LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe

A Rainbow Europe?

  • Phillip M. Ayoub
  • David Paternotte
Book

Part of the Gender and Politics series book series (GAP)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
    PDF

  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Phillip M. Ayoub, David Paternotte
      Pages 1-25

  3. Meanings of Europe

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 27-27
      PDF
    2. The European Origins of Transnational Organizing: The International Committee for Sexual Equality
      Leila J. Rupp
      Pages 29-49
    3. LGBT Activism in Kyrgyzstan: What Role for Europe?
      Cai Wilkinson
      Pages 50-72
    4. “In Europe It’s Different”: Homonationalism and Peripheral Desires for Europe
      Gianmaria Colpani, Adriano José Habed
      Pages 73-93

  4. Practicing Europe in LGBTQ Activism

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 95-95
      PDF
    2. Deploying Europe: The Creation of Discursive Imperatives for Same-Sex Unions
      Kelly Kollman
      Pages 97-118
    3. Transnational LGBTI Activism and the European Courts: Constructing the Idea of Europe
      Anna van der Vleuten
      Pages 119-144
    4. Queer Activism and the Idea of “Practicing Europe”
      Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
      Pages 145-167

  5. Becoming European

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 169-169
      PDF
    2. Trans Networking in the European Vortex: Between Advocacy and Grassroots Politics
      Carsten Balzer, Jan Simon Hutta
      Pages 171-192
    3. Transnational Solidarities and LGBTQ Politics in Poland
      Jon Binnie, Christian Klesse
      Pages 193-211
    4. Split Europe: Homonationalism and Homophobia in Croatia
      Kevin Moss
      Pages 212-232
    5. Conclusion
      Phillip M. Ayoub, David Paternotte
      Pages 233-240
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 241-245
    PDF

About this book

Introduction

This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through activism.

Keywords

Europe grassroots nationalism networking politics quality Union

Editors and affiliations

  • Phillip M. Ayoub
    • 1
  • David Paternotte
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Political ScienceDrexel UniversityUSA
  2. 2.Department of SociologyUniversité libre de BruxellesBelgium

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137391766
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Political Science Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-48309-9
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-39176-6
  • About this book