Resistance against sexual orientation equality and the LGBTI+ movement: Cis-Gender Privilege, Heteronormative Fragility and Compulsory Heterosexuality (Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Ebru Soytemel)
Politics of sexual orientation equality, and the resistance against it again have come to centre stage in national politics across the world. Reflecting on the particular case of Turkey and other international examples we argue that we should explore how and why sexual orientation equality threatens the cis-gender privilege, exposes the fragility of heteronormative cultures and institutional structures and the compulsory nature of heterosexuality.