Sexual citizenship in Latvia: geographies of the Latvian closet

@article{Waitt2005SexualCI,  title={Sexual citizenship in Latvia: geographies of the Latvian closet},  author={Gordon Waitt},  journal={Social \& Cultural Geography},  year={2005},  volume={6},  pages={161 - 181},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144421279}}
  • G. Waitt
  • Published1 April 2005
  • Political Science, Sociology
  • Social & Cultural Geography
This study examines sexual citizenship in Latvia. It investigates the process by which political narratives have heterosexed the nation since regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. My aim in exploring this process is to develop a deeper understanding of non-heteronormative identities and counter-hegemonic spaces in this heterosexist society. Drawing on discourse analysis of political media statements I argue that despite the legalizing of homosexuality, political narratives have… 

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