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LGBTQ politics around the world
Created: August 21, 2020
Last Updated: December 16, 2022
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Table of contents
LGBTQ politics in the U.S.
Marriage equality
Transgender military service
LGBTQ around the world
LGBTQ politics
- Andrew R. Flores, “Republican attacks on LGBTQ lives may have helped elect Democrats,” December 16, 2022.
- Alison Gash, “The Respect for Marriage Act won’t fully protect same-sex parents,” December 8, 2022.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Maddi Hertz, Ray La Raja, Jesse Rhodes, and Alexander Theodoridis, “Americans just elected two lesbian governors. Have attitudes changed that much?” November 15, 2022.
- Alison L. Gash, “Trans advocates work locally. Conservatives fight back nationally,” May 31, 2022.
- Andrew R. Flores, Donald P. Haider-Markel, Daniel C. Lewis, Patrick R. Miller, and Jami K. Taylor, “Americans aren’t asking for transgender sports bans. So why pass them?” May 24, 2022.
- Michael Feola, “Why Republicans are attacking Disney for ‘grooming’ on LGBTQ rights,” May 5, 2022.
- Zein Murib, “Laws targeting transgender youths lean on myths about White childhood innocence. This explains how,” March 23, 2022.
- Kim Yi Dionne, “‘Love Falls on Us’ explores the intersection of African LGBT rights and American activism,” September 19, 2020.
- Akhil Rajan and Christina Pao, “Scandal hurts gay candidates more than straight ones — but in a roundabout way,” August 31, 2020.
- Phillip M. Ayoub, “Attacking LGBT life helped the right-wing Polish president win reelection — barely,” July 21, 2020.
- Amanda Hollis-Brusky, “The Supreme Court closed the door on LGBTQ employment discrimination. But it opened a window,” June 16, 2020.
- Stephen Jessee, Neil Malhotra, and Maya Sen, “The Supreme Court said LGBT discrimination in the workplace should be illegal. Roughly 70% of Republicans agree,” June 16, 2020.
- Conor O’Dwyer, “How Poland’s attacks on LGBT rights strengthened the Polish LGBT movement,” April 26, 2019.
- Sarah Bauerle Danzman and Geoffrey Gertz, “Why is the U.S. forcing a Chinese company to sell the gay dating app Grindr?” April 3, 2019.
- Phillip M. Ayoub, “The Trump administration will push to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide. Surprised? Here’s why,” February 27, 2019.
- Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds, “The 2018 blue wave included quite a few LGBT wins — even though voters are still wary of gay and trans candidates,” November 25, 2018.
- Andrew R. Lewis, “Abortion taught conservative Christians to argue for minority rights — as they’re doing today in Masterpiece Cakeshop,” December 5, 2017.
- Katy Pearce, “Gay men and trans women were suddenly rounded up in Azerbaijan. Here’s why,” October 14, 2017.
- Andrew R. Flores, “Yes, there’s racism in the LGBT community. But there’s more outside it,” July 7, 2017.
- Rick Valelly, “Kerry’s ‘Lavender Scare’ apology reveals an important shift in LGBT politics,” January 19, 2017.
- Phillip M. Ayoub, “Would Brexit help LGBT people in Britain? Be skeptical,” June 22, 2016.
- Andrew Reynolds, “A record number of LGBTQ people were just elected to the British Parliament,” June 11, 2017.
- Andrew Reynolds and Charles W. Gossett, “The U.S. elected fewer openly LGBT legislators this cycle than last. Again,” November 11, 2016.
- Kim Yi Dionne, “Will sanctions help sexual minorities in Uganda? Maybe, given what we know from Poland,” June 20, 2014.
- John Sides, “How big business got behind gay rights,” March 1, 2014.
- Erik Voeten, “The recriminalization of homosexuality in India and the potential for broader backlash,” December 11, 2013.
Marriage equality
- Alison Gash, “The Respect for Marriage Act won’t fully protect same-sex parents,” December 8, 2022.
- Andrew R. Flores, “Most Republicans ignored constituents’ opinions on marriage equality,” August 16, 2022.
- Enze Han and Joseph O’Mahoney, “What will Taiwan’s same-sex marriages mean in the rest of Asia?” May 25, 2019.
- Adam McMahon, “Pete Buttigieg is the first U.S. presidential candidate in a same-sex marriage. Here are 3 reasons that matters,” April 10, 2019.
- Phillip M. Ayoub, “Merkel opposed marriage equality — until now. What happened?” June 29, 2017.
- Erik Voeten, “What the European Court judgment on same-sex couples in Italy means,” July 21, 2015.
- Johan Elkink, David Farrell, Jane Suiter, and Theresa Reidy, “Young people voted in droves for marriage equality in Ireland. Equality would have won without them,” June 30, 2015.
- Patrick J. Egan, “Will marriage turn gay people into Republicans? Not anytime soon,” June 29, 2015.
- Andrew Reynolds, “Why does the Republican Party still oppose LGBT rights?” June 18, 2015.
- David Farrell, Clodagh Harris, and Jane Suiter, “The Irish vote for marriage equality started at a constitutional convention,” June 5, 2015.
- Jane Suiter, “How equality campaigners got Ireland to vote for same sex marriage,” May 23, 2015.
- Henry Farrell and Niamh Hardiman, “Ireland’s voters approve same-sex marriage. Here’s how that happened,” May 23, 2015.
- Benjamin G. Bishin, Thomas J. Hayes, Matthew B. Incantalupo, and Charles Anthony Smith, “Some Supreme Court Justices worry that a gay marriage ruling will provoke public backlash. They shouldn’t be concerned,” April 30, 2015.
- Patrick J. Egan, “Here’s one way marriage equality is no longer like ‘Loving’ or ‘Roe,’” April 29, 2015.
- Erik Voeten, “Why Russia tried to curb same-sex partner rights at the U.N. (and why it lost),” March 25, 2015.
- Andrew Gelman, “Same-sex couples less likely to get divorced than straight couples . . . so far,” December 15, 2014.
- Andrew Gelman, “Same-sex divorce rate not as low as it seemed,” December 15, 2014.
- Patrick J. Egan, “More gay people can now get legally married. They can still be legally fired,” October 6, 2014.
- Melina Platas, “Who’s behind Uganda’s step forward on same-sex rights?” August 4, 2014.
- Dario Cepo, “Same-sex marriage experiences a major setback in Croatia,” December 4, 2013.
- John Sides, “Liz Cheney’s view of gay marriage makes her a normal Republican,” November 18, 2013.
Transgender military service
- Alexander B. Downes, “Would transgender troops harm military effectiveness? Here’s what the research says,” March 27, 2018.
- Michael Flynn, “Are transgender military members more suicidal than others? A careful look at the data puts that in doubt,” September 12, 2017.
- Eric van der Vort, “How the LGBT movement came together to fight Trump’s transgender military ban,” September 11, 2017.
- Steven White, “Most Americans opposed integrating the military in 1948. Most Americans support transgender military service today,” August 1, 2017.
- Mitchell Sellers, “The 4 key things you need to know about Trump's proposed ban on transgender military service,” July 31, 2017.
LGBTQ around the world
- Andrew R. Flores, “Republican attacks on LGBTQ lives may have helped elect Democrats,” December 16, 2022.
- Allyson F. Shortle, Eric L. McDaniel, and Irfan Nooruddin, “Americans are growing more accepting of Christian nationalism,” September 1, 2022.
- Mona Tajali, “Afghanistan’s women in exile continue to push for equality,” August 18, 2022.
- Yvonne Su and Samuel Ritholtz, “How LGBT refugees from Ukraine are highly vulnerable,” April 13, 2022.
- Jamie J. Hagen, “In countries as different as Colombia and Lebanon, LGBTQ advocates are helping lead protests and build peace,” July 15, 2021.
- Enze Han and Joseph O'Mahoney, “What will Taiwan’s same-sex marriages mean in the rest of Asia?” May 25, 2019.
- Phillip M. Ayoub, “Merkel opposed marriage equality — until now. What happened?” June 29, 2017.
- Andrew Reynolds, “A record number of LGBTQ people were just elected to the British Parliament,” June 11, 2017.
- Phillip M. Ayoub, “Would Brexit help LGBT people in Britain? Be skeptical,” June 22, 2016.
- David Farrell, Clodagh Harris, and Jane Suiter, “The Irish vote for marriage equality started at a constitutional convention,” June 5, 2015.
- Jane Suiter, “How equality campaigners got Ireland to vote for same sex marriage,” May 23, 2015.
- Henry Farrell and Niamh Hardiman, “Ireland’s voters approve same-sex marriage. Here’s how that happened,” May 23, 2015.
- Erik Voeten, “Why Russia tried to curb same-sex partner rights at the U.N. (and why it lost),” March 25, 2015.
- Melina Platas, “Who’s behind Uganda’s step forward on same-sex rights?” August 4, 2014.
- Dario Cepo, “Same-sex marriage experiences a major setback in Croatia,” December 4, 2013.