Julie Moreau
Biographic Data
| ID | 3963091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie Moreau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie |
| FAMILY NAME | Moreau |
| SIGNATURE | MOREAU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-0885-3620 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unity in Diversity? LGBTQ Coalitional Identity and Linked Fate in the US, Canada, and the UK
Scholars increasingly use linked fate, or the idea that one’s own destiny is tied to the success of one’s group, to explain LGBTQ political participation and voting behavior. However, unlike most other identities referenced in linked fate questions, “LGBTQ” is a coalitional identity that explicitly recognizes distinct constituent subgroup identities (such as “lesbian”). To what extent do sexual and gender minority individuals express linked fate …
South-South transnational movement building
Every other year, the Changes Faces, Changing Spaces (CFCS) conference gathers African LGBTIQ+ and sex worker activists. While the transnational activism literature documents the importance of cross-national connections for social movement success, the role of activist spaces like CFCS in their development remains undertheorized. We examine CFCS’ impact on the African LGBTIQ+ and sex worker movement and, based on forty interviews with CFCS 2023 p…
After Equality
After Equality tackles one of the biggest challenges facing LGBT activists in many parts of the world: how to move beyond inclusive legislation to ensure LGBT people can exercise their newly acquired rights. Drawing from in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation with two lesbian organizations in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Cape Town, South Africa, Julie Moreau explores the ways that organizations use identity to make rights useful. Engagin…
Intersectionality, Linked Fate, and LGBTQ Latinx Political Participation
This article uses the concepts of intersectionality and linked fate to understand the relationship between group identification and political behavior among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and non-LGBTQ Latinx individuals. Drawing on the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS), we find that LGBTQ Latinx respondents report feelings of linked fate to both the Latinx and LGBTQ community, and that LGBTQ Latin…
Trump in Transnational Perspective
Despite campaign promises to be the most “gay-friendly” Republican president, since assuming office, Donald Trump has been proactive in what many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocates call a “rollback” of gains made during the Barack Obama administration, shocking many observers and bringing sexual and gender politics to the fore. How can we make sense of the contradictions and consequences of Trump's sexual and gender politics…
Much ‘I do’ about nothing? The impact of South Africa’s Civil Union Act on media representations of marriage
With the Civil Union Act in 2006, South Africa passed the first national-level same-sex marriage legislation on the continent. Both proponents and opponents ascribed importance to this legislation based on the idea that it would fundamentally change the institution of marriage. Has the Civil Union Act changed the depiction of marriage in media, and by extension, changed representation of this institution in the public sphere? This article investi…
Overlapping publics and the negotiation of legitimacy in South African and Namibian sexual politics
This article explores how and why social movement organizations negotiate their presence in, and demands on, multiple public spheres. We analyse the strategies of two social movement organizations, Free Gender in Cape Town, South Africa, and Sister Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia. Free Gender elected to withdraw participation from a governmental task team convened to address the issue of homophobic violence, despite the opportunity this offered the …
Homophobia hurts”
Much has been written on the successful lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex movement in South Africa, and the resulting institutionalization of sexual minority rights. Comparatively less has been written about the forms of activism undertaken specifically by Black lesbians that are not oriented toward legal change. In this article, I assert the need to examine public demonstrations of mourning as an act of Black lesbian resistance t…
Revisiting Repertoire Transition
The influential work of Tilly and Tarrow on social movement repertoire transitions—moving from older, local, and episodic tactics to newer, national, and sustained tactics—has contributed significantly to the development of social movements theory. This article expands Tilly and Tarrow's theoretical framework by drawing on examples from Nigeria and Kenya. First, we examine the causal factors contributing to repertoire transitions in these postcol…
Intersectional Citizenship, Violence, and Lesbian Resistance in South Africa
There is a growing body of literature on intersectionality and citizenship, with scholars positing a need to analyze multiple identities simultaneously in order to understand both the legal incorporation and embodied experience of citizenship for marginalized groups. Building upon this central insight, I contribute to this literature by articulating the components of an intersectional citizenship framework to better understand the way multiple id…
Intersectionality, Linked Fate, and LGBTQ Latinx Political Participation
This article uses the concepts of intersectionality and linked fate to understand the relationship between group identification and political behavior among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and non-LGBTQ Latinx individuals. Drawing on the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS), we find that LGBTQ Latinx respondents report feelings of linked fate to both the Latinx and LGBTQ community, and that LGBTQ Latin…
Trump in Transnational Perspective
Despite campaign promises to be the most “gay-friendly” Republican president, since assuming office, Donald Trump has been proactive in what many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocates call a “rollback” of gains made during the Barack Obama administration, shocking many observers and bringing sexual and gender politics to the fore. How can we make sense of the contradictions and consequences of Trump's sexual and gender politics…
Intersectional Citizenship, Violence, and Lesbian Resistance in South Africa
There is a growing body of literature on intersectionality and citizenship, with scholars positing a need to analyze multiple identities simultaneously in order to understand both the legal incorporation and embodied experience of citizenship for marginalized groups. Building upon this central insight, I contribute to this literature by articulating the components of an intersectional citizenship framework to better understand the way multiple id…
Revisiting Repertoire Transition
The influential work of Tilly and Tarrow on social movement repertoire transitions—moving from older, local, and episodic tactics to newer, national, and sustained tactics—has contributed significantly to the development of social movements theory. This article expands Tilly and Tarrow's theoretical framework by drawing on examples from Nigeria and Kenya. First, we examine the causal factors contributing to repertoire transitions in these postcol…
Homophobia hurts”
Much has been written on the successful lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex movement in South Africa, and the resulting institutionalization of sexual minority rights. Comparatively less has been written about the forms of activism undertaken specifically by Black lesbians that are not oriented toward legal change. In this article, I assert the need to examine public demonstrations of mourning as an act of Black lesbian resistance t…
Intersectional Citizenship, Violence, and Lesbian Resistance in South Africa
There is a growing body of literature on intersectionality and citizenship, with scholars positing a need to analyze multiple identities simultaneously in order to understand both the legal incorporation and embodied experience of citizenship for marginalized groups. Building upon this central insight, I contribute to this literature by articulating the components of an intersectional citizenship framework to better understand the way multiple id…
Homophobia hurts”
Much has been written on the successful lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex movement in South Africa, and the resulting institutionalization of sexual minority rights. Comparatively less has been written about the forms of activism undertaken specifically by Black lesbians that are not oriented toward legal change. In this article, I assert the need to examine public demonstrations of mourning as an act of Black lesbian resistance t…
Revisiting Repertoire Transition
The influential work of Tilly and Tarrow on social movement repertoire transitions—moving from older, local, and episodic tactics to newer, national, and sustained tactics—has contributed significantly to the development of social movements theory. This article expands Tilly and Tarrow's theoretical framework by drawing on examples from Nigeria and Kenya. First, we examine the causal factors contributing to repertoire transitions in these postcol…
Much ‘I do’ about nothing? The impact of South Africa’s Civil Union Act on media representations of marriage
With the Civil Union Act in 2006, South Africa passed the first national-level same-sex marriage legislation on the continent. Both proponents and opponents ascribed importance to this legislation based on the idea that it would fundamentally change the institution of marriage. Has the Civil Union Act changed the depiction of marriage in media, and by extension, changed representation of this institution in the public sphere? This article investi…
Overlapping publics and the negotiation of legitimacy in South African and Namibian sexual politics
This article explores how and why social movement organizations negotiate their presence in, and demands on, multiple public spheres. We analyse the strategies of two social movement organizations, Free Gender in Cape Town, South Africa, and Sister Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia. Free Gender elected to withdraw participation from a governmental task team convened to address the issue of homophobic violence, despite the opportunity this offered the …
Trump in Transnational Perspective
Despite campaign promises to be the most “gay-friendly” Republican president, since assuming office, Donald Trump has been proactive in what many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocates call a “rollback” of gains made during the Barack Obama administration, shocking many observers and bringing sexual and gender politics to the fore. How can we make sense of the contradictions and consequences of Trump's sexual and gender politics…
Intersectionality, Linked Fate, and LGBTQ Latinx Political Participation
This article uses the concepts of intersectionality and linked fate to understand the relationship between group identification and political behavior among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and non-LGBTQ Latinx individuals. Drawing on the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS), we find that LGBTQ Latinx respondents report feelings of linked fate to both the Latinx and LGBTQ community, and that LGBTQ Latin…
After Equality
After Equality tackles one of the biggest challenges facing LGBT activists in many parts of the world: how to move beyond inclusive legislation to ensure LGBT people can exercise their newly acquired rights. Drawing from in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation with two lesbian organizations in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Cape Town, South Africa, Julie Moreau explores the ways that organizations use identity to make rights useful. Engagin…
Unity in Diversity? LGBTQ Coalitional Identity and Linked Fate in the US, Canada, and the UK
Scholars increasingly use linked fate, or the idea that one’s own destiny is tied to the success of one’s group, to explain LGBTQ political participation and voting behavior. However, unlike most other identities referenced in linked fate questions, “LGBTQ” is a coalitional identity that explicitly recognizes distinct constituent subgroup identities (such as “lesbian”). To what extent do sexual and gender minority individuals express linked fate …
South-South transnational movement building
Every other year, the Changes Faces, Changing Spaces (CFCS) conference gathers African LGBTIQ+ and sex worker activists. While the transnational activism literature documents the importance of cross-national connections for social movement success, the role of activist spaces like CFCS in their development remains undertheorized. We examine CFCS’ impact on the African LGBTIQ+ and sex worker movement and, based on forty interviews with CFCS 2023 p…
Politics (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (6 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (6 works)