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Proud In Europe?
LGBTI Emancipation in Comparative Perspective
August 4-5, 2016, Amsterdam
Call for Papers
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In August 2016, the city of Amsterdam will host Europride. In the two
days preceding the canal parade an international scientific conference
will take place in collaboration with the Amsterdam Research Center for
Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and
its partners. The conference takes Europride as an occasion to question
and compare the state of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
intersex (LGBTI) emancipation in Europe.
Throughout Europe on local, national and supranational levels issues
surrounding LGBTI rights have taken central roles on political agendas,
within social movements, and in the media. In some contexts debates on
LGBTI rights have resulted in social unrest and protests between
opposing groups, while in other settings debates on LGBTI rights have
resulted in pro-active policy engagement by actors and institutions at
various levels of government.
Emancipation policy has been both lauded and contested, with its
proponents praising pro-active promotion of acceptance of LGBTI
identities and its opponents often questioning the conceptualization of
emancipation as a clear path to be followed and achieved when set
objectives are met. Some governmental actors have even profiled
themselves on the development and implementation of LGBTI emancipatory
policies.
Many changes have taken place in the last several decades regarding
LGBTI rights and acceptance in Europe. Many European governments have
enacted anti-discrimination legislation, and some countries have
legalized various forms of same-sex partnerships. Some local and
national governments have also engaged in pro-active policies to promote
the acceptance of LGBTI identities. LGBTI representation in a number of
media has also continued to rise.
Despite many changes throughout Europe, there are a number of issues
that are cause for concern amongst LGBTIs: Many people have increasingly
voiced concerns about anti-gay violence; LGBTI youth often face
discrimination and bullying in schools; Trans, bisexual, and intersex
issues deserve to receive much more attention; Critiques of racism and
ageism in the mainstream gay and lesbian community have not received
sufficient attention; The once extravagant and proud gay and lesbian
nightlife seems to be withering. Additionally, some activists and
scholars have raised concerns about the normalization of the LGBTI
movement and community and the marginalization of queer and sex-radical
perspectives.
This two-day conference will offer a space to reflect from different
European contexts on gains made in the fight for LGBTI rights as well as
blind spots and pitfalls encountered on the way. The focus of the
conference will be on tracing developments regarding LGBTI politics
throughout Europe from various perspectives and disciplines from the
social and behavioural sciences, the humanities, and law.
Confirmed Speakers:
Phillip Ayoub (Drexel University)
Surya Monro (University of Huddersfield)
(interviewing members of the
Rainbow Cities Network)
Special event with trans activist and artist Paola Revenioti
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Papers can be submitted to one of the following panels:
 Panel 01: Pride and Prejudice: Queer Connections between Sexual
Minority Emancipation and Religious Change
 Panel 02: Sexual Justice?
 Panel 03: Sexual Citizenship - Are We There Yet?
 Panel 04: Migration of rights: Europe-Africa legal exchange in
relation to sexual orientation and gender identity
 Panel 05: Governments Going Gay? Relations Between LGBT Social
Movements and Governmental Actors in
Various European Contexts
 Panel 06: Persistent Homophobia? The Political Marginalization of LGBT
Issues and Organizations in Europe
 Panel 07: Trans* health practice, politics and science
 Panel 08: Embedding lesbian and gay parenting in various legal
contexts within Europe: How legal changes
relate to experiences, acceptance and emancipation
 Panel 09: From the Margins to the Mainstream?
 Panel 10: Local level, neighborhoods and LGBTQ politics in European
cities: A comparative perspective
 Panel 11: Comparative survey approaches to LGBTI persons, couples and
families
 Panel 12: Beyond the alphabet soup?
 Panel 13: LGBTI Refugees, Immigration Authorities and the Gay Community
 Panel 14: More labels or no labels? An interdisciplinary panel on
“creating space” for gender ambivalence and
diversity
 Panel 15: Non-binary gender possibilities, practices and identities at
the interstice of “Asia” and “Europe”
 Panel 16: (Re)Formations of transgender activism and politics
 Panel 17: European perspectives on LGBTI workforce diversity
 Panel 18: Out! LGBTQI Visibility in Media and Celebrity Culture
 Panel 19: LGBTIQ politics, homo/heteronationalism and political economy
 Panel 20: Bisexualities and Equalities in a European context
 Panel 21: Polyamory: Law and Human Rights
 Panel 22: How homophiles became gay and proud
 Panel 23: Emancipated yet suffering in silence? – tackling the
stubbornly high prevalence of mental health
problems among LGBTI people
 Panel 24: Same-sex families and the migration experience
For a full description of each panel please see the conference website:
http://aissr.uva.nl/europride-conference
Information for paper submissions:
The organisers invite paper proposals to be submitted through the
conference website:
http://aissr.uva.nl/europride-conference
Please send: Name and email address of the author
Title
Abstract (up to 300 words)
Deadline for submission: March 31, 2016
Paper proposals can be submitted from February 22, 2016 until March 31,
2016.
Panel conveners will be notified of the decision in mid-April 2016.
Registration fee for presenters and panel organizers: €150
Registration fee for graduate students and participants: €75
Deadline for registration of participants: July 1, 2016.
To contact the organisers please send an email to: [log in to unmask]
Scientific Committee:
Jan Willem Duyvendak (University of Amsterdam)
Saskia Keuzekamp (VU Free University)
Jaap Kooijman (University of Amsterdam)
Rahil Roodsaz (Radboud University)
Robert J. Davidson (University of Amsterdam)
Ad van Dam (Independent Scholar)

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badaczka, projekt badawczy "Rodziny z Wyboru w Polsce"
Instytut Psychologii, Polska Akademia Nauk
Research Officer, project "Families of Choice In Poland"
Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences 
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