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Published in Reviews and Critical Commentary: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/critcom/post-marriage-lgbt-politics-in-spain/ ; Council of European Studies

Preprint ; Much of the body of literature on LGBT+ populations within the United States place urban areas and so-called "gayborhoods" as goals and eventualities, paralleling early U.S. studies on immigration. Using a multi-stage, mixed-methods approach, consisting of secondary analysis of the Pew 2013 Study of LGBT Persons (N=1,197) and in-depth interviews (35 gay men, 2 trans-identifying individuals, 1 heterosexual woman, and 2 lesbians), we found that rural LGBT+ residents engaged in both short-term and long-term travel to mitigate feelings of being spatially segregated from the loci of gay social life--what Ghaziani (2019) refers to as cultural archipelagos. However, rural residents also used their geographical location to resist dominant narratives about LGBT+ life. Some of our respondents felt that living in rural areas better situated them to be activists and advocates for LGBT+ rights, while others simply did not feel they could be comfortable within more urban contexts. These findings suggest that rural LGBT+ residents may have delinked their sexual selves with their cultural and political selves, thus illustrating the plurality of rural queer voices that exists. As we also argue, while residence category should be considered as influencing one's experience, care must be used to avoid overly deterministic accounts. Finally, this paper extends earlier work by Brekhus (2003), Mattson (2015), Ghaziani (2019) by presenting the meaningfulness of travel to and from queer cultural strongholds.

Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope is an outcome of a five-year international collaboration among partners that share a common legacy of British colonial laws that criminalise same-sex intimacy and gender identity/expression. The project sought to facilitate learning from each other and to create outcomes that would advance knowledge and social justice. The project was unique, combining research and writing with participatory documentary filmmaking. This visionary politics infuses the pages of the anthology. The chapters are bursting with invaluable first hand insights from leading activists at the forefront of some of the most fiercely fought battlegrounds of contemporary sexual politics in India, the Caribbean and Africa. As well, authors from Canada, Botswana and Kenya examine key turning points in the advancement of SOGI issues at the United Nations, and provide critical insights on LGBT asylum in Canada. Authors also speak to a need to reorient and decolonise queer studies, and turn a critical gaze northwards from the Global South. It is a book for activists and academics in a range of disciplines from postcolonial and sexualities studies to filmmaking, as well as for policy-makers and practitioners committed to envisioning, and working for, a better future.

This is an essay talking about the LGBT community and party affiliation, includes two specific parties within the major parties, including the Stonewall Democrats and the Log Cabin Republicans. The Stonewall Democrats are only with the Democrats because of that's the party that gets results for them while the Log Cabin Republicans are ideologically on the side of the Republicans but would like to gain more rights for the LGBT community. This is a detailed background and analysis of the two parties in terms of the LGBT community.

This thesis analyzes the journey of Ladlad, a political party in the Philippines specifically representing the country's LGBT citizens, within the context of a broader historical-anthropological perspective on same-sex sexualities and gender diversity in the Philippine Archipelago, the historical colonial implantation and contemporary persistence of heterosexism and homophobia in the country, and the current struggle for gender and sexual equality being articulated through both local Philippine and globalized discourses and traditions. For several years, Ladlad has sought to win seats in the Philippine Congress in order to fight for the equal rights, equal protection under the law, and state-sponsored support for the advancement and wellbeing of all LGBT Filipinos. By seeking to advance LGBT rights specifically as an LGBT political party within the Philippines' unique party-list system, Ladlad represents novel realities and future possibilities for both Filipino and global LGBT movements, electoral politics, and human rights advocacy.

Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope is an outcome of a five-year international collaboration among partners that share a common legacy of British colonial laws that criminalise same-sex intimacy and gender identity/expression. The project sought to facilitate learning from each other and to create outcomes that would advance knowledge and social justice. The project was unique, combining research and writing with participatory documentary filmmaking. This visionary politics infuses the pages of the anthology. The chapters are bursting with invaluable first hand insights from leading activists at the forefront of some of the most fiercely fought battlegrounds of contemporary sexual politics in India, the Caribbean and Africa. As well, authors from Canada, Botswana and Kenya examine key turning points in the advancement of SOGI issues at the United Nations, and provide critical insights on LGBT asylum in Canada. Authors also speak to a need to reorient and decolonise queer studies, and turn a critical gaze northwards from the Global South. It is a book for activists and academics in a range of disciplines from postcolonial and sexualities studies to filmmaking, as well as for policy-makers and practitioners committed to envisioning, and working for, a better future.

Esta es la versión post-print (con los comentarios de revisores/editores) del artículo. ; In this article we center the attention on LGBT organizations in Spain. We discuss the emergence, evolution and claims of this social movement. The political associations and groups that advocate lesbian, gay and transsexual rights are presented as the voice of sexual communities and peoples. Accordingly, they are treated as a key social and political actor that links the desires and needs of grass-root non heterosexual peoples with the higher spheres of institutions, politics and the law. The article builds on qualitative data on protesting, claims-making and mobilization to account for the transformation of a major section of the Spanish LGBT movement into a defender of human rights and equality. This is presented as the consequence of internal balances of power, and also as a cause of the de-sexualisation of the claims brought before the State by sexual communities in Spain.

Few people enjoy filling out tax forms and paying taxes. For gay and lesbian couples in California who are registered domestic partners (RDPs), tax preparation has become even more onerous Beyond Marriage this year. For the first time, RDPs must file their state taxes as "married." However, the Internal Revenue Service, which does not legally recognize domestic partnership, requires LGBT couples to file their federal tax returns as "single." To complicate matters further, in order to file as "married" in California and "single" for the IRS, they must create an ersatz federal married tax return for state filing. That's three federal returns and one state return per couple. For many supporters of LGBT rights, "gay marriage" would rectify this convoluted tiered system. If unequal rights are the problem, then marriage is the answer. Or is it?

BACKGROUND: Globally, LGBT+ people continue to struggle to achieve full realization of their human rights. Amid reported health and mental health disparities, and economic insecurity, we conducted a scoping review to explore the breadth of the literature, map and summarize the evidence, and identify knowledge gaps on LGBT+ inclusion and human rights in Thailand. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review in accordance with the methodology developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute and PRISMA-ScR guidelines. We systematically searched 16 databases for peer-reviewed literature, and government and nongovernmental organization websites for grey literature, published in English or Thai from January 1, 2000–August 21, 2020. Two reviewers independently screened studies according to pre-set criteria. We abstracted and analyzed data on publication characteristics and focal populations, and synthesized findings in six domains of LGBT+ inclusion: political and civic participation, education, family, personal security and violence, economic well-being, and health. RESULTS: The review captured 3327 results in total, which was scoped to 76 peer-reviewed articles and 39 grey literature sources, the majority published after 2010. Gay men and transgender women were the primary focal populations in the peer-reviewed literature, LGBT+ people as a whole in the grey literature. Health was the predominant domain across publications. Key findings include the absence of generalized antidiscrimination legislation for LGBT+ individuals and lack of recourse for transgender individuals to change their legal gender; multifaceted stigma and discrimination in the educational system; social isolation and exclusion in families; disproportionate prevalence of sexual violence and reluctance to report to police; discrimination and marginalization in employment; and LGBT+ disparities in health and mental health. CONCLUSIONS: Future research and programmatic initiatives on LGBT+ inclusion in Thailand should aim to address: 1) understudied ...

A growing minority group in the United States, the LGBT community increasingly advocates for political rights through protest movements. While some results have been attained, the group is still not fully accepted in the United States' traditional society.

The objective of this study is to examine how US-related human rights issues are covered in the New York Times (NYT), and which factors influence the coverage. The study deals with two major domains of reporting of human rights issues occurring: within the US proper and in US actions internationally. Human rights narratives in the US are important factors explaining the selective nature of the newspaper's reporting. The NYT reflects the official discourse of the US government in its coverage of human rights topics. It also plays the role of a "watchdog" and criticizes the US human rights situation in some areas. The study is based on the analysis of 155 NYT articles between the years 1998 and 2013.

This article presents an exploratory literature review of scientific publications (from 2000 to 2020) to identify how public policies for the LGBT population in Brazil are being discussed. The findings indicate that this subject is still emerging in the field of public administration. The study identified two distinct approaches used in the literature: articles that rely on the stages of the public policy cycle and articles based on the queer perspective. The articles identified that the main barriers to LGBT public policies in Brazil were: the lack of laws to protect the rights of this population; miscommunication between the state and civil society; budget shortage for the plans and programs; and lack of political representation. In addition, it was possible to observe that the articles converge when they refer to the presence and advancement of conservatism, specifically when it comes to religious segments, characterizing it as a common barrier to enforce LGBT rights. ; Este artículo presenta una revisión exploratoria de la literatura de publicaciones científicas (de 2000 a 2020) para identificar cómo se están discutiendo las políticas públicas para la población LGBT en Brasil. Los resultados indican que esta discusión aún está en desarrollo en el campo de estudio de la administración pública. Fue posible identificar dos enfoques distintos que tipifican los textos en dos categorías principales: artículos que se basan en las etapas del ciclo de las políticas públicas y artículos basados en la perspectiva queer. Las principales barreras presentadas en los artículos a las políticas públicas LGBT en Brasil fueron: la falta de leyes que protejan los derechos de esta población; mala comunicación entre el Estado y la sociedad civil; escasez de presupuesto para los planes y programas; y falta de representación política en el entorno LGBT. Además, se observó que los artículos convergen cuando se refieren a la presencia y el avance del conservadurismo, específicamente cuando se trata de segmentos religiosos, lo que se caracteriza como una barrera común para hacer cumplir los derechos LGBT. ; Este trabalho apresenta uma revisão exploratória da literatura sobre publicações científicas (entre os anos 2000 e 2020) a fim de identificar como as políticas públicas voltadas à população LGBT no Brasil estão sendo discutidas. O levantamento realizado aponta que tal discussão ainda se apresenta de forma emergente no campo de administração pública. Foi possível identificar no corpus da pesquisa dois eixos de abordagem sobre os quais os textos podem ser tipificados: aqueles com discussão centrada em etapas do ciclo de políticas públicas e outros com debate apoiado na perspectiva queer. Os principais pontos apresentados como entraves às políticas públicas LGBT no Brasil foram: a falta de leis que resguardem os direitos dessa população; falhas na interlocução entre Estado e sociedade civil; falta de previsão orçamentária para os planos e programas; e falta de representação política no meio LGBT. Além do já exposto, foi observada convergência entre os artigos ao se referirem sobre a presença e avanço do conservadorismo, especificamente aquele protagonizado por segmentos religiosos, caracterizando-o como habitual empecilho na efetivação dos direitos LGBT.

The debate about the pros and cons of supporting, protecting, and recognizing LGBT rights has existed since the early 19th century. In 2011, the United Nations declared a human rights resolution dedicated to sexual orientation and gender identity. The United Nations statement reaps many pros and cons from the countries that are members of it. Indonesia is one of those who disagree with this. In everyday life, LGBT people in Indonesia often face discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence even though law in Indonesia does not criminalize LGBT. The lives of LGBT who hold prisoner status are made more difficult because they often face discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence, both from other inmates and prison officials, but there is no positive law that supports the protection of LGBT. Therefore, this study aims to understand the form of legal protection for LGBT prisoners. The research method used is normative juridical research with a conceptual approach. The characteristic of human rights is universal and automatically attached to an individual because the individual is a human being. Human rights create an obligation for other individuals not to violate the rights of others and the obligation of the government to protect these rights. Indonesia is a rule of law. Through the concept of human rights and the rule of law, LGBT prisoners actually still have to be given legal protection against acts of discrimination committed by heterosexual prisoners and the need for law enforcement for acts of sexual violence. The government can actually apply several United Nations principles in the "Born Free and Equal" campaign to provide legal protection for LGBT prisoners who experienced discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence.NaskahPerdebatan mengenai pro dan kontra dalam mendukung, melindungi, dan mengakui hak LGBT sudah ada sejak awal ke-19. Pada 2011, PBB menyatakan resolusi hak asasi manusia yang didedikasikan untuk orientasi seksual dan identitas gender. Pernyataan PBB menuai banyak pro dan kontra dari negara-negara yang tergabung di dalamnya. Indonesia adalah salah satu yang tidak sependapat dengan hal tersebut. Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, kaum LGBT di Indonesia kerap mendapat diskriminasi, pelecehan, dan kekerasan seksual meski hukum di Indonesia tidak mengkriminalisasi LGBT. Kehidupan kaum LGBT yang menyandang status narapidana menjadi lebih berat karena sering mendapatkan diskriminasi, pelecehan, dan kekerasan seksual, baik dari narapidana lain maupun petugas lembaga pemasyarakatan, tetapi tidak ada hukum positif yang mendukung perlindungan kaum LGBT. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini ditujukan untuk memahami bentuk perlindungan hukum bagi narapidana kaum LGBT. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian yuridis normatif dengan pendekatan konseptual. Hak asasi manusia adalah hak yang bersifat universal dan melekat secara otomatis kepada seseorang individu karena individu tersebut adalah manusia. Hak asasi manusia menimbulkan kewajiban bagi individu lain untuk tidak melanggar hak orang lain dan kewajiban pemerintah serta negara untuk melindungi hak-hak tersebut. Indonesia merupakan negara hukum. Melalui konsep hak asasi manusia dan negara hukum, maka narapidana kaum LGBT sebenarnya tetap harus diberi perlindungan hukum terhadap tindakan diskriminasi yang dilakukan oleh narapidana heteroseksual dan perlunya penegakan hukum atas tindak kekerasan seksual. Pemerintah sebenarnya dapat menerapkan beberapa prinsip PBB dalam kampanye "Born Free and Equal" untuk melakukan perlindungan hukum bagi narapidana kaum LGBT yang mengalami diskriminasi, pelecehan, dan kekerasan seksual.

This study aims to find out and explain how Indonesian people respond to LGBT behavior practices, how is the concept of Fulfillment of Human Rights in Indonesia for every citizen, how is human rights adopted and in accordance with the context to Indonesia ?, In this study, the author uses an approach case (case approach) and supplemented with literature review. This research is descriptive analytic, which is a method of collecting data and then analyzed using cases, coupled with reference books, legislation, and internet sources to support research. The results showed that the Indonesian people recognized the existence of LGBT that developed in other countries, including its presence in Indonesia, but Indonesian people who were based on religious values and values that lived and developed society could not accept LGBT behavioral practices. Fulfillment of the rights of every citizen does not necessarily without restrictions, including in terms of LGBT practice behavior, the state can provide restrictions in accordance with what has been stipulated in the law, which contains values that live in society. Human rights adopted by Indonesian citizens are limited (particular) not infinite (universal) as has been practiced by western countries.

Existing research suggests that supporters of gay rights have outmobilized their opponents, leading to policy changes in advanced industrialized democracies. At the same time, we observe the diffusion of state-sponsored homophobia in many parts of the world. The emergence of gay rights as a salient political issue in global politics leads us to ask, "Who is empowered to be politically active in various societies?" What current research misses is a comparison of levels of participation (voting and protesting) between states that make stronger and weaker appeals to homophobia. Voters face contrasting appeals from politicians in favor of and against gay rights globally. In an analysis of survey data from Europe and Latin America, we argue that the alignment between the norms of sexuality a state promotes and an individual's personal attitudes on sexuality increases felt political efficacy. We find that individuals who are tolerant of homosexuality are more likely to participate in states with gay-friendly policies in comparison with intolerant individuals. The reverse also holds: individuals with low education levels that are intolerant of homosexuality are more likely to participate in states espousing political homophobia.