How do mass publics react to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) advocacy
efforts in socially conservative societies? We consider how the first-ever LGBT+ Pride in …

The European Union sees itself as a beacon of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
friendliness and seeks to promote these norms in its external relations. However, such …

This book provides a critical understanding of Europeanization and statebuilding in the
Western Balkans, using the notion of everyday practices. This volume argues that it is …

Under pressure from the European Union and civil society activists, countries in the
European Neighborhood made some advancements concerning the human rights of LGBTI …

This study uses the 2013 Croatian marriage referendum to show how anti-gender activists
successfully reframed LGBT rights and emerged as influential political actors. Our …

Reports in April 2017 regarding a state-initiated wave of homophobic persecution in
Chechnya attracted worldwide outrage. Numerous witnesses spoke of arrests, abuse, and …

Scholars consider the translatability and efficacy of “western” LGBT politics as they diffuse,
but pay little attention to the role of its histories and cultures as geo-temporal phenomena …

This article gives an overview of the field of LGBT politics in European political science. It
does not aim to offer an exhaustive review of the literature, but rather to highlight the major …

This article examines the interplay between the European Union's (EU) interventions
fostering LGBT+ rights in Georgia, and the visibility-raising strategies of local queer activists …

LGBT rights have become increasingly salient within the EU enlargement process as a
litmus test for Europeanness. Yet, they are also increasingly subject to contestation. To …