Schulman, S. (2012). Israel/Palestine and the Queer International. Duke University Press. Review by Femke Beutels

In The Queer International, Sarah Schulman takes the reader through her narrative of becoming part of the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) movement and the experience of being openly queer while advocating for Palestinian rights. At the core of her book stand her struggles to reconcile her queer activism with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), analysing ‘if there is such thing as a bridge between boycott and queer that makes sense’ (Schulman, 2012, p. 64, 84, 131). Her account begins with an invitation to speak at the Tel Aviv LGBT studies conference, prompting her to question if one can visit Israel while maintaining the boycott and if so, how (Schulman, 2012, p. 46).