Religion, nation, state, and anti-gender politics in Georgia and Ukraine

Shevtsova, Maryna (author)

Under pressure from the European Union and civil society activists, countries in the European Neighborhood made some advancements concerning the human rights of LGBTI people. However, local resistance emerged as the EU advocated for LGBTI rights internationally. This article explores the role of the Christian Orthodox Church in such resistance in Georgia and Ukraine. It argues that as the LGBTI movement was gaining more visibility, the national Christian Orthodox churches turned into major actors opposing LGBTI rights and so-called “gender ideology” and, in both cases, have proven effective in preventing or slowing down the promotion of sexual and gender equalities.

• Language: English
• Keywords: LGBTI people, human rights, LGBTI rights, Christian Orthodox Church, Georgia, Ukraine, sexual equalities, gender equalities, European Union, civil society activists
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 163-174
• Numbering: Vol. 70, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-159054
• ISSN on article: 1075-8216
• DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2022.2085581
• Publication date in RUL: 28.06.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Problems of post-communism
• Shortened title: Probl. post-communism
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1075-8216
• COBISS.SI-ID: 833557

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Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: H2020
• Project number: 945380
• Name: EUTOPIA-Science and Innovation Fellowships
• Acronym: EUTOPIA-SIF