The EU Enlargement and Gay Politics: The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and PrejudiceKoen Slootmaeckers, Heleen Touquet, Peter Vermeersch Springer, 2016 M06 23 - 238 pages This book offers a well-investigated and accessible picture of the current situation around the politics of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) rights and activism in Central Europe and the Western Balkans in the context of the enlargement of the European Union (EU). It provides not only thoughtful reflections on the topic but also a wealth of new empirical findings — arising from legal and policy analysis, large-scale sociological investigations and country case studies. Theoretical concepts come from institutional analysis, the study of social movements, law, and Europeanization literature. The authors discuss emerging Europe-wide activism for LGBT rights and analyze issues such as the tendency of nationalist movements to turn ‘sexual others’ into ‘national others,’ the actions and rhetoric of church actors as powerful counter-mobilizers against LGBT rights, and the role of the domestic state on the receiving end of EU pressure in the field of fundamental rights.
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... adoption and implementation of the anti-discrimination legislation as well as the politics surrounding Belgrade Pride. Koen's primary research interests lie within the field of gender and sexuality studies, (sexual) nationalism and ...
... adoption of EU norms in Eastern Europe has failed largely because they conflict with domestic national identity discourse. He examines the links between nationalism and political homophobia, demonstrating that EU support for LGBT ...
... adoption of marriage equality legislation. Their research reveals the ambivalence and discontent on both ends of the ... adopted a very limited law on registered partnerships, which put the issue on the back burner. The chapter also ...
... adopting the Employment Directive (2000/78/EC Directive) and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, both explicitly mentioning sexual orientation as a protected class within the principles of non-discrimination. While the newly created ...
... adopted a set of criteria for EU accession, demanding that candidate countries (a) have stable institutions ... adoption of the 2000/78/EC directive was a key turning point in the positioning of LGBT rights within the context of ...