Open AccessThe Quieted Queer
Author(s) -
Kael Kropp,
Rebecca Swityk
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
political science undergraduate review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2562-1289
pISSN - 2562-1270
DOI - 10.29173/psur274
Subject(s) - queer , politics , agency (philosophy) , sociology , orthodoxy , gender studies , identity (music) , inclusion (mineral) , the internet , political science , media studies , social science , aesthetics , law , art , theology , philosophy , world wide web , computer science
This essay seeks to explain the contemporary foundations for Russia’s heteronational identity, as well the prevalence of homophobia in Russian politics and society. Tracing the influence of Russian Christian Orthodoxy; the proliferation of social media and the internet, as well as; the agency political operatives possess, this essay posits that there is a path towards the inclusion of LGBTQ identities within a new Russian imagined community.