"First coined by Rutgers University professor and Gender Studies scholar Jasbir Puar in her 2007 book Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times, the phrase has skyrocketed in usage over the past two decades and has yet to reach its peak, according to Google. While the term's specific meaning is incredibly nuanced, especially in the historical context that Puar first used it, the term broadly refers to the selective acceptance of LGBTQ+ people as a way to promote nationalist ideologies or actions."
"The Oxford Encyclopedia of Communication summarises the phrase as the "growing embrace of LGBT rights by (mostly Western) nations, as well as the parallel complicity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals and associations with nationalist politics." Puar coined the term while analysing how the United States attempted to justify its invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and other second- and third-world nations during its "war on terror" in the early 2000s following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center."
Homonationalism refers to the selective acceptance and celebration of LGBTQ+ rights to advance nationalist aims. Western governments have used pro-LGBT rhetoric to portray non-Western, especially Muslim-majority, states as inherently homophobic, thereby justifying policies including military interventions, border controls, and Islamophobic practices. The concept highlights complicity between state power and some LGBTQ+ individuals or organizations aligning with nationalist politics. Usage of the term has grown over two decades, and debates around it include concerns about rightward shifts among gay voters and how LGBT rights can be instrumentalized for exclusionary ends.
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