The Lavender Tide: From Diffusion to Contestation in Latin America’s Struggle for LGBT Rights

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Brief Overview

Drawing on rare fieldwork interviews from Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, this paper traces the “Lavender Tide” of LGBT rights—from early norm diffusion to today’s backlash and South–South circulation of equality norms.

Authors

• Shawn Schulenberg, Marshall University

• Charles A. Smith, University of California, Irvine

• Connor Strobel, University of Chicago