What is it about?

In 2015, Ireland was the first country in the world to extend marriage to same-sex couples by public vote. Drawing on interviews with key political advocates in Ireland, this paper provides new insight into some of the decision-making, commitments and compromises of LGBTQI advocates in the lead up to 'Marriage Equality'. It reveals the ways that political pragmatism steers LGBTQI advocacy towards marriage and normalisation, pointing out the ambivalent effects of such commitments.

Featured Image

Why is it important?

In many countries across the globe, LGBTQI advocacy has turned to the promise of institutions such as marriage for achieving rights and normalisation for LGBTQI people. Revealing some of the political decision-making, commitments and compromises of LGBTQI advocates in the lead up to Marriage Equality in Ireland makes a new and valuable contribution to understanding how the normalisation imperative works with ambivalent effects.

Read the Original

This page is a summary of: Civil Partnership and marriage: LGBT-Q political pragmatism and the normalization imperative, Sexualities, August 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1363460715616943.
You can read the full text:

Read

Contributors

The following have contributed to this page