Polish queer movement from the social policy perspective

• Authors: Skuza P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article is an attempt to show how Polish emancipation gay and lesbian movement evolves and how it affects the queer theory, which is being run within the humanities. The dramatic struggle held to make the Parade of Tolerance in June 2005 legal has stimulated once again a debate over the existence of queer people in Poland. This article also argues that ambiguous state of the movement raises a need of more social attitude to the issue. However, the discourse of antigay, homophobic rhetoric opposes any social initiatives in this matter. The author presents the wide scope of gay publications and argues with the constructivist approach of Jacek Kochanowski. Instead he offers a moderate essential attitude, called oscillating gay identity.

Keywords

EN

GAY & LESBIAN STUDIES; HOMOPHOBIA; IDENTITY; QUEER; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Polityki Społecznej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Problemy Polityki Społecznej. Studia i Dyskusje
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 111-129
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Skuza P.

• P. Skuza, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Instytut Pedagogiki, ul. Boleslawa Krzywoustego 19, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA00681728