Are We Thinking Straight? The Politics of Straightness in a Lesbian and Gay Social Movement Organization
In: Community development journal, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 270-272
ISSN: 1468-2656
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In: Community development journal, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 270-272
ISSN: 1468-2656
In: Gender, place and culture: a journal of feminist geography, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 113-135
ISSN: 1360-0524
In: Feminist review, Band 124, Heft 1, S. 51-67
ISSN: 1466-4380
Resistances to sexual and gender rights are shifting and need new theorisations. This article develops the analytical concept of heteroactivism by exploring its relation to abortion debates in Ireland. Heteroactivism as an analytical category examines resistances to sexual and gender rights that seek to reiterate the place of the heteronormative family (both in terms of gender norms and heterosexuality) through activisms that can stand against new legislative orders. The article investigates three texts to explore how the 'Vote No' campaign in Ireland discussed 'loving both', but in the main thrust of the poster campaign instead focused on the foetus as an 'unborn child'. Using textual and visual analysis, we show the creation of Ireland through seeking to 'love both' and create a distinction from the dangers, and foreign contagion, of England. The article concludes by arguing that ongoing work is needed to explore heteroactivism and its diverse manifestations, including in abortion debates.