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Sexuality-driven political participation refers to the political engagement of people of sexual minorities. While progress has been made in understanding the motivation behind their political participation, this study seeks to address the limitations of the existing literature which are designed explicitly to work in democratic contexts where engagement can bear fruit and for mostly quantitative inquiries which imply homogeneity and fail to map out the heterogeneity in the meanings of sexual minorities’ political participation. To fill these gaps, this thesis aims to answer the following question: how do sexual minorities make sense of their political participation in an increasingly undemocratic context? To explore the plurality of meanings that sexual minorities attach to their political participation in a context where democracy is under threat and homophobia is persistent, I conducted in-depth individual interviews and focus groups with 16 politically active LGBT+ citizens in Hungary. Through qualitative meaning-centred content analysis and with the help of deductively developed analytical lenses, I found that while existing theories can explain to a great degree the meanings that sexual minorities attached to their political participation in increasingly undemocratic contexts, this thesis also sheds light on the multifaceted drivers of political engagement. This includes not solely social identity and discrimination but also a broader pursuit of justice, civil liberties, democracy, and empathy. Overall, the paper makes an important contribution to a more in-depth understanding of the political participation of LGBT+ citizens, highlighting the complex and multifaceted motivations behind their engagement.

Homophobia was suggested to be one of the primary causes of oppression among women (Griffin 1987, Ireland 1993). Female -- athletes were historically coupled with lesbian identities due to their involvement in the traditionally male domain of sport. As increasing numbers of women attempt to transcend specific socially defined boundaries, it was suggested that the phenomenon of homophobia would function to help maintain conventional sex role socialization practices and to inhibit the advancement of the female athlete (Griffin 1987; 1988, Bennet 1988) . This study specifically addressed homophobia in women's intercollegiate athletics. The purpose of the study was to examine the extent to which homophobia exists among, and towards, female intercollegiate coaches. In depth interviews addressing this issue were conducted with seven female coaches and administrators from one NCAA Division IA university athletic program. The interviews resulted in the formation of nine categories relative to the presence of homophobia in women's intercollegiate athletics. These categories were hiring, recruiting, personal image, public image, coach-athlete relationship, abuse of power, intimidation and control, gender equity and roots and reasons. The greatest effects of homophobia appeared in the categories of hiring and recruiting followed by public image and intimidation and control. NOTE: Both archival copies of the manuscript were missing pages 47 and 49.

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Sex education has been an American morality war from the beginning. This thesis studies the rhetoric the two major types of advocacy groups, the Christian Right and the Liberal Left, uses to discuss sex education. I conducted a content analysis of six sex education advocacy organizations. I used three organizations from the Christian Right: The Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council, and Focus on the Family and three advocacy organizations from the Liberal Left: American Civil Liberalities Union, Guttmacher Institute, and Planned Parenthood. I coded and analyzed the most relevant content each advocacy organization uses on their online platforms. As a result of my analysis, I found that the Christian Right and the Liberal Left are not debating sex education with each other, but talking to their respective bases as an audience. Meaning that no actual debate about sex education is happening in America. Furthermore, when the advocacy organizations discuss sex education, other connected issues are entangled in the debate: this is not just about sex education. Sex education is at the center of other issues both the Christian Right and the Liberal Left discuss such as: healthcare, morality, marriage, education, and STIs. Sex education is a morality war, because it is about more than sex education it is about the foundation of the Christian Right and the Liberal Left.

I studien har jag tittat närmare på medlemmarnas i gaylaget Malmö Devilants tidigareidrottserfarenheter och idrottsbakgrund samt undersökt hur de konstruerar sitt lag vad gällernorm och manlighet. För att uppnå detta gjordes intervjuer med sex av medlemmarna somfick svara på frågor utifrån tre teman: idrottsbakgrund, vardagen i föreningen samt idrottensroll i deras liv. Genom att använda de teoretiska begreppen genus och heteronormativitet harjag därefter analyserat och synat svaren. Utifrån intervjuerna kunde utläsas att alla har olikaupplevelser av idrotten och att alla har någon form av tidigare idrottsbakgrund. Medlemmarnaser också sitt lag som en plats där det heteronormativa inte är den rådande normen, där de kanträffa likasinnade individer med likartade erfarenheter och på så sätt vara en i mängden.Genom att utöva en aktivitet som idrott bryter medlemmarna mot den stereotypa bilden av huren homosexuell man är och de upprätthåller då inte den uppdelning och gräns som ärbetydande för heteronormativiteten. Genussystemet och heteronormen med dess ideal för hurman ska vara för att betraktas som en ”riktig” man/kvinna innebär en begränsning somegentligen inte behöver finnas. Bryts dessa normer upp försvinner förmodligen också debegränsande idealen. / In this study I’ve been taking a closer look at the members of the gay team, Malmo Devilantsand their former sports experience, background in sports, and examined how they constructtheir team. To achieve this, interviews were made with six of the members who were asked toanswer questions based on three themes: background in sports, daily life in the team, and therole of sport in their lives. By using the theoretical concepts of gender and heteronormativity,I have analyzed the answers. Based on the interviews I could see that the members all havedifferent experiences of sport and that everyone has some form of previous sportingbackground. They also see their team as a place where the heteronormativity isn’t theprevailing norm, where members can meet like-minded individuals with similar experiencesand thus become one of the crowd. By exercising an activity such as sports challenge thestereotype of how a gay man is and the members do not maintain the division that issignificance for heteronormativity. The gender system and heteronormativity with its ideals ofhow to be to qualify as a “real” man/woman is a limitation that does not really need to exist.The more the norm and the system dissolves our notions of what is considered male or femalewill probably decrease.

La presente investigación estudia el proceso de formación de activistas del Movimiento Cultural “Igualdad y Futuro” LGBT y TS (MOCIFU), grupo activista LGBT en Pucallpa, Ucayali. En primer lugar, esboza la historia del activismo LGBT en Pucallpa, caracterizada inicialmente por la participación de esta población en proyectos de prevención y tratamiento del VIH en la década de 2000. La formación y socialización como promotores de salud y la influencia de activistas de Lima condujeron a la organización de diferentes agrupaciones LGBT, vinculadas al sector salud, entre las cuales surgió el MOCIFU en el 2007, un perfil activista diferenciado del resto. El trabajo de campo se realizó con los activistas que participaron activamente a finales del 2019. La mayoría de estos activistas se involucraron en el MOCIFU al inicio de su adultez sin una orientación clara sobre qué esperar o lograr en este espacio y, en algunos casos, de sus propios futuros. En esta tesis se exploran las historias de vida de algunos integrantes para identificar experiencias comunes de la población LGBT en Pucallpa. Asimismo analiza como los miembros, una vez dentro del activismo, adquieren nuevos conocimientos y herramientas que les permite proyectarse y acceder a nuevas oportunidades en su crecimiento personal. El contexto socioeconómico y las posibilidades profesionales producen que el activismo en el MOCIFU se vea como un soporte o una vía hacia satisfacer necesidades afectivas, económicas o laborales. En esta investigación se analiza dicho proceso y cómo esto construye tensiones internas sobre la permanencia de los miembros en la agrupación, el futuro de esta y los espacios de formación de los activistas en tanto tales. El análisis se basa en una investigación etnográfica llevada a cabo con los miembros del MOCIFU de agosto a octubre de 2019. Para complementar algunos datos se incluyó población activista externa al MOCIFU. Este trabajo fue informado con el debido tiempo y aceptado por la Junta Directiva de la agrupación. Las principales técnicas de investigación empleadas fueron observación participante y entrevistas semi-estructuradas.

Practitioners and academics agree that greater engagement between local diverse SOGIESC (sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics) actors (LDSA) and international humanitarian actors (IHA) is needed to make humanitarian responses more inclusive. Despite sector-wide commitments to inclusion and localization, there is a persistent uncertainty about how to meaningfully engage with each other, particularly in insecure contexts. As a starting point for researching this form of engagement, this thesis investigates the current inter-organizational engagement (IOE) between LDSAs and IHAs in the insecure Lebanese context and its implications for inclusive protection. By interviewing staff from the two key stakeholders this study examines challenges to diverse SOGIESC inclusion, their understanding of meaningful engagement, and the current dynamics of this IOE. The single case of Lebanon was chosen because the contrast between relatively visible LGBTIQ+ organizing and the legal, social, and political discrimination against LGBTIQ+ communities provides a unique avenue to explore the research problem. The study found multiple obstacles to diverse SOGIESC inclusion and asymmetrical dynamics of IOE. The former included a lack of diverse SOGIESC expertise and integration, attitudinal barriers, and inadequate funding. The latter focused on power imbalances grounded in funding and control mechanisms as impediments to meaningful engagement. Based on the findings, lessons learned for more meaningful IOE were identified, including mutual capacity-building, context-sensitive diverse SOGIESC trainings, greater prioritization and adequate funding as well as creating engagement opportunities, shifting power to LDSAs, taking safety precautions and an intersectional queer approach.

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