TY - JOUR
T1 - Religion, Nation, State, and Anti-Gender Politics in Georgia and Ukraine
AU - Shevtsova, Maryna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Under pressure from the European Union and civil society activists, countries in the European Neighborhood made some advancements concerning the human rights of LGBTI people. However, local resistance emerged as the EU advocated for LGBTI rights internationally. This article explores the role of the Christian Orthodox Church in such resistance in Georgia and Ukraine. It argues that as the LGBTI movement was gaining more visibility, the national Christian Orthodox churches turned into major actors opposing LGBTI rights and so-called “gender ideology” and, in both cases, have proven effective in preventing or slowing down the promotion of sexual and gender equalities.
AB - Under pressure from the European Union and civil society activists, countries in the European Neighborhood made some advancements concerning the human rights of LGBTI people. However, local resistance emerged as the EU advocated for LGBTI rights internationally. This article explores the role of the Christian Orthodox Church in such resistance in Georgia and Ukraine. It argues that as the LGBTI movement was gaining more visibility, the national Christian Orthodox churches turned into major actors opposing LGBTI rights and so-called “gender ideology” and, in both cases, have proven effective in preventing or slowing down the promotion of sexual and gender equalities.
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U2 - 10.1080/10758216.2022.2085581
DO - 10.1080/10758216.2022.2085581
M3 - Artículo Científico
AN - SCOPUS:85133012270
SN - 1075-8216
VL - 70
SP - 163
EP - 174
JO - Problems of Post-Communism
JF - Problems of Post-Communism
IS - 2
ER -