Where the Personal is (Geo)Political: Performing Queer Visibility in Georgia in the Context of EU Association

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. The growing antagonism between the EU and Russia over their "shared neighborhood" crystallizes the ide...

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Published inProblems of post-communism Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 197 - 208
Main Author Luciani, Laura
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Armonk Routledge 04.03.2023
M. E. Sharpe Inc
Subjects
Activism
Equality
Geopolitics
Hostility
LGBTQ people
LGBTQ rights
Sexuality
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ISSN1075-8216
1557-783X
DOI10.1080/10758216.2021.1937228

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Summary: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. The growing antagonism between the EU and Russia over their "shared neighborhood" crystallizes the idea of a value-based divide between the West/EUrope and the East/Russia on LGBT+ issues-with Georgia occupying a liminal position therein. The paper puts forward the concept of geopoliticization to unpack how the discursive construction of LGBT+ equality as a geopolitical issue shapes Georgian queer activists' visibility strategies, and to interrogate the outcomes these processes produce.
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ISSN:1075-8216
1557-783X
DOI:10.1080/10758216.2021.1937228