by Valentina Amenta

This article introduces Queer Meridionalist Thought as a theoretical and political framework for interrogating the colonial and cis-heteropatriarchal world-system. By critically re-signifying the 20th-century Southern Question discourse, this perspective seeks to reconceptualize Southern Italy through feminist and queer methodologies, situating itself within broader decolonial and postcolonial debates. The article outlines the core tenets of Queer Meridionalist Thought, mapping key scholarly contributions alongside the emergence of political and cultural actors in Italy.