Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, worldwi feratn of dividuals and nonprof anizatns seekg to protect the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and tersexual persons and to raise awarens of discrimatn bee of sexual orientatn or genr inty.
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INTERNATNAL LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATN
The polics surroundg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) claims have received creasg attentn the past few years. LGBTQ advoc * lgbt tans international relations *
Countri across the globe have implemented substantial equaly provisns orr to prove that they are ‘morn’ or ‘Wtern’ enough, while others rpond wh phback the form of homophobic legislatn and persecutn. A forthg volume on the impact of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) claims [1] on IR (Picq & Thiel 2015) argu that such perspectiv are not only an herent part of world polics, but n also fluence IR theory-makg. Queer Theory self emphasiz the fluidy of sexualy – or better, sexuali – and qutns tablished norms, tegori, and stat wh a special foc on challengg sexual (hetero/homo), genr (male/female), class (rich/poor), and racial (whe/non-whe) tegori, and ternatnal bary orrs (liberal-mocratic/premorn thorarian).
That visibily is slowly changg wh empiril se-study work on homophobia (Weiss & Bosia 2013) or llective inti (Ayoub & Paternotte 2014), and the creasg relevance of trans/ternatnal polil disurs for LGBTQ rights globally. Reflectg on the possible futur of LGBT advocy and queer rearch, there are var cril aspects to nsir: the progrs of such strategic polics is maly limed to the Wt, and evok domtic hetero- and homonormative and ternatnal (homo)lonialist ntentns.