TY - JOUR
T1 - LGBTI rights and the 2017 German national election
AU - Davidson-Schmich, Louise K.
N1 - Funding Information:
5. Foreign Policy: A fifth set of policy preferences involved promoting human rights for gay, lesbian, intersex, and transgender people abroad. The LSVD supported training German diplomatic personnel to better advocate on behalf of these rights while serving outside the country. They also demanded that the EU and the German Foreign Office provide financial assistance to LGBTI rights groups in the global south and Eastern Europe. In addition, the Association called for financial support to the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, an LSVD-backed organization which assists international LGBTI rights activists through networking and informational campaigns.
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This article examines the 2017 German national election through the lens of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) interests. It depicts the ways in which sexual minorities articulated their policy preferences, the degree to which these positions were taken up in party platforms and electoral discourse, and the extent to which the resulting coalition agreement pledged to address queer citizens' concerns. I argue that, as a result of what Sarah Childs and Mona Lena Krook call a critical actor, this election provided sexual minorities with a high degree of responsiveness on one core issue: marriage equality. Other issues of interest to LGBTI voters, however, remained largely invisible. The conclusions here are based on analysis of primary documents including interest group statements, party platforms, and coalition agreements, as well as on German-language news coverage of the election campaign.
AB - This article examines the 2017 German national election through the lens of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) interests. It depicts the ways in which sexual minorities articulated their policy preferences, the degree to which these positions were taken up in party platforms and electoral discourse, and the extent to which the resulting coalition agreement pledged to address queer citizens' concerns. I argue that, as a result of what Sarah Childs and Mona Lena Krook call a critical actor, this election provided sexual minorities with a high degree of responsiveness on one core issue: marriage equality. Other issues of interest to LGBTI voters, however, remained largely invisible. The conclusions here are based on analysis of primary documents including interest group statements, party platforms, and coalition agreements, as well as on German-language news coverage of the election campaign.
KW - Critical actors
KW - Intersex
KW - LGBT
KW - Same-sex marriage
KW - Sexual minorities
KW - Transgender
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U2 - 10.3167/gps.2018.360203
DO - 10.3167/gps.2018.360203
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049233657
VL - 36
SP - 27
EP - 54
JO - German Politics and Society
JF - German Politics and Society
SN - 1045-0300
IS - 2
ER -