From an oppressed citizenship to affirmative identities: lesbian and gay political participation in a southern european context

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

Nuno Santos Carneiro (Author) FPCEUP; Isabel Menezes (Author) FPCEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Homosexuality

Vol. 53 No. 3

Pages: 65-82

ISSN: 0091-8369

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Psychology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00J-15G

DOI: 10.1300/J082v53n03_05

Abstract (EN): In this paper we intend to articulate a multidimensional perspective on citizenship with a psychological understanding of lesbian and gay identities' development in the context of a Southern European country: Portugal. We begin by reviewing some legal statements and institutional regulations around gay and lesbian-issues and the lack of opportunities for the affirmation of a non-hegemonic (sexual) identity in Portugal. Next, we describe participation efforts developed by the Portuguese LGBT nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and the actual results that such efforts already produced in the political and cultural attitudes toward gay men and lesbians: particularly, the legal approval of domestic same-sex partnership is emphasized as a symbolic achievement of such political struggle. Finally, we explore the implications of communitarian participation for gay and lesbian identities' development, not just in terms of collective empowerment but also in what concerns individual development and well-being.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

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