Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time: Ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics in Europe

Project description

Bringing to light the shared and untold past of LGBTI+ oppression

To what extent has the EU influenced democratic forces in local political and socio-legal advancements in LGBTI+ rights, narratives and experiences over time? To answer this question, the ERC-funded TRACE project will develop an innovative age-sensitive, analytical research lens. It will study ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics. The focus will be on southern Europe (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta and Slovenia) and on events demonstrating both progress and backlash over the years and through a variety of challenges – from crimininalisation and the AIDS pandemic and related stigma to current anti-discrimination laws. TRACE will use a multiscale life course approach centred on the life stories of LGBTI+ older adults and gendered/sexed processes of ageing in the context of a rapidly changing Europe.

Fields of science

• social sciences › political sciences › government systems › democracy
• medical and health sciences › health sciences › infectious diseases › RNA viruses › HIV
• social sciences › sociology › social issues › social inequalities › age inequality
• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › religions

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• ERC-2021-COG - ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS

Call for proposal

ERC-2021-COG

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based

Coordinator

CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SOCIAIS

Net EU contribution

€ 1 999 930,00

Address

Colegio S Jeronimo Praca D Dinis
3000 995 Coimbra
Portugal

Region

Continente › Centro (PT) › Região de Coimbra

Activity type

Research Organisations

Links

Other funding

€ 0,00