Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Inspired by a major conference held in 2016 entitled "After Marriage: The Future of LGBTQ Politics and Scholarship," which was the largest public conversation focused on this theme, Queer Activism After Marriage Equality focuses on the implications of legal same-sex marriage for LGBTQ social movements and organizing. It asks how the agendas, structures, financing, and strategies of LGBTQ movement organizations are changing now that same-sex marriage is legal.
Drawing from critical and intersectional perspectives, Queer Activism After Marriage Equality explores the questions and issues facing the next chapter of LGBTQ activism and social movement work. The volume comprises of academic papers, edited transcripts of selected conference sessions, and interviews with activists, all taking a critical look at the high-profile work of national and state-wide equality organizations, examining the costs of winning marriage equality, and what that has meant for other LGBTQ activism. In addition, it also examines other forms of queer activism that have existed for years in the shadows of the marriage equality movement, as well as new social movements that have developed more recently. Finally, it presents case studies from other countries, and considers lessons that can be learned from them by U.S. activists.
By presenting research on these and other trends, this volume helps translate queer critiques advanced during the marriage campaigns into a framework for ongoing critical research in the after-marriage period.
Synopsis
Queer Activism After Marriage Equality focuses on the implications of legal same-sex marriage for LGBTQ social movements and organizing. It asks how the agendas, strategies, structures and financing of LGBTQ movement organizations are changing now that same-sex marriage is legal in some countries.
Building on a major conference held in 2016 entitled "After Marriage: The Future of LGBTQ Politics and Scholarship," this collection draws from critical and intersectional perspectives to explore the questions and issues facing the next chapter of LGBTQ activism and social movement work. It comprises academic papers, international case studies, edited transcripts of selected conference sessions, and interviews with activists. These take a critical look at the high-profile work of national and state-wide equality organizations, analyzing the costs of winning marriage equality and what that has meant for other LGBTQ activism. In addition to this, the book examines other forms of queer activism that have existed for years in the shadows of the marriage equality movement, as well as new social movements that have developed more recently. Finally, it looks to examples of activism in other countries and considers lessons U.S. activists can learn from them.
By presenting research on these and other trends, this volume helps translate queer critiques advanced during the marriage campaigns into a framework for ongoing critical research in the after-marriage period.