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LGBTIQ+ Equality Politics

Research Project

We study the institutionalization of LGBTIQ+ policies in the EU and assess the determinants of LGBTIQ+ equality in the EU member states.

Mixed quantitative and qualitative methods

LGBTIQ+ Equality Politics performs a longitudinal cross-national analysis on EU27 from 2010 onwards through both existing and newly built original datasets, and theory-generating analysis of selected case studies.

events icon project meeting
14/03/2025, H. 14:30

THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF LGBTIQ+ EQUALITY IN EU COUNTRIES BETWEEN ADVANCEMENTS AND OPPOSITIONS: POLICIES, ACTORS, ARENAS | University of Verona

Project workshop and close-door project meeting

Mid-March, all members of the research project come together for an open workshop where they share the advancements on the different research objectives. The workshop is followed by a closed-door meeting to coordinate the following months of work.

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Research Logbook
Research Logbook
10 Maggio 2025

Entry 8: Stepping out of academia with Pride (& Politics)

In our last entry, we mentioned that one of the things that matter to us for the success of this project is to make our research available outside academia. We do it through presentations and…
Research Logbook
23 Marzo 2025

Entry 7: Research, discuss… eat!

One of the great things about our project is that we’re based in different universities and we come together to explore our common research interest from different perspectives. What is not so great about it…

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COMUNICAZIONE POLITICA

Framing Populist Radical Right Opposition to LGBTIQ+ Issues

Lega and Fratelli d’Italia’s Strategies on Social Media
Massimo Prearo and Alessio Scopelliti

This article proposes an analysis of discourse framing and addressing LGBTIQ+ issues within the social media communication of two examples of populist radical right-wing parties: Lega (the League) and Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy).

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Università di Verona

Dipartimento di Scienze Umane
Via San Francesco 22
37129 Verona