Public Duty and Private Prejudice

Sexualities Equalities and Local Government

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3403473
AutoresD Richardson (0000-0002-6255-2316, Newcastle University), Monro (0000-0003-4148-6089, Newcastle University), Surya Monro (Newcastle University)
Ano2013
Volume61
Fascículo1
Páginas131-152
Data de publicação2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-954x.12007
OpenAlexW1618595918
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas47

Rather than critiquing social institutions and practices that have historically excluded lesbians and gay men, as did earlier social movements in the 1960s and 1970s, since the 1990s the politics of sexuality has increasingly been about demanding equal rights of citizenship. These citizenship demands have, at least to a degree, been answered via a raft of recent legislation in the UK including the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Civil Partnership Act 2004, and by associated changes in policy making and practice that emphasize 'Equality and Diversity'. In this article we consider how the implementation of sexualities equalities policies is related to processes of privatization and individualization. This is illustrated by using sexualities equalities work in local government as a case study to indicate how processes of change and resistance are aided by these processes. The article draws on findings from a study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equalities initiatives in local government in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which examined the views of those who now have a public duty to implement recent legislative and policy shifts and are obliged to develop equalities initiatives concerning 'sexual orientation' and 'gender reassignment

Citizenship · Duty · Government (linguistics) · Human sexuality · Legislation · Legislature · Lesbian · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term) · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Transgender · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Social Policy and Reform Studies