Russian LGBT activism and the memory politics of sexual citizenship

IF 1.4 2区心理学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

Memory Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI:10.1177/17506980241233136

Pauline Stoltz, Anna Khlusova

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Abstract

This article discusses barriers to the citizen practices of Russian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists in the memory politics of Russian sexual citizenship. Based on memories of activism, as told in interviews with Russian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists, we focus on how these memories play a role in their national and transnational struggles for sexual rights and recognition, and how intersectional inequalities may create barriers to their queer and memory space-making practices. The interviews were conducted in 2021 ( before the war between Russia and Ukraine, which started in 2022) and focus on the period between 2010 and 2020. Our findings highlight how intersectional inequalities of power influence Russian sexual citizenship and queer (memory) space-making, both at home and abroad. Theoretically, the results reveal the need to situate Russian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activism in time, place and space in research on narratives of progress and social change in studies of queer global politics and transnational solidarities.

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俄罗斯女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性者活动与性公民身份的记忆政治

本文讨论了俄罗斯女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别活动家在俄罗斯性公民权记忆政治中的公民实践障碍。基于对俄罗斯女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性者活动家的访谈中讲述的活动记忆，我们关注这些记忆如何在他们争取性权利和性认可的国家和跨国斗争中发挥作用，以及交叉不平等如何对他们的同性恋和记忆空间创造实践造成障碍。访谈于 2021 年进行（在 2022 年俄罗斯与乌克兰开战之前），重点关注 2010 年至 2020 年期间的情况。我们的研究结果凸显了权力的交叉不平等是如何影响俄罗斯性公民身份和同性恋（记忆）空间营造的，无论是在国内还是国外。从理论上讲，研究结果揭示了有必要将俄罗斯女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性者活动置于时间、地点和空间之中，研究全球同性恋政治和跨国团结研究中的进步和社会变革叙事。

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Memory Studies Multiple-

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2.30

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18.20%

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期刊介绍： Memory Studies is an international peer reviewed journal. Memory Studies affords recognition, form, and direction to work in this nascent field, and provides a critical forum for dialogue and debate on the theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues central to a collaborative understanding of memory today. Memory Studies examines the social, cultural, cognitive, political and technological shifts affecting how, what and why individuals, groups and societies remember, and forget. The journal responds to and seeks to shape public and academic discourse on the nature, manipulation, and contestation of memory in the contemporary era.