The author of this article, Moïse Manoel, is from Guadeloupe. He has a bachelor’s degree in geography from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, a master’s in sustainable development management from École Pégase in Paris, as well as another master’s degree in sociology and social work from the University of Guiana, Cayenne. He currently prepares a Ph.D. at the University of the Antilles in Martinique and carries out comparative research on homophobia and neocolonialism in French Guiana and Suriname.