Massimo Prearo
Biographic Data
| ID | 904993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Massimo Prearo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Massimo |
| FAMILY NAME | Prearo |
| SIGNATURE | PREARO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Verona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3844-7169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Do LGBTIQ+ issues matter for populist radical right? An analysis of Italian parties’ social media narratives
Rainbow ballots: Introducing the Italian LGBTIQ+ electoral survey 2024
The development of an empirics-based political science agenda on the electoral dimension of LGBTIQ+ citizens has been traditionally hindered by the widespread lack of individual-level data related to the sensitivity of their identity, including in Italy. In this paper, we contribute to the literature by first presenting an innovative survey, providing novel public-opinion data on the political participation, issue attitudes, and vote choice of a …
Double-edged Swords? Party Ideology, Activism, and Visibility in the Careers of Italian LGBT+ Politicians
This article analyzes the careers of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) politicians in Italy, focusing on the dual role of party affiliation, visibility, and the relationship with LGBT+ organized activism. Qualitative analysis of twenty-two semi-structured interviews with out LGBT+ politicians shows that party affiliation, activism, and personal openness can both advance and hinder their careers, depending on contextual and individual ci…
Beyond electoral performance: Reviewing and advancing the literature on LGBTIQ+ political careers
In recent years, the rising number of LGBTIQ+ politicians across the world has been matched by an increase in academic attention on which factors foster or hinder their careers. Here, we provide a comprehensive analytical review of the relevant literature, with the goal of illustrating both its synergies and imbalances. We show that most of the existing evidence specifically concerns LGBTIQ+ politicians' electoral performance. Moreover, this know…
A traditionalist pattern of morality politics in the Italian parliament: The Case of Same-Sex Civil Partnerships
This article analyses the Italian parliamentary debate on the Same-sex Civil Partnerships (SSP) bill, highlighting a 'traditionalist' pattern in Italy's morality politics. It investigates the multifaceted arguments brought to the debate, revealing a range of stances within and across parties. The study emphasizes a shift from religious justifications to post-materialist argumentative frames deployed by MPs to influence the highly conflictual nego…
Resisting the Epistemic Straight Gaze in the Anti-gender Era: Italian LGBTIQ+ Studies and Scholars, 2013-2023
This article discusses the challenges faced by scholars involved in gender and LGBTIQ+ studies and research, within a context of increased attacks by anti-gender coalitions of social movements and parties. It highlights the precarious and vulnerable position of gender and LGBTIQ+ scholars in an academic environment set by neoliberal agendas and anti-gender rhetoric. The contribution reflects on the role of academic institutions in reinforcing dom…
The Anti-gender and Gender-critical Roots of the Italian Anti-trans Parent Activism
Between 2020 and 2021, the fight against the hate crimes bill proposal on discrimination and violence based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability marked a pivotal moment in the ongoing mobilization against LGBTQ+ rights in Italy. Proposed by the main center-left party, the Bill proposal encountered a strong opposition both by right-wing and by MPs of the progressive area itself. In particular, the category of gender …
The Moral Politics of LGBTI Asylum: How the State Deals with the Sogi Framework
The article proposes a political ethnography of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) asylum founded on a fieldwork (2017–19) in an associative and activist context that supports LGBTI asylum applicants. Through the analysis of the narratives mobilized and produced during the interviews between asylum applicants and institutional agents in charge of receiving and assessing the requests for international protection, the article explor…
The anti-gender movement in Italy: Catholic participation between electoral and protest politics
Between 2013 and 2016, a broad range of Catholic groups following pro-life and pro-family agendas has conducted a large anti-gender campaign, whose main result was the definition of a Catholic anti-gender movement in Italy. The anti-gender movement, opposed to the approval of the bill on civil unions for same-sex couples and the introduction of gender education programs in schools, has grown in popularity, becoming a source of participation and p…
Mouvement et communauté LGBT: Entretien avec Jean-Philippe Cazier
La naissance de la formule « LGBT » en France et en Italie: Une Analyse Comparative Des Discours De Mobilisation
L’analyse de l’émergence de la formule « LGBT », référentiel militant ayant contribué à la constitution d’un espace du militantisme LGBT à la fois symboliquement unitaire et pluriel, permet de comprendre le rôle joué par les stratégies discursives dans l’action collective LGBT. L’article propose une comparaison franco-italienne « par le bas » pour montrer que, si la circulation internationale des discours de mobilisation a contribué à déterminer …
Le Moment politique de l’homosexualité: Mouvements, identités et communautés en France
Comment l'homosexualité a-t-elle été pensée par les militant.e.s et comment ce savoir a-t-il participé à la construction des mouvements, des identités et des communautés en tant que discours d'une minorité politique ? Depuis l'invention de l'homosexualité par la médecine au XIXe siècle, et tout au long du XXe siècle, le militantisme homosexuel s'est employé à travailler, construire et déconstruire, par moments et par mouvements distincts et singu…
L’espace du militantisme LGBT à l’épreuve des présidentielles
La campagne présidentielle de 2012 a été l’occasion d’une professionnalisation et d’une structuration inédites de la mobilisation lesbienne, gaie, bi et trans (LGBT), et d’une très forte visibilité du « mouvement LGBT ». L’usage stratégique de quelques référentiels militants, que résume emblématiquement l’appel à un mouvement inter-associatif LGBT, à la fois uni et pluriel, s’est traduit en un discours que les candidat-e-s ont eu à reformuler, à …
Identité, sexualité, spiritualité. Entretien avec Jean Allouch
Dans cet entretien, explorant les dynamiques d’entrelacement, de coproduction, d’évitement et de résistance qui ont fondé et fondent le champ freudien et le champ des études gaies et lesbiennes, Jean Allouch revient sur sa propre construction intellectuelle et sur sa propre acception de l’analyse qu’il définit comme « spychanalytique ». Les assises théoriques du savoir psychanalytique et du savoir queer sont questionnées, tantôt pour mettre en év…
Politiques de la libération sexuelle
Un dossier récent de la revue Mouvements, coordonné par Clémentine Autain, Marc Bessin, Irène Jami, Ilana Löwy, Anne-Sophie Perrriaux, Patrick Simon et Sylvia Vivoli, interrogeait la pertinence de la notion de « révolution sexuelle » et donc de l’éventuelle libération de la sexualité. Les coordinateurs et les coordinatrices de ce dossier se proposaient de déconstruire ces notions et d’en montrer le caractère « mythologique ». Il s’agissait de mon…
Le moment 70 de la sexualité: De la dissidence identitaire en milieu militant
Face à la difficulté de situer l’action politique des féministes, des homosexuels et des lesbiennes dans la séquence historique des années 1968, tantôt abusivement rattachée aux événements de Mai 68, tantôt appréhendée comme surgissant dans l’après-coup du « moment 68 », la recherche de nouveaux paradigmes d’interprétation semble nécessaire. Cet article, sans résumer l’expérience politique des années 1970 ni donner à voir la complexité du paysage…
Réflexions critiques sur l'histoire contemporaine de l'homosexualité
The anti-gender movement in Italy: Catholic participation between electoral and protest politics
Between 2013 and 2016, a broad range of Catholic groups following pro-life and pro-family agendas has conducted a large anti-gender campaign, whose main result was the definition of a Catholic anti-gender movement in Italy. The anti-gender movement, opposed to the approval of the bill on civil unions for same-sex couples and the introduction of gender education programs in schools, has grown in popularity, becoming a source of participation and p…
The Moral Politics of LGBTI Asylum: How the State Deals with the Sogi Framework
The article proposes a political ethnography of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) asylum founded on a fieldwork (2017–19) in an associative and activist context that supports LGBTI asylum applicants. Through the analysis of the narratives mobilized and produced during the interviews between asylum applicants and institutional agents in charge of receiving and assessing the requests for international protection, the article explor…
La naissance de la formule « LGBT » en France et en Italie: Une Analyse Comparative Des Discours De Mobilisation
L’analyse de l’émergence de la formule « LGBT », référentiel militant ayant contribué à la constitution d’un espace du militantisme LGBT à la fois symboliquement unitaire et pluriel, permet de comprendre le rôle joué par les stratégies discursives dans l’action collective LGBT. L’article propose une comparaison franco-italienne « par le bas » pour montrer que, si la circulation internationale des discours de mobilisation a contribué à déterminer …
Beyond electoral performance: Reviewing and advancing the literature on LGBTIQ+ political careers
In recent years, the rising number of LGBTIQ+ politicians across the world has been matched by an increase in academic attention on which factors foster or hinder their careers. Here, we provide a comprehensive analytical review of the relevant literature, with the goal of illustrating both its synergies and imbalances. We show that most of the existing evidence specifically concerns LGBTIQ+ politicians' electoral performance. Moreover, this know…
Do LGBTIQ+ issues matter for populist radical right? An analysis of Italian parties’ social media narratives
The Anti-gender and Gender-critical Roots of the Italian Anti-trans Parent Activism
Between 2020 and 2021, the fight against the hate crimes bill proposal on discrimination and violence based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability marked a pivotal moment in the ongoing mobilization against LGBTQ+ rights in Italy. Proposed by the main center-left party, the Bill proposal encountered a strong opposition both by right-wing and by MPs of the progressive area itself. In particular, the category of gender …
A traditionalist pattern of morality politics in the Italian parliament: The Case of Same-Sex Civil Partnerships
This article analyses the Italian parliamentary debate on the Same-sex Civil Partnerships (SSP) bill, highlighting a 'traditionalist' pattern in Italy's morality politics. It investigates the multifaceted arguments brought to the debate, revealing a range of stances within and across parties. The study emphasizes a shift from religious justifications to post-materialist argumentative frames deployed by MPs to influence the highly conflictual nego…
Réflexions critiques sur l'histoire contemporaine de l'homosexualité
Identité, sexualité, spiritualité. Entretien avec Jean Allouch
Dans cet entretien, explorant les dynamiques d’entrelacement, de coproduction, d’évitement et de résistance qui ont fondé et fondent le champ freudien et le champ des études gaies et lesbiennes, Jean Allouch revient sur sa propre construction intellectuelle et sur sa propre acception de l’analyse qu’il définit comme « spychanalytique ». Les assises théoriques du savoir psychanalytique et du savoir queer sont questionnées, tantôt pour mettre en év…
Politiques de la libération sexuelle
Un dossier récent de la revue Mouvements, coordonné par Clémentine Autain, Marc Bessin, Irène Jami, Ilana Löwy, Anne-Sophie Perrriaux, Patrick Simon et Sylvia Vivoli, interrogeait la pertinence de la notion de « révolution sexuelle » et donc de l’éventuelle libération de la sexualité. Les coordinateurs et les coordinatrices de ce dossier se proposaient de déconstruire ces notions et d’en montrer le caractère « mythologique ». Il s’agissait de mon…
Le moment 70 de la sexualité: De la dissidence identitaire en milieu militant
Face à la difficulté de situer l’action politique des féministes, des homosexuels et des lesbiennes dans la séquence historique des années 1968, tantôt abusivement rattachée aux événements de Mai 68, tantôt appréhendée comme surgissant dans l’après-coup du « moment 68 », la recherche de nouveaux paradigmes d’interprétation semble nécessaire. Cet article, sans résumer l’expérience politique des années 1970 ni donner à voir la complexité du paysage…
Réflexions critiques sur l'histoire contemporaine de l'homosexualité
L’espace du militantisme LGBT à l’épreuve des présidentielles
La campagne présidentielle de 2012 a été l’occasion d’une professionnalisation et d’une structuration inédites de la mobilisation lesbienne, gaie, bi et trans (LGBT), et d’une très forte visibilité du « mouvement LGBT ». L’usage stratégique de quelques référentiels militants, que résume emblématiquement l’appel à un mouvement inter-associatif LGBT, à la fois uni et pluriel, s’est traduit en un discours que les candidat-e-s ont eu à reformuler, à …
Le Moment politique de l’homosexualité: Mouvements, identités et communautés en France
Comment l'homosexualité a-t-elle été pensée par les militant.e.s et comment ce savoir a-t-il participé à la construction des mouvements, des identités et des communautés en tant que discours d'une minorité politique ? Depuis l'invention de l'homosexualité par la médecine au XIXe siècle, et tout au long du XXe siècle, le militantisme homosexuel s'est employé à travailler, construire et déconstruire, par moments et par mouvements distincts et singu…
La naissance de la formule « LGBT » en France et en Italie: Une Analyse Comparative Des Discours De Mobilisation
L’analyse de l’émergence de la formule « LGBT », référentiel militant ayant contribué à la constitution d’un espace du militantisme LGBT à la fois symboliquement unitaire et pluriel, permet de comprendre le rôle joué par les stratégies discursives dans l’action collective LGBT. L’article propose une comparaison franco-italienne « par le bas » pour montrer que, si la circulation internationale des discours de mobilisation a contribué à déterminer …
Mouvement et communauté LGBT: Entretien avec Jean-Philippe Cazier
The anti-gender movement in Italy: Catholic participation between electoral and protest politics
Between 2013 and 2016, a broad range of Catholic groups following pro-life and pro-family agendas has conducted a large anti-gender campaign, whose main result was the definition of a Catholic anti-gender movement in Italy. The anti-gender movement, opposed to the approval of the bill on civil unions for same-sex couples and the introduction of gender education programs in schools, has grown in popularity, becoming a source of participation and p…
The Moral Politics of LGBTI Asylum: How the State Deals with the Sogi Framework
The article proposes a political ethnography of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) asylum founded on a fieldwork (2017–19) in an associative and activist context that supports LGBTI asylum applicants. Through the analysis of the narratives mobilized and produced during the interviews between asylum applicants and institutional agents in charge of receiving and assessing the requests for international protection, the article explor…
The Anti-gender and Gender-critical Roots of the Italian Anti-trans Parent Activism
Between 2020 and 2021, the fight against the hate crimes bill proposal on discrimination and violence based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability marked a pivotal moment in the ongoing mobilization against LGBTQ+ rights in Italy. Proposed by the main center-left party, the Bill proposal encountered a strong opposition both by right-wing and by MPs of the progressive area itself. In particular, the category of gender …
Double-edged Swords? Party Ideology, Activism, and Visibility in the Careers of Italian LGBT+ Politicians
This article analyzes the careers of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) politicians in Italy, focusing on the dual role of party affiliation, visibility, and the relationship with LGBT+ organized activism. Qualitative analysis of twenty-two semi-structured interviews with out LGBT+ politicians shows that party affiliation, activism, and personal openness can both advance and hinder their careers, depending on contextual and individual ci…
Beyond electoral performance: Reviewing and advancing the literature on LGBTIQ+ political careers
In recent years, the rising number of LGBTIQ+ politicians across the world has been matched by an increase in academic attention on which factors foster or hinder their careers. Here, we provide a comprehensive analytical review of the relevant literature, with the goal of illustrating both its synergies and imbalances. We show that most of the existing evidence specifically concerns LGBTIQ+ politicians' electoral performance. Moreover, this know…
A traditionalist pattern of morality politics in the Italian parliament: The Case of Same-Sex Civil Partnerships
This article analyses the Italian parliamentary debate on the Same-sex Civil Partnerships (SSP) bill, highlighting a 'traditionalist' pattern in Italy's morality politics. It investigates the multifaceted arguments brought to the debate, revealing a range of stances within and across parties. The study emphasizes a shift from religious justifications to post-materialist argumentative frames deployed by MPs to influence the highly conflictual nego…
Resisting the Epistemic Straight Gaze in the Anti-gender Era: Italian LGBTIQ+ Studies and Scholars, 2013-2023
This article discusses the challenges faced by scholars involved in gender and LGBTIQ+ studies and research, within a context of increased attacks by anti-gender coalitions of social movements and parties. It highlights the precarious and vulnerable position of gender and LGBTIQ+ scholars in an academic environment set by neoliberal agendas and anti-gender rhetoric. The contribution reflects on the role of academic institutions in reinforcing dom…
Do LGBTIQ+ issues matter for populist radical right? An analysis of Italian parties’ social media narratives
Rainbow ballots: Introducing the Italian LGBTIQ+ electoral survey 2024
The development of an empirics-based political science agenda on the electoral dimension of LGBTIQ+ citizens has been traditionally hindered by the widespread lack of individual-level data related to the sensitivity of their identity, including in Italy. In this paper, we contribute to the literature by first presenting an innovative survey, providing novel public-opinion data on the political participation, issue attitudes, and vote choice of a …
Political science (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Humanities (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (5 works)