'Tory-normativity' and gay rights advocacy in the British Conservative Party since the 1950s

Monahan, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7096-3919, 2019. 'Tory-normativity' and gay rights advocacy in the British Conservative Party since the 1950s. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 21 (1), pp. 132-147. ISSN 1369-1481

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Abstract

Gay rights advocacy in the Conservative party since the 1950s played-down its difference from Conservative beliefs by emphasising pragmatism over emancipation; discretion over celebration; and responsibility over rights. This positioning was allied to a construction of gay men and women in the image of the idealised conservative citizen: law-abiding, entrepreneurial, and ultimately familial—a process I label "Tory-normativity". Tory-normativity introduced gay rights advocacy into the party in an acceptable form, and consequently caused party policy to develop. Ultimately, the construction of Tory-normativity has been used to depoliticise gay identity: initially gay men, and then from the 2000s onwards, gay men and women.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Creators:	Monahan, M.
Publisher:	SAGE in association with the Political Studies Association
Date:	1 February 2019
Volume:	21
Number:	1
ISSN:	1369-1481
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/1369148118815407 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	25 Oct 2018 15:10
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2019 10:22
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/34745

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