984] 2011a) and Michael Warner (1999)—about the stigmatization of non-normative gender and sexual practices. While historians have examined the policing of multiple queer behaviors in the early twentieth century, their examinations of the post-1945 period have been concerned primarily with the consolidation of a starker social and legal binary between homo- and heterosexuality. As their narratives get closer to the present, the most stigmatized “bad” queers become more and more tangential. At least in part, this has been because historians have been under the same pressure as LGBTQ activists to distance LGBTQ identity from the stigma of sexual “deviance”—especially sex that violated age-of-consent statutes—in order to promote the political project of LGBTQ rights. Placing bad queers at the center of LGBTQ political and legal history diversifies who counts as a subject of this history and reveals an even bigger carceral state that governed them.

Penyimpangan Seksual sebagai Alasan Terjadinya Perceraian Menurut Pengadilan Agama Cibinong:

Sexual deviation as a reason for divorce has given a negative and ambiguous stigma to society, especially to the views of judges and Islamic law based on these factors which are the study of sexual deviation as a reason for divorce. Therefore this research is entitled: Sexual Deviance As the Reason for Divorce According to PA Cibinong. The formulation of the problem from this research is to answer (1) What are the factors causing divorce in the Cibinong Religious Court, (2) What is the Judge's view on sexual deviation as a reason for divorce, (3) What is the view of Islamic Law on Sexual Deviance as a reason occurrence of divorce. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative which is carried out to find out what the views of Islamic law on sexual deviance are as well as the impact that occurs due to sexual deviant behavior on marriage. This study uses primary data, namely observations in an object, interviews and secondary data sourced from Case Number: 5318/Pdt.G/2018/PA.Cbn, documents, books, and so on that are related to this research. The results of this research with factors that cause sexual deviance are due to weak faith, unable to contain lust, and the arrival of this aspect in almost every aspect of modern life that grows and develops not on the basis of the concept of religion. sexual intercourse without regard to the satisfaction of the opposite sex and in practice it is often accompanied by violence (hitting, kicking, etc.) which results in injury to the partner. So according to the Cibinong Religious Court Judge when viewed from PP No. 9 of 1975 Article 19 of this Sex Deviance can be categorized as a reason for divorce, in point d of the article it is explained, ie one party commits cruelty or severe abuse that endangers the other party in general about sexual violence in the household, and sexual deviance in particular is a new reason that is used as a reason for divorce before the court. without paying attention to the satisfaction of the opposite sex and not infrequently in practice it is spiked by violence (hitting, kicking, etc.) which results in injury to their partner. So according to the Cibinong Religious Court Judge when viewed from PP No. 9 of 1975 Article 19 of this Sex Deviance can be categorized as a reason for divorce, in point d of the article it is explained, that is, one party commits atrocities or severe abuse that endangers the other party in general about sexual violence in the household, and sexual deviance in particular is a new reason that is used as a reason for divorce before the court. Sexual violence in the household or sexual irregularities in the household that are widely used as reasons for divorce are physical violence, such as beatings, economic violence, in terms of economic neglect. Meanwhile, psychological violence and sexual deviations are rarely revealed in court. Unless these two types of deviation are simultaneously experienced by victims with physical violence. Keywords: Court, Judgment, Deviant Factors

Psychosocial Factors Underlying Sexual Deviance Among Adolescents in ASEAN: a Systematic Review

Background: Risky sexual behaviours amongst adolescents are associated with detrimental impact on their personal growth, influenced by psychosocial factors including subjective cultural norms. This systematic review aimed to examine the evidence on ASEAN countries’ adolescents risky sexual behaviour defined as sexual deviance with its associated psychosocial factors.Methods: A systematic literature review was guided by PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) for a search through four electronic databases for articles published within the time frame of 2010 and 2020 resulting in 20 articles that meet the inclusion criteria. Results: Adolescent sexual deviance in ASEAN is associated with salient psychosocial factors such as cultural norm, self-esteem, parental support/monitoring, substance abuse (alcohol/drugs/smoking), spirituality and religion. Intention, attitude and motivation of sexual transgression appear to be recurrent factors as well. Most studies are cross-sectional and quantitatively designed. The diverse and nuanced psychosocial factors of sexually deviant behaviour affirm the sexual dimension and values of absolutism, hedonism and relativism.Conclusions: Strategies for reducing risky sexual behaviours among ASEAN adolescents should take regard of subjective culture norms and psychosocial needs to achieve the goal of progress as per the ASEAN Youth Development Index. More qualitative and longitudinal approaches in future research are also recommended for more in-depth insights for appropriate intervention or rehabilitative measures.

A LITERATURE REVIEW OF SEXUAL DEVIATION

COVID-19 berdampak pada beberapa aspek kehidupan manusia sehingga dapat mempengaruhi kesejahteraan hidup seseorang. Salah satu hal yang dapat digunakan sebagai bentuk coping untuk menghadapi masa pandemi yang mendatangkan stres untuk sebagian orang ini adalah aktivitas seksual yang pada akhirnya dapat menyebabkan munculnya perilaku penyimpangan seksual. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melakukan kajian literatur terkait penyimpangan seksual sehingga menemukan faktor penyebab munculnya perilaku penyimpangan seksual. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan mereview beberapa jurnal penelitian. Penyebab munculnya perilaku penyimpangan seksual dapat diulas dengan pendekatan behavioristik, psikoanalisis dan kognitif. Dengan adanya reinforcement dapat menyebabkan perilaku terjadi berulang dan pengalaman masa lalu seseorang yang tidak menyenangkan dapat menjadi salah satu penyebab munculnya penyimpangan seksual. Penangan yang dapat diberikan untuk mengurangi perilaku tersebut adalah dengan CBT. Temuan ini dapat menjadi salah satu acuan teori yang dapat digunakan oleh peneliti selanjutnya dalam mencari tahu penyebab munculnya penyimpangan seksual dan menemukan penanganan yang efektif dan spesifik. COVID-19 is undoubtedly having an immerse impact on well being. One way of coping to tackle the impact of this pandemic outbreaks is through sexual activity which can cause the development of sexual deviation. The purpose of this literature review is to gain understanding of the existing research and theories relevant to sexual deviation, and to present the review in the form of a report. Sexual deviation can be explained from the perspective of behavioristic, psychoanalytic, and cognitive. Reinforcement can cause the behavior to be repeated and traumatic childhood experience may result in sexual deviance. One way to treat sexual deviance is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). We believe the result of this study can be used as reference to find the cause of sexual deviation and come up with specific treatment.

PEDOPHILIA AS A FORM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE FROM A SOCIAL BONDS THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE

Sexual crimes have seen a considerably increase in Indonesia. It not only affects women but also children. Sexual crime against children is also known as “pedophilia” and has now become a terrifying phenomenon. The escalation of sexual crime against children in Indonesia shows that there is a dire need to look into possible prevention strategies to sexual crime prevention. Considering the rapid increase of case of pedophilia in Indonesia, the government has enacted more severe punisment to the offender, that is, by imposing chemical castration under the Law No. 17 Year 2016 on the second amendment of the Law No. 23 Year 2002 on child protection. This article examines the causal factors of pedophilia by employing the social bonds theory introduced by Travis Hirschi. The primary premise of this theory states that deliquency comes up when social bonds tend to be fragile or not unavailable, or in other words, the stronger there bonds, the less likelihood of delinquency. Hirschi also mentioned four social bonds that push up socialization and conformity in society, those are: attachment, commitment, involvement, dan belief. Finally, the problems raised in this article is how does pedophilia in perspective of social bonds theory?. This article is a legal research with normative approach. It is geared to look phaedophilia as a sexual deviance in perspective of social bonds theory.