LGBT Russians and Political Environment for Activism

Bibliographic Data

ID12302099
AuthorsRadzhana Buyantueva (0000-0001-6254-1468, Newcastle University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume54
Issue3
Pages119-136
Publication date2021-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.119
OpenAlexW3193408353
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited38

This article examines the impact of external and internal state policies on Russian LGBT activism. Drawing on the political opportunity structure (POS) framework, it focuses on the analysis of two factors (the level of state repression on LGBT people and the direction of state foreign policy) and their impact on LGBT activism. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s goal for closer relations with the West facilitated the decrease of pressure on LGBT people. That created positive conditions for LGBT activism. Since the late 1990s, however, Russia’s direction in foreign policy has become more assertive. That has facilitated the increase in state repression on LGBT people and activists. Such negative changes in POS have posed challenges for LGBT activism complicating its further development

Assertiveness · Foreign policy · Political activism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological repression · Social activism · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology