The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias
Recently, we have seen a proliferation of maps visualising the global state of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus (LGBTQI+) rights. Whilst they represent a productive advocacy tool for activists, we critically examine the politics embedded and reinforced by the way indexes ar...
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| author | Ammaturo, Francesca Romana Slootmaeckers, Koen |
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| description | Recently, we have seen a proliferation of maps visualising the global state of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus (LGBTQI+) rights. Whilst they represent a productive advocacy tool for activists, we critically examine the politics embedded and reinforced by the way indexes are constructed and represented. By exploring the discrepancies between the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Maps and the lived experiences of LGBTQI+ people within Europe, we argue that these maps reproduce hierarchies often mediated by Eurocentric understandings of linear progress, while discounting the importance that an interpenetration of legal and social aspects has in evaluating national contexts in which LGBTQI+ persons live. The emphasis on legislative frameworks, thus, in part displaces lived experiences of LGBTQI+ people in Europe – projecting both Queer Utopias and Dystopias onto different geographical localities feeding into existing homonationalist discourses. With such findings, we argue against the fetishization of legislation within LGBTQI+ activism and academia. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:94442025-02-13T02:50:46Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9444/ The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias Ammaturo, Francesca Romana Slootmaeckers, Koen 300 Social sciences 320 Political science Recently, we have seen a proliferation of maps visualising the global state of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus (LGBTQI+) rights. Whilst they represent a productive advocacy tool for activists, we critically examine the politics embedded and reinforced by the way indexes are constructed and represented. By exploring the discrepancies between the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Maps and the lived experiences of LGBTQI+ people within Europe, we argue that these maps reproduce hierarchies often mediated by Eurocentric understandings of linear progress, while discounting the importance that an interpenetration of legal and social aspects has in evaluating national contexts in which LGBTQI+ persons live. The emphasis on legislative frameworks, thus, in part displaces lived experiences of LGBTQI+ people in Europe – projecting both Queer Utopias and Dystopias onto different geographical localities feeding into existing homonationalist discourses. With such findings, we argue against the fetishization of legislation within LGBTQI+ activism and academia. Bristol University Press 2025-02 Article PeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9444/1/Map%20paper%20author%20accepted%20version.pdf Ammaturo, Francesca Romana and Slootmaeckers, Koen (2025) The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 8 (1). pp. 3-25. ISSN 2515-1096 https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2024D000000036 10.1332/25151088Y2024D000000036 10.1332/25151088Y2024D000000036 |
| spellingShingle | 300 Social sciences 320 Political science Ammaturo, Francesca Romana Slootmaeckers, Koen The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias |
| title | The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias |
| title_full | The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias |
| title_fullStr | The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias |
| title_full_unstemmed | The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias |
| title_short | The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias |
| title_sort | unexpected politics of ilga europe s rainbow maps de constructing queer utopias dystopias |
| topic | 300 Social sciences 320 Political science |
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