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Gay Rights: Why Democracy Matters

Encarnación, Omar G.·2014·Journal of Democracy
DOI 10.1353/jod.2014.0044
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Abstract

The year 2013 featured unprecedented strides for gay rights in some parts of the world, particularly in Western Europe and the Americas, but also startling setbacks elsewhere, as in Russia and some countries in Africa. Wealth and religion are the most discussed factors behind this so-called global divide on homosexuality. Less studied and therefore less understood, however, is the effect of the political regime, especially whether the country is democratic or not. Although gay rights are not found in all democracies, gay rights are virtually nonexistent in nondemocracies. Among the many factors that make democracy an apparent prerequisite for gay rights are the opportunities that it provides for advocacy—including access to the courts, the party system, and the legislature—as well as a social environment that permits gay people to live their lives openly and honestly, a critical but often overlooked factor in advancing societal acceptance of homosexuality.

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Authors
Encarnación, O. G.
Corresponding author
Encarnación, Omar G.
ORCID
Encarnación, Omar G.
Venue
Journal of Democracy
Publisher
Project MUSE
Published
2014-07
Volume
25
Issue
3
Pages
90-104
ISSN
  • 1045-5736 (ISSN-L)
  • 1086-3214
DOI
10.1353/jod.2014.0044
OpenAlex
W2001121790
Cited by
72
References
10
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1
FWCI
11.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of democracy (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
gay rights, democracy, political regimes, non-democracies, homosexuality, LGBT advocacy, access to justice, party system, homosexuality and religion

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