Transnational LGBT Activism and UK-Based NGOs

Abstract

The Global Queer Politics book series is a new outlet for research on political and social processes that contest dominant heteronormative orders in both legal and policy frames and cultural formations. It presents studies encompassing all aspects of queer politics, understood in the expansive terms of much activism as addressing the politics of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and intersex status, as well as non-heteronormative sexualities and genders more widely -including emerging identities such as asexual, pansexual, or non-binary. As struggles over violence, human rights and inequalities have become more prominent in world politics, this series provides a forum to challenge retrenchments of inequalities, and new forms of contestation, criminalization and persecution, situated in wider geopolitics. Particularly welcome are works attentive to multiple inequalities, such as related to class and caste, race and ethnicity, nationalism, religion, disability and age, imperialism and colonialism. Global, regional, transnational, comparative and national studies are welcome, but that speak to international processes.Books in the Global Queer Politics series will initially be published in hardback and ebook formats, and are made available in paperback after two years. Ebook package subscriptions for libraries in less developed countries are in accessible scaled rates relative to the size and location of institutions, enabling free access to library patrons. Additionally these package subscriptions make it possible for library patrons to purchase personal paperback editions of each book when it is released, through the MyCopy scheme.The Global Queer Politics book series welcomes:All academic disciplines and approaches that can contribute to the study of politics, including, but not limited to, international relations, political theory, sociology, socio-legal studies, contemporary history, social policy, development, public policy, cultural studies, media studies and gender and sexuality studies.Methodologies which may include comparative works and case studies with relevant transnational dimensions, and analyses of global processes. Research from authors who have activist, governmental and international experience, as well as work that can contribute to the global debate over LGBTIQ rights with perspectives from the Global South.

Navigating LGBT+ ageing inequalities during challenging times: A case study of UK LGBT+ community organisations

“…Recognising difference in the impact on different ageing communities from COVID-19 requires understanding and appreciating the intersectionalities of lived experiences. This concerns how multiple dynamic factors inform experiences and identities and the commonalities around which complicate the practice of effective solidarity to help communities engage in more activism (see Farmer, 2020).…”

“…The struggles and alliances of the LGBT+ community and its social movements are well-documented (Blasius and Phelan, 1997;Stryker and Whittle, 2006;Jennings, 2007;Cocker and Brown, 2010). Since 2011, the number of UK-based non-governmental organisations engaged in lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) activism have since notably increased as greater legal protections and policy has developed (Farmer, 2020). The UK space is continually evolving and given the complexity of LGBT+ identity politics at both local, regional and transnational levels, and encourages conceptualisations of solidaristic relationships beyond the LGBT+ identity spectrum such as in local government and in the Trade Union movement.…”

“…Cooper (1994;1995) also refers to the intersection of LGBT activist politics with institutionalisation of the new urban left; identity politics; and the developing influence of feminism within local politics, particularly the Labour party, in local government employment, and as elected council members. The forging of diverse expressions of solidarity throughout the 1984-1985 miners' strike in Britain, with the formation of groups such as 'Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners' demonstrated opportunities for solidaristic relationships not bound only by likeness (Farmer, 2020). Trans activists have been at the forefront of feminist and LGBT struggles for many decades, and the category of 'transfeminism' signals the articulation of these practices into a cohesive political standpoint (Garriga-López, 2016;Hines, 2020).…”

Offsite Construction Methods—What We Learned from the UK Housing Sector

“…It is predicted that modular will develop most where there is cheap land and where there is a desire for quick delivery. This will thrive where local authorities are pragmatic and open to innovation [28].…”