Symposium: Queer Solidarity across and beyond Borders

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Description

In recent years, we have witnessed a rise in anti-gender authoritarianism in Europe which has negatively impacted the daily lives of queer people. The state-sanctioned violence and brutality have become normalized through the policing of Pride events and suppression of various spaces of queer activism. This backlash against the LGBTQI+ community is related to the growing prominence of populist, far-right, nationalist, and xenophobic ideologies across Europe, from PiS in Poland, to Fidesz in Hungary, AKP in Turkey, and SD in Sweden.

Nevertheless, queer activists continue to mobilise and strengthen their intersectional alliances within national sites as well as beyond borders through online and offline activism. At this event, we invite activists from Hungary, Poland, Sweden, and Turkey, who are involved in these struggles to share their resistances and organizing strategies for queer futures. The Symposium aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas and solidarity between activists across borders and provide tools to resist growing anti-gender and anti- LGBTQI ideologies.
Period2022 May 30
Event typeOther
LocationLund, SwedenShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

UKÄ subject classification

  • Gender Studies
  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
  • International Migration and Ethnic Relations
  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Free keywords

  • anti-gender
  • religion
  • Turkey
  • Sweden
  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • queer
  • solidarity
  • gender
  • feminism

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