LGBT Issues and the Queer Approach

Kulpa, Robert

Abstract

The primary focus of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the contemporary debates surrounding LGBT issues in U.S. politics. It is done by looking at LGBT movements and major issues raised by those communities. First, a historical context is offered, followed by the overview of major problems raised by LGBT movements. These are composed of education, representation, legal regulations, health, and strategies of political action. The next part, “Queer Approaches,” develops the conceptual side of this chapter, discussing identity politics, market economies, sexual citizenship, nationalism, terrorism, and neoimperialism. This chapter concludes with an overview of its contents, indicating development of LGBT and queer (Q) politics and its futures and suggests further readings.

• Online Publication Date: Nov 23, 2010
• Publication Date: 2011
• Deposit Date: May 31, 2021
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Pages: 856-864
• Book Title: 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook
• Chapter Number: 99
• ISBN: 9781412969017
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412979351.n99
• Keywords: LGBT; queer; politics
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2713776
• Publisher URL: https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/21stcenturypolisci/n99.xml