Abstract: This contribution discusses the potential openness of postcolonial studies through a case study: homosexuality in francophone African literature. The study is divided into three parts: homosexuality and colonialism (reverse queering), the postcolonial queer and the transgendered nation. The article shows that the postcolonial can therefore be applied to the worst forms of control: those imposed by the so-called “structured” sexualities and genders that have actively collaborated in the apartheid of sex.
