Nowhere at home: LGBT activism and homelessness in Croatia and Serbia

Autor(en)

Bojan Bilic, A. Marušić

Abstrakt

This chapter problematises the stereotypical representation of gay affluence and examines the system of oppression created at the crossroads between homelessness and homophobia. The authors argue that homeless people in Croatia and in the wider region are hardly ever recognised as sexual beings, which is a practice that particularly discriminates against those with a non-heterosexual identification. This chapter shows that LGBT activist groups still have not sufficiently considered the intersection between homelessness and non-heterosexuality, which is occluded by the widespread insistence upon access to marriage or civil partnership for non-heterosexual people. Social workers do not seem to be, for the time being, sufficiently sensitised to dealing with LGBT homeless persons and their specific concerns, which further complicates their possibilities for using the social service system.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Bildungswissenschaft, Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Seiten

129-154

Publikationsdatum

2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504014 Gender Studies

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/f626197c-9da6-40f3-a7d4-7fc1720b5461