LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe: A Rainbow Europe?

by David Paternotte and Phillip Ayoub

Book Overview

Europe has long been regarded as a unique place for the promotion and furthering of LGBT rights. This important and compelling study investigates the alleged uniqueness and its ties to a relatively long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. Contributors argue that LGBT movements were inspired by specific ideas about European democratic values and a responsibility towards human rights, and that they sought to realize these on the ground...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137391758
• ISBN13: 9781137391759
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"