38 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestSweden is seen as one of the world's most gay-friendly nations. But the victories of the LGBTQ movement have run alongside another success story; The Sweden Democrats, a nationalist party with Nazi roots and a history of anti-gay politics, are now the second biggest party in the country. And they've started recruiting within the gay community. Being gay and a Sweden Democrat has long been taboo, but now, a new generation of conservative, openly gay men have started taking place on every political level-from the Swedish government to the European Parliament. These so-called homonationalists are anti-immigration, critical of Drag Story Hour, and want nothing to do with Pride. In "SD-bögar" ("Gay Sweden Democrats"), Erik Galli follows the Sweden Democrat's voters, columnists, and politicians-and members of Gays for Trump in the US-to understand a rising phenomenon: homonationalism.
Direction
Galli lets subjects hang themselves with their own words.
Writing
No easy answers, just increasingly uncomfortable questions.
Creator
Erik Galli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Homonationalism was coined by scholar Jasbir Puar to describe how gay identity gets weaponized against other minorities — Sweden is just the latest case study.
The Sweden Democrats' 2022 election success relied partly on this exact recruitment; the documentary's timing is almost uncomfortably prescient.
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