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The word "queer," traditionally an insult, has become a central term in the battle against heterocentrism & homophobia in recent years. "Queer" challenges the heterosexual norms & allows multiple preliminary gender roles. The concept of norm & deviance is rejected; instead, queer theory & queer policy point out how preliminary & frail conceptions of homogeneity are. This results in an emphasis of difference & of the negotiation & politicization of identities. Holzleithner focuses on three critical questions: Does the rejection of any kind of identity lead to political immobility? Is the promise of inclusion a realistic one? Is the postmodern emphasis on multiple difference the end of a critical feminist theory that focuses on the connection between cultural difference & social inequality? 43 References. Adapted from the source document.

Contemporary network society offers ever widening opportunities to individuals to connect with each other and to shape the world around them, which includes the immediate environment as well as the "big picture". The internet makes it easier for many people to initiate social debates. The key conditions for the emergence of participatory campaigns are, among other things, citizen's higher preparedness to get involved, which is also related to the shrinking credibility of "official" politics; furthermore, new technologies are available to highly educated people who combine a novel cultural self-understanding with aspirations to change the world. Sergius Seebohm and Paula Hannemann offer insights into the preconditions of these new social movements and shed light on their history, which they see unfolding in three steps; after an initial economic focus on customer participation, we witnessed the emergence of national and international networks which were appropriated for purposes of campaigning. Finally, it has now become increasingly possible for individuals to make use of these structures and their know-how for their own campaigns. Today, everybody can initiate change. The authors draw on the example of several campaigns against homophobic passages in the statutes of the BSA (Boy Scouts of America). Adapted from the source document

Homosexuelle nicht erwünscht?!

Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Geschichte eines Vorurteils - dass nämlich Homosexuelle zur Bildung einflussreicher, oft transnationaler Netzwerke tendierten, die gefährlich seien für "gesunde" nationale Politik. Die Untersuchung geht aus vom Skandal um einen Freundeskreis des deutschen Kaisers Wilhelm II. 1907/08 und vom österreichisch-ungarischen Spionagefall Redl 1913. Auf die 1934 ermordete SA-Führung um Ernst Röhm wird als herrschende "homosexuelle Clique" neues Licht geworfen. Weiterhin wird die Jagd auf homosexuelle "Verräter" in staatlichen Elitepositionen betrachtet, die in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren die USA und Großbritannien, aber auch die Bundesrepublik und die DDR prägte. Im Zuge sexueller Liberalisierung erlebte das homophobe Stereotyp einen Relevanzverlust. Doch noch 1983/84 konnte einer der ranghöchsten Bundeswehrgeneräle als angebliches homosexuelles Sicherheitsrisiko aus dem Amt gedrängt werden. Noch immer existieren heute Restbestände des alten Feindbildes