Is This What Equality Looks Like?

@article{Robinson2012IsTW,
  title={Is This What Equality Looks Like?},
  author={Brandon Andrew Robinson},
  journal={Sexuality Research and Social Policy},
  year={2012},
  volume={9},
  pages={327-336}
}
  • B. A. Robinson
  • Published 27 April 2012
  • Sociology
  • Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Using the Netherlands as a case study, this article explores how increased social acceptance of and legal protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people impact their lives. The author draws on in-depth interviews with nine LGBT people to argue that the danger of acceptance is invisibility for those who assimilate and marginalization for those who do not conform to assimilationist discourses, such as transgender individuals and other gender nonconformers. Utilizing Butler… 
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