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In person icon LGBTIQ+ Equality in Southern Europe: Policies, Actors, Arenas

Comparative Politics
Gender
Parliaments
Political Parties
Religion
Southern Europe
LGBTQI
Policy-Making
P275
Elisabetta De Giorgi
University of Trieste
Pamela Pansardi
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Massimo Prearo
University of Verona

Abstract

In 2020, the European Commission adopted an LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 “addressing the inequalities and challenges affecting LGBTIQ people, in order to move towards a Union of Equality''. The EU strategy is one of the results of the "Europeanisation" of and through LGBTIQ+ rights, enhanced by the Recommendation 2010/5 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. From 2010 onwards, LGBTIQ+ equality policies have been entering the institutional agendas in all the EU countries, gaining visibility and triggering protests in the public sphere and within institutions. Nevertheless, the variation in the trajectories of LGBTIQ+ policies in the EU27 and the reasons behind this situation have received little attention in the emerging literature on LGBTIQ+ equality policies. To fill this gap, this panel includes a number of papers adopting both quantitative and qualitative methods to cover the multidimensionality of factors which might explain the variation in the LGBTIQ+ policies’ adoption at EU member state level and, in particular, in Southern Europe. Special attention will be paid to Italy from a comparative perspective, as it represents an interesting case study presenting a critical configuration regarding the intensification of LGBTIQ+ policy agendas, the emergence of strongly politicised anti-LGBTIQ+ movements, and a sharpening of conflicts within the institutional arena.

Title Details
The Uneven Progress of LGBTQI+ Rights in the EU: A Comparative Analysis of Determinants View Paper Details
The Configuration and Determinants of Public Opinion on LGBTIQ+ Issues: Survey Evidence from Contemporary Italy View Paper Details
Progress and Opposition to LGBTQI+ Equality Policies in Southern Europe: a Comparison Between Italy and Portugal View Paper Details
The Radical Right and Gender Issues in Southern Europe: a Comparative Analysis View Paper Details