Stairway to Heaven

LGBTQ+ Gatherings as Civil-Religious Rituals

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ID2808763
AutoresSchwarzkopf (0000-0002-0029-6193, Copenhagen Business School, autor correspondente), Sine Nørholm Just (0000-0002-4179-2708, Roskilde University), Jannick Friis Christensen (0000-0003-4387-793X, Novo Nordisk (Denmark))
Ano2024
Volume61
Fascículo3
Páginas322-332
Data de publicação2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociety (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0147-2011 • E-ISSN: 1936-4725
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12115-024-00983-9
OpenAlexW4394943425
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas38

This paper applies ritual theory to study public LGBTQ+ gatherings, including Pride parades, silent vigils, and commemorative litanies. The analysis of public LGBTQ+ rituals has often focussed on Pride parades and their carnivalistic exuberance. We call instead for more attention to the whole nexus of public rituals that this movement consists of, and we argue that these rituals are central to LGBTQ+ community building and meaning-making in this social movement. Using participant and non-participant observation, as well as publicly available data, the paper studies assembly forms, ritual scripts, symbolic interactions, sites, and objects that link the various public rituals within the LGBTQ+ movement. We find that, over the last five decades, these ritual elements have coalesced to provide members of the LGBTQ+ community access to the sphere of transcendence. Our findings suggest that this community might be slowly changing its character from social (protest) movement to becoming a viable civil religion

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