The Gay and Lesbian Movement in Belgium from the 1950s to the Present

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borghs
Keyword(s):  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Movement ◽  
The 1950S

The Politics of Authenticity: Civic Individualism and the Cultural Roots of Gay Normalization

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Seidman ◽  
Chet Meeks ◽  
James Joseph Dean
Keyword(s):  
American Culture ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Political Organizations ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Movement ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Cultural Code

This article examines the politics of authenticity by focusing on civic individualism and the cultural roots of gay normalization. It introduces the notion of a “cultural code” to understand something of the cultural grounds of postwar gay and lesbian politics and argues that “civic individualism” has been a dominant cultural code in contemporary America. The article begins with a discussion of the founding moment in the gay and lesbian movement: the appearance of the first national political organizations in the 1950s. It then considers the emergence of gay liberationism in the late 1960s and early 1970s that challenged the American culture of civic individualism. It also looks at the rise of a politics of mainstreaming for lesbians and gays during the 1970s and 1980s as well as the triumph of the politics of virtue for the movement during the 1990s.

Out of the Closet behind the Wall: Sexual Politics and Social Change in the GDR

Slavic Review ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raelynn J Hillhouse
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Evangelical Church ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
The Past ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Movement ◽  
East German ◽  
The Republic

The search for avenues to express changing cultural values has shaped recent politics in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). During the past decade tens of thousands of GDR citizens became involved in new social movements that included issueoriented groups within both the Protestant church and such mass organizations as the Kulturbund (League of Culture) and the Freie Deutsche Jungend (Free German Youth, FDJ). The rise of these issue-oriented movements evoked reactions from the former government ranging from repression to accommodation. Perhaps the most striking example of the old regime's response to social change can be seen in the emergence of a very visible gay and lesbian movement. Beginning with a handful of activists within the Evangelical church, the East German gay and lesbian movement expanded into state and party institutions throughout the republic. In 1985, partially in response to the growing movement, the state began a campaign to end discrimination on the basis of sexual and emotional orientation.

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