Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric comprises themes, catchphrases, and slogans that have been used in order to demean lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. They range from the demeaning and the pejorative to expressions of hostility towards homosexuality which are based on religious, medical, or moral grounds. It is widely considered a form of hate speech,[1] which is illegal in countries such as the Netherlands,[2] Norway,[3] and Sweden.[4]

Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric often consists of moral panic and conspiracy theories. In Eastern Europe, these conspiracy theories are based on earlier antisemitic conspiracy theories and posit that the LGBTQ movement is an instrument of foreign control and domination.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Hate Speech and Hate Crimes against LGBT Persons" (PDF). European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Dutch penal code – article 137c". Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Norwegian Penal code, Straffeloven, section 135 a." Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ^ Morén, Kristoffer (24 July 2012). "Lag om hets mot folkgrupp innefattar homosexuella - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ Herdt, Gilbert (June 2009). Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight Over Sexual Rights. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-3723-1.[page needed]
  6. ^ Klosowska, Anna (2011). "Trouble in the Global Village: A Snapshot of LGBT Community in Eastern Europe". In Román-Odio, C.; Sierra, M. (eds.). Transnational Borderlands in Women's Global Networks: The Making of Cultural Resistance. Comparative Feminist Studies Series. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 179–200. doi:10.1057/9780230119475_9. ISBN 978-0-230-11947-5.[page needed]
  7. ^ Sherry, Michael S. (2007). Gay Artists in Modern American Culture: An Imagined Conspiracy. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3121-2.[page needed]