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Introduction -- 1. The Sexual Citizen -- 2. Queering the Third Way: Sexuality and Citizenship in 'New Britain' -- 3. Civil Solidarity or Fragmented Identities: Sexuality and Citizenship in France -- 4. Grant-ing Rights: The Politics of Rights,Sexuality and Citizenship Before the European Court of Justice -- 5. Transnational Citizens: Mobility and Sexuality -- 6. 'We Want to Join Europe, not Sodom': Sexuality and European Union Accession in Romania -- Conclusions.

AbstractThe article provides an overview of gay identity politics today. It begins with an introduction to the historical trajectory of the post-1945 period, and then turns to the challenges posed by queer politics and theory to gay identity politics. The related issue of the globalization of being gay is then considered, in terms of the universalizing of identity politics. Finally, the ramifications for gay identity politics of the political and legal recognition of same-sex relationships are discussed, leading to the obvious final question: whether being gay will continue to have a political logic in the years ahead.

Discusses the politics of identity of being gay. The development & challenges to gay identity politics since 1945 are overviewed with attention to queer politics & queer theory since the late 1980s. The globalization, & surrounding issues to globalization processes, of being gay are explored in terms of the universalizing of identity politics. Implications for gay identity politics in light of recent political & legal discussions regarding same-sex relationships are appraised. L. Collins Leigh