By Ana Cristina Santos (auth.)
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My anchorage in theoretical intersections is, clearly, both an epistemological and methodological decision, that also informs the analysis offered in this book. 2 Political, Legal and Cultural Change in Southern Europe Despite common historical features, Italy, Portugal and Spain are three strikingly diverse countries, where LGBT rights have been acknowledged at a very different pace. The main aim of this chapter is to set out the political, legal and cultural contexts that allowed for the recognition or resistance against LGBT-related demands, demonstrating the tensions and contradictions that emerged in different times and geographical locations and how that differentiated background shaped the diverse situation of LGBT politics across Southern Europe.
I will return to this topic in Chapter 6. As shown, analysis of collective action needs to adjust constantly to new demands posed by new social movements. This implies a dynamic 22 Social Movements and Sexual Citizenship theoretical framework that not only accommodates previously established concepts, but also strives to build new analytical categories, ever more inclusive and adequate to explain social change in collective action processes, while retaining the advantages of previous analysis. New social movements’ theory, in general, and the contribution of Melucci, in particular, is central to the analytical focus of this book inasmuch as it engages with issues of decision-making, negotiation and representation as key factors for understanding activism.
5 Political, Legal and Cultural Change 45 All of these changes impacted significantly in moral standards, attitudes and behaviours throughout the 1980s and beyond (Aboim, 2006; Sousa Santos, 1993; Vala, 2007; Wall, 2005). In the sphere of intimacy and sexuality changes were impressive during this time. 6 It was also during this time that transgender entertainers gained nationwide visibility, with several clubs hosting shows with Portuguese drag queens and some media coverage. Family planning started to be addressed in the late 1970s (Santos, 2009, 2010).