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Abstract
The LGBT Action Plan (2018) represents a significant UK Government commitment towards LGBTQI+ equalities, operating in conjunction with cumulative legislative advances. Yet there is room for critique within this Plan, as proposed actions and as celebratory rhetoric of lives 'getting better'. Using empirical examples, this article examines how 'progress' for LGBTQI+ lives is discursively constructed and positioned in the LGBT Action Plan and accompanying politicians' speeches. We examine the key constructions of progress – across time, place, life courses, and normative thresholds – within which LGBTQI+ rights and realities are framed. We draw upon queer theory to illuminate discursive normativities and silences in representing 'policy problems' (Bacchi, 2009). While some policy areas are celebrated as signifiers of 'coming forward', others are relegated to the too tough in-tray, suspended in enduring stasis. Opposing 'political time' with 'queer time', this article concludes with the policy challenges posed by intersectional (in)equalities in these 'new times'.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Critical Social Policy |
Early online date | 3 Oct 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 3 Oct 2019 |
Keywords
- LGBT
- sexuality
- gender
- policy
- inequality
- lifecourse
- queer
- trans
- lesbian
- gay
- bisexual
- intersex
- government
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Comparing Intersectional Life Course Inequalities amongst LGBTQ People in Five European Countries
Taylor, Y. (Principal Investigator) & Lawrence, M. (Researcher)
1/03/18 → 30/11/21
Project: Research
Research output
- 21 Citations
- 4 Digital or Visual Products
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[Podcast Series] Comparing Intersectional Lifecourse Inequalities amongst LGBTQI+ Citizens in 4 European Countries' (CILIA) with Dr Churnjeet Mahn
Taylor, Y. & Stanley , A. (Producer), 21 Aug 2020Research output: Digital or non-textual outputs › Digital or Visual Products
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[Podcast Series] Comparing Intersectional Lifecourse Inequalities amongst LGBTQI+ Citizens in 4 European Countries' (CILIA) with Prof Sharon Cowan
Taylor, Y. & Stanley , A. (Producer), 21 Aug 2020Research output: Digital or non-textual outputs › Digital or Visual Products
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[Podcast Series] Comparing Intersectional Lifecourse Inequalities amongst LGBTQI+ Citizens in 4 European Countries' (CILIA) with Lou Brodie
Taylor, Y. & Stanley , A. (Producer), 20 Aug 2020Research output: Digital or non-textual outputs › Digital or Visual Products
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The UK LGBT Action Plan. A look behind the celebratory rhetoric: Podcast
Taylor, Y. (Contributor)
2020 → …Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
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Intersectional Lifecourse Inequalities Among LGBTQI+ People: Podcast
Taylor, Y. (Speaker)
2020 → …Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
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‘From ‘Dangerous Education’ to the LGBT Action Plan: LGBTQI+ Lives in Social and Educational Landscapes’
Taylor, Y. (Invited speaker)
10 Dec 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk