Submitted by Gisely Teixeira (gisely.teixeira@uniceub.br) on 2018-06-14T18:29:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 51500774.pdf: 352045 bytes, checksum: 09fad3bb014ab9d0513fb7e773d05ff0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-14T18:29:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 51500774.pdf: 352045 bytes, checksum: 09fad3bb014ab9d0513fb7e773d05ff0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018 / Este artigo pretende discutir a crescente relevância de blogs para a divulgação e o desenvolvimento do mercado turístico, com o objetivo de verificar se há uma falta de representatividade LGBT em sites do setor, priorizando as necessidades das mulheres lésbicas. Para isso é realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a militância feminista e LGBT, a fim de compreender onde essas pessoas se encaixam. Bem como são utilizados autores que falam sobre a relevância econômica do turismo e de blogs como ferramenta digital de comunicação. Em seguida, é feita uma análise do conteúdo voltado para a vivência dessas mulheres nos blogs escolhidos – Viaje na Viagem, Viajay e Viaja Bi; com o intuito de compreender se o que é postado conversa com o público alvo deste artigo. Por fim, conclui-se que, embora exista uma preocupação em incluir assuntos relacionados à população LGBT em todos os blogs analisados, observou-se a carência de representatividade lésbica na maior parte de seus textos.

Since the enactment of Nigeria’s Same Sex (Marriage) Prohibition Act of 2013, advocacy for the protection of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria has grown rapidly. This advocacy often toes a line of legal formalism, under an international human rights law framework. This framework uses strategic litigation, petitions before international bodies, presentation of violations reports to the national human rights bodies, and public engagement on the equality of application of human rights norms for sexual and gender minorities. Despite these efforts, political rhetoric and public opinion continue to be antagonistic to advocacy efforts, based on the claim of political and religious leaders that same-sex relationships and non-heteronormative sexuality and gender identity are incompatible with the cultures and religions of the Nigerian population. This thesis argues that the evolution and enforcement of Nigerian laws criminalising same-sex relationships and non-heteronormative sexuality and gender identity (‘criminalising laws’) are part of a system of wider social control leveraged by the political elite to perpetuate its hegemonic power. Consequently, this thesis proposes that, to advance the legal protection of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria, advocates must critically understand, and take measures to reduce, the underlying power dynamics in the criminalising laws. Using doctrinal and empirical research, this thesis proposes democratic strategies to challenge and reduce hegemonic power dynamics in Nigeria, and to strengthen existing advocacy for the protection of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria. The research shows that the evolution of laws criminalising same-sex relationships in Nigeria is based on the use of political homophobia by the political elite as a tool of social exclusion. It further concludes that law enforcement authorities in Nigeria are guided by hegemonic considerations in the enforcement of the criminalising laws. The thesis identifies social control linkages between the criminalising laws and the existence of wider social exclusion in Nigeria. An increased awareness by advocates of these underlying hegemonic motivations can lead to a more nuanced, more contextual, and more intersectional advocacy for the rights of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria. / Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Centre for Human Rights / LLD / Unrestricted

In 2016, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law the “Counseling Discrimination Bill,” which allows a licensed counselor in a private practice to use personal (i.e., religious) beliefs as an reason to terminate care or refer away LGBT+ clients, as long as they refer the client to another counselor. In that same year, the state legislature and governor defunded the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, which had spearheaded a number of LGBT+ activities and initiatives around campus. In this interactive discussion, scholars from different Tennessee institutions (and/ or who were raised and educated in Tennessee) will discuss how their scholarship and activism has been shaped by, and is helping to inform, LGBT+ policy in Tennessee, and how these lessons might be applied in other state/local contexts. The panelists will speak to a number of questions, including: How can my scholarship inform LGBT+ policy in my state? How do I connect with policymakers, practitioners, and organizations that could benefit from my expertise? How can I contribute to local advocacy efforts, and what might be my appropriate role in those efforts? How do I get involved in this arena at different stages of my career? and How can I help interested students get involved?

Previous research has discussed the extension of social, economic, and political rights, including same-sex marriage, to the lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities. Yet, as Duggan (2002, 2003) and other argue, these sexual rights are extended only to individuals on the condition that they conform to the pre-existing heteronormative framework. Puar (2007) argues that this new normativity, called homonormativity, is part of a larger nationalist project that constructs and defines the terms of national belonging by extending sexual citizenship to the "good gay citizen." One way that individuals can work towards their inclusion is through consuming homonationalist "prepackaged experiences" that spread American ideals through travel. One example of this includes study abroad programs, where students serve as representatives of the home nation by spreading skills, culture, and ideologies to the international real through subtle actions. Preparatory orientation programs serve as a sight where students are instructed on how to be responsible representative citizens of the their nation (Virginia Tech Global Education Office 2014). Utilizing analysis of a study abroad website, participant observation of an orientation program, and eight interviews with study abroad staff and lesbian, bay, and bisexual identified students, this study examines how study abroad perpetuates homonationalist motives and ideals through the construction and inclusion of the "good representative student." I find that by privatizing and excluding sexuality from the study abroad experience as a "non-factor"--claiming that is it a matter of what students do, not who they are--homonationalism can be considered a consequence of current orientation practices. / Master of Science

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Queer theory has a fundamental flaw: queer. This thesis seeks to explore the fractured usages, meanings, and scopes of the term queer to uncover the power structures that have been created within and around the term. Specifically, this thesis analyzes the ways in which academic queer theorists, the university system, and LGBTQ+ groups and activists, in an attempt to make the queer useful, perpetuate limiting definitions of the word queer that create power structures that re-marginalize some queer people. Queer, being a reclaimed slur, is sometimes used to describe members of the LGBTQ+ community. It has recently been adopted by a variety of groups to make the term politically useful. In doing so, the term has developed many, often conflicting, meanings. A term that means everything, however, has very little analytical use. Because of this, attempts to make the term queer useful to have unintended implications that re-marginalize some queer people. / Master of Arts

Religion, and in particular Christianity, is a salient part of American culture and informs policy decisions and family life. However, within the past two decades, emerging adults have become less likely to maintain a religious affiliation and attend religious services, suggesting a decline in the country's involvement with organized religious institutions. Non-heterosexual individuals are half as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to report a religious identity. The following study contextualizes these demographic findings and considers their potential impact on family life, and more specifically the interplay of religiosity with sexual identity development. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology, the current study presents data from eleven in- depth qualitative interviews with self-identified Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer (LGBQ) individuals between the ages of 20 and 25. Results are presented through three models. The first model illustrates the overlap of family and religious life, and their influence on sexual identity development. The second model depicts a three stage process through which participants made sense and meaning of the religious and familial discourses of their childhood: conflict, catalyst, and resolution. Particular attention is given to the final stage, resolution, and to the extraneous environmental factors that influenced how participants explained and made meaning of resolution. Finally, the third model described how participants constructed a LGBQ Christian identity, and how they perceive the acceptance of their identities by families and religious communities. This research contributes to existing literature by (a) examining the influence of a Christian upbringing on sexual identity development, (b) considering how individuals overcome conflict to integrate two seemingly exclusive identities, and (c) presenting how the adoption of a LGBQ Christian identity decenters heteronormativity and queers family relationships. / Master of Science

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This study employs an ideological rhetorical analysis to investigate three United States Supreme Court decisions concerning the liberties of the LGBT community. An analysis of the rhetoric from these cases for both the majority and dissenting opinions is conducted. These artifacts include Lawrence v. Texas (2003), United States v. Windsor (2013), and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015). The purpose of this study is to analyze the rhetoric of these cases to understand the themes undergirding decisions about cases concerning the LGBT community. Themes of liberty, fundamental rights, equal protection, power, and polarization emerge in this study. Ultimately, it is determined that two groups are impacted by these decisions, these groups include the LGBT community and religious members who deem homosexuality as immoral.

This project is a study of how various Protestant Christian subcultures construct their identity and perceptions of LGBT couples in the 21st century United States sociopolitical context. Through an extensive content analysis of 105 sermon transcripts from www.sermoncentral.com, this project allows for a more accurate interpretation of Protestant Christian subgroups’ (via individual perceptions of pastors through their sermon rhetoric) stances on the issues of gay rights in the modern United States. Additionally, I use 2012 GSS survey data as background findings to frame and illustrate the relevance of the results from the content analysis. The content analysis findings show that various pastors from the sample construct their views of gay men and lesbians by 1) alienating LGBT couples, 2) enhancing in-group Protestant identities, and 3) calling for political action to maintain group norms.

Ob alleine, gemeinsam, virtuell oder analog: Spielen ist eine wohl universelle Erfahrung und eine Konstante im menschlichen Leben. Und doch scheinen zweckfreie Aktivitäten mit zunehmendem Alter an Stellenwert zu verlieren und in ein diametrales Verhältnis zu produktiven, zweckgerichteten Aktivitäten zu geraten. Wenn erwachsene Menschen verkleidet auf dem Boden herumtollen, bellen und auf allen Vieren gehen, kann dies zunächst irritieren. Das gemeinsame Interesse der Akteur:innen dieser empirischen Studie ist ein solches Rollenspiel: als Puppies imitieren sie das Verhalten von (Jung-)Hunden und versuchen, sich auch gedanklich in das als unbeschwert empfundene (Er-)Leben der Tiere hineinzuversetzen. Anhand dieses ganz konkreten Spiels mit eigenen Regeln und Praktiken fragt der Autor nach dem Verhältnis von Arbeit und Spiel in spätkapitalistischen Gesellschaften. Das Forschungsfeld Pup Play mit seinen spezifischen Räumen und Akteur:innen zeigt dabei anschaulich, wie spielerisch Werte ausgehandelt und kuratiert werden, Familien (neu) entstehen und die Perspektive auf eine Welt abseits von Leistungsdruck und Wettbewerb geschaffen wird. / Pup play is a rather new and unresearched phenomenon: young, mostly gay male, adults dress and behave as puppies and find joy in this kind of roleplay. I present some key aspects of my own research with and within the German pup play-community. As my findings suggest, pup play is cherished by its practitioners for allowing them to temporarily forget their daily life and enjoy the pure and laid-back mindset of a young dog. These self-appointed puppies describe their play in pure contrast to their everyday life which is often associated with (wage) labor. Therefore I discuss the significance of playing in modern society, also taking into consideration the difference between game and play. Pup Play, I argue, can be seen as a way to explore and shape the world(s) we live in.