A Tale of Two Congresses: Sex, Institutions, and Evangelicals in Brazil and Chile

Valiquette, Tyler; Waring, Daniel

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62764-9_3

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“…Brazil’s LGBT movement, in contrast, is Latin America’s oldest, largest and most resourceful, enjoying powerful allies and political access (Encarnacion, 2018). Nevertheless, Brazil lagged behind in terms of federal LGBT rights protections after facing a powerful opposition coalition, with left-wing leader Lula da Silva collaborating with Evangelical churches to bolster his electoral fortunes and backing away from commitments to LGBT rights in return (Valiquette and Waring, 2018). Successful opposition movements frequently involve “a united front” between competing religious institutions (Corrales, 2019), who use their sway over large portions of the electorate to lobby politicians across the political spectrum (Grossman, 2015).…”

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Conflict and Coalition: Securing LGBT Rights in the Face of Hostility

Devereaux Evans

2023

Comparative Political Studies

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Under what conditions do states protect minority rights in a context of domestic resistance? Recent decades have seen rapid divergence on LGBT rights worldwide, with Africa presented as “norms antipreneur” in the face of international pressure. Yet, in 1996, South Africa was the first country in the world to provide constitutional protection on grounds of sexual orientation. This article develops an original theory on LGBT rights protection using a conflict-to-rights framework. Employing process tracing, elite interviews and archival sources, I show how a situation of insurgency allows LGBT activists to build networks and increase egalitarian attitudes to attain in-group status. Continued violence also works to block public participation in policy-making while dividing opposition forces, allowing a tiny group of activists to effectively lobby for change.

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