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We don't want to march straight: masculinity, queers and the military
In: Listen up!
Russian LGBT Politics and Rights
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
"Russian LGBT Politics and Rights" published on by Oxford University Press.
They asked the city more than it could offer: Sexual politics and conflict in the Caribbean Region ; Le pidieron a la ciudad más de lo que podía ofrecer: Políticas sexuales y conflicto en la Región Caribe
The article explores the interactions between violences based on gender identity, sexual orientation and armed conflict. It argues that those violences are part of the redefinition of the social contract during political transitions that requires also a redefinition of the sexual contract of the nation. The life story of a young woman is used to illustrate the how the political conflict in Colombia and in the Caribbean region affects gender and sexual orientation violence. The example challenges categorical classifications of violence, rights claims and notions of vulnerability and identity. It also shows how reshape during the conflict transitions and keep some social subjects at permanent risk of violence. The article locates this discussion in the current economic trends in the Colombian Caribbean lands, where tourism and thenew markets facilitate some changes and impede others. ; Este texto explora los modos en que las violencias relacionadas con la orientación sexual o la identidad de género interactúan y se construyen mutuamente con las violencias de los conflictos armados. Se argumenta que tales violencias hacen parte de la redefinición del contrato social en procesos de transición política que va a la par de una redefinición del contrato sexual de la nación. Para ello se explora la historia de vida de una joven costeña y como desde diferentes aspectos de su vida ha experimentado las interacciones entre las violencias sociopolíticas que vive el país y la región y las violencias relacionadas con el género y la orientación sexual. La historia problematizaclasificaciones categóricas de las violencias y demandan derechos por separado y las categorías fijas de sujetos definidas desde una condición de vulnerabilidad. Permite además ilustrar como en las transiciones entre los conflictos unas formas de violencia se transmutan y recomponen manteniendo para algunos sectores sociales el ser objeto permanente de violencia. Lo anterior enlas contradicciones generadas en un contexto de apertura económica y de promoción de la región Caribe como polo de turismo nacional e internacional que permite ciertos cambios pero impide otros.
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Pussy Riot as a feminist project: Russia's gendered informal politics
In: Nationalities papers: the journal of nationalism and ethnicity, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 583-590
ISSN: 1465-3923
This article considers Pussy Riot as a feminist project, placing their actions and the regime's reactions in the context of three post-9/11 developments in gender and sexuality politics in Russia. First, I assert that Pussy Riot's stunts are a logical reaction to the Kremlin's masculinity-based nation-rebuilding scheme, which was a cover for crude homophobic misogyny. Second, Pussy Riot is part of the informal feminism emerging in Russia, a response to nongovernmental organization (NGO) feminism and the regime's repression of NGO feminism, albeit likely to be outflanked by regime-supported thuggery. Third, the members of Pussy Riot were so harshly prosecuted because they - swearing, covered up and disloyal - violated the political cleaner role that the Kremlin has given women in the last few years. Feminist social scientists have long looked for politics outside of formal institutions and processes. The Pussy Riot affair makes clear how much gender is central to the informal politics that gender-blind observers of Russia have come to see as crucial to understanding Russia's regime.
Political Awareness and Self-Blame in the Explanatory Narratives of LGBT People Amid the Anti-LGBT Campaign in Russia
In: Sexuality & Culture: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, Band 18, Heft 4
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What's in a name? Exploring the sexual identity of Black Women-Loving-Women in Soweto
In: Agenda: empowering women for gender equity, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 117-127
A New Angle on the U.S. Military's Emphasis on Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: Connecting In-Ranks' Cultural Diversity to Cross-Cultural Competence
In: Armed forces & society, Band 36, Heft 2, S. 247-263
ISSN: 1556-0848
This article forwards a novel approach regarding the U.S. military's growing focus on building cross-cultural competence. This piece argues that a link exists between the armed forces' internal cultural diversity issues and the military's objective to heighten its ability to work effectively in foreign cultures. Cross-cultural competence means the knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral repertoire and skill sets that military members require to accomplish all given tasks and missions involving cultural diversity. Despite the military's noteworthy historic progress in the area of building a diverse and cohesive force, it possesses some ongoing cultural diversity problems. The article examines three concerns within the ranks of the U.S. military: signs of religious intolerance, some ongoing resistance toward women service members, and antihomosexual attitudes and conduct. This piece explores these concerns and also argues that ameliorating these cultural diversity issues will contribute to building cross-cultural competence in the military. Adapted from the source document.
Prejudice Before Pride: Rise of an Anticipatory Countermovement
In: APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
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Marginalised and demonised: lesbians and equality - perceptions of people in a local Western Cape community
In: Agenda: empowering women for gender equity, Heft 67, S. 36-47
ISSN: 1013-0950
New Europe: Eyes Wide Shut
In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Band 12, Heft 5, S. 615-633
ISSN: 1363-0296
Finding the Homosexual in Women's Rights: The Christian Right in International Politics
In: International feminist journal of politics, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 257-284
ISSN: 1468-4470
Homosexuality and "Compassionate" Conservatism in the Discourse of the Post-Reaganite Right
In: Constellations: an international journal of critical and democratic theory, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 78-105
ISSN: 1351-0487
This paper examines the work of Nancy Fraser (1997) within the context of both the Christian Right's preaching of "compassion" toward homosexuals & the new "compassionate" conservatism of the political Right. Particular attention is given to the power dynamics within the inherently homophobic Christian Right dialogue. The paper also expresses concern that cultural & political-economic integration not preempt the current position of cultural critique. Similarly, it is argued that the cultural domination of one group may result in another group's socioeconomic oppression. Because of this naturally symbiotic relationship, it is possible that the Christian Right's approach to homosexuality will simply rob the gay & lesbian community of their cultural rights. Finally, the paper expands these concepts to comment on conservative antipoverty policies in the US. K. A. Larsen
Measuring Gay Populations and Antigay Hate Crime
In: Social science quarterly, Band 82, Heft 2, S. 281-296
ISSN: 0038-4941
Objectives. The study of crime directed at gay & lesbian targets is hampered by two measurement problems: Police agencies provide unreliable data on hate crime, & tract-level census data contain no direct information about gay or lesbian population density. This article attempts to gauge two quantities that cannot be measured directly or unambiguously: the size of the gay & lesbian populations & the number of hate crimes directed at gay & lesbian targets. Methods. Population data for New York City were gathered from market research lists & from a special tabulation of the 1990 Census. Hate crime data were obtained from the Anti-Violence Project & the New York Police Dept. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the reliability of each measure & the correlation between latent population density & hate crime. Results. Each of these measures offers a reliable means by which to assess cross-sectional differences in the population density & victimization of gay men. Census & police data prove to be inferior indicators of lesbian population density & antilesbian hate crime. For both men & women, population density is strongly correlated with the incidence of hate crime. Conclusions. Despite the fact that advocacy groups record many more antigay incidents than do the police, both sources of data are in agreement about where hate crimes occur. The strong correlation between population density & hate crime against gay men implies that Census data could be used to forecast the occurrence of hate crime in areas where no police records exist. 3 Tables, 2 Figures, 15 References. Adapted from the source document.