Uncomfortable bargains? Networking between local authorities and LGBT associations in the context of neoliberalism

Abstract

This chapter examines the relationship between research, activism and politics. It explores how LGBT issues are translated into policies or demands, to understand if queerness can still escape from the politically sedative articulation of a homonormative sexual citizenship. Hence, the chapter asks critical questions about the relationship between sexual politics, social structure and collective action. In so doing, it draws on research gathered from in-depth interviews and focus groups with LGBT activists, the LGBT Offce of the Turin City Council and its local, regional and national network in Italy.