Queering Migrant Masculinities at the Margins. A Decolonial Exploratory Study in the City of Florence

This chapter discusses the different types of discrimination that queer migrant men in Italy face in relation to their spaces of belonging, namely: their country of origin, their country of arrival, their ethnic community, and the queer community in the country of arrival. The chapter is based on a theoretical framework that examines the intersections of Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities, queer and decolonial studies focusing on the interaction between marginalised and hegemonic masculinities. The research's methodology is grounded in epistemologies that consider a gender and decolonial approach, and it examines the impact of power dynamics on the relationship between researchers and interviewees that may emerge during the research process. Through in-depth interviews and Reflexive Thematic Analysis, the chapter analyses the link between masculinity and the psychosocial well-being of the interviewees in relation to possible processes of marginalisation in their spaces of belonging and to strategies of resistance and renegotiation.