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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... sexual orientation and gender identity,” which we were so lucky to be able to organize on the premises of the European Parliament (EP) and the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. We want to thank the co-organizers ...
... sexual orientation. [...] When you start treating people differently not because of any harm they are doing to ... sexuality' (Puar 2013, p. 337). Homonationalism thus describes a historical moment in which states can advance their ...
... sexual orientation and gender identity' (SOGI) (see e.g. Lennox and Waites 2013), or simply prefer to use the term 'gay'. In the title of this book we have used the word 'gay' because it is short and may speak to a wide audience. As ...
... sexual orientation and gender identity in the EU agenda has created opportunities to push for advances for LGBT people in accession countries. The third and final chapter of Part I, by Ulad Belavusau and Dimitry Kochenov, takes a legal ...
... identity—emphasizing ethno-nationality—prohibits the recognition and acceptance of other identities, especially those based on gender identity and sexual orientation. These identities are seen by political elites as a threat ...