Crossroads or Categories? Intersectionality Theory and the Case of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equalities Initiatives in UK Local Government

Abstract

"Situating Intersectionality" brings together political academics and scholars who employ the analytical lens of intersectionality to articulate specific ways in which political institutions, policies, and political engagement can define, marginalize, and (dis)empower those they seek to serve. The authors in this collection identify and address two key concerns: How can intersectionality help us articulate, listen to, and understand diverse experiences of politics and policy outcomes? Secondly, what does this teach us about political strategizing and the possibility of political solidarity? "Situating Intersectionality "is an international collection giving voice to scholars whose empirical research spans Wales, Turkey, Chile, Canada, Haiti, Uruguay, England, and the American Midwest. The breadth and significance of this collection will appeal to political scientists engaged in intersectionality, students of new social movements, and international politics scholars. 1. Intersectionality from Theoretical Framework to Policy Intervention; Wendy G. Smooth – 2. Intersectional Advances? Inclusionary and Intersectional State Action in Uruguay; Erica E. Townsend-Bell – 3. ID Cards as Access: Negotiating Transgender (and Intersex) Bodies into the Chilean Legal System; Penny Miles – 4. International Adoption as Humanitarian Aid: The Discursive and Material Production of the Social Orphan in Haitian Disaster Relief; Kate Livingston – 5. Gendered Subjectivity and Intersectional Political Agency in Transnational Space: The Case of Turkish and Kurdish Women's NGO Activists; Anil Al-Rebholz – 6. Gender Variance: The Intersection of Understandings Held in the Medical & Social Sciences; Ryan Combs – 7. Intersectional Analysis at the Medio-Legal Borderland: HIV Testing Innovations and the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure; Daniel Grace – 8. Crossroads or Categories? Intersectionality Theory and the Case of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equalities Initiatives in UK Local Government; Surya Monro and Diane Richardson.