Fighting about (Sexual) Citizenship: Italy's “Nature or Culture” Dilemma

Bellè, Elisa; Peroni, Caterina; Rapetti, Elisa

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Fighting about (Sexual) Citizenship: Italy's “Nature or Culture” Dilemma

Author(s): Elisa Bellè, Caterina Peroni, Elisa Rapetti

Publication date: 2016-09-01

Journal: Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais

Publisher: Centro de Estudos Sociais

Keywords: Análise Crítica do Discurso, cidadania sexual, identidade de género, Itália, movimento LGBT, Analyse Critique du Discours, citoyenneté sexuelle, identité dé genre, Italie, mouvement LGBT, Critical Discourse Analysis, gender identity, Italy, LGBT movement, sexual citizenship

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Abstract

Recent public debate in Italy has been noteworthy for its renewed focus on issues of gender and sexual citizenship. The discussion is well summarized and symbolized by two opposing political discourses that have been engaged in a lengthy struggle. On one side stands a neo-conservative Catholic movement that opposes the recognition of LGBTQ relationships and defends “the natural family”. On the other side there are the LGBTQ movements, which are claiming full civil, social and sexual citizenship. The present article analyzes this conflict, which was clearly illustrated by two public events held in Rome in June 2015 (Family Day and the Rome LGBTQ Pride). The paper, methodologically based on Critical Discourse Analysis, examines the most relevant political documents (manifestos and press releases) issued by the organizers of the two demonstrations, highlighting the existence of ambivalent discourses on the naturalization of sex and the universalization of social and sexual citizenship.