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2016, a Visible Year: discursive uses of visibility in LGBT activism in Bucharest, Romania
2016, a Visible Year: discursive uses of visibility in LGBT activism in Bucharest, Romania

Author(s): Alice Venir
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Gender Studies
Published by: Societatea de Analize Feministe AnA
Keywords: LGBT;visibility;activism;Romania;Pride;the Coalition for Family

Summary/Abstract: Over the last years, activists in the LGBT community in Bucharest have pointed out and promoted a significant increase in visibility. From new associations being born to more people attending the Pride, from more media coverage of LGBT topics to flourishing cultural and artistic productions on LGBT issues, visibility appears on the rise, as often argued by local activists. Drawing on a 6-month-long ethnographic research and on extensive interviews with activists, artists and personalities in the community, this article explores and problematizes the meanings of visibility among such actors.In dialogue with the current literature on LGBT movements and their visibility in the CEE region, the article will address various meanings of visibility on a collective level starting from the diverse stances towards the yearly Pride march and the different political approaches to visibility embraced by the main LGBT NGOs in Romania. This article will point out reflexivity and agency of local actors beyond and within the normative globalising forces of Western LGBT discourses.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 10 (24)
  • Page Range: 91-109
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English