Politics of Pride Events

Francesca Romana Ammaturo is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and International Relations at London Metropolitan University.

• Introduction: Out and Proud in the Streets: Pride Events as a Local and Global PhenomenonPart 1: Theorising Pride Events Between the Local and the Global1. Decentering the 1969 Stonewall Riots: Beyond Fundational Myths?2. Towards Progress? Interrogating the ‘Kaleidoscope Modernities’ of Pride Events3. One Pride or Many? Pride Events Between Multiplication and FragmentationPart 2: Exploring the ‘Kaleidoscope Modernities’ of Pride Events4. Free to Protest and Celebrate? Exploring Human Rights Issues at Pride Events5. Back to Grassroots? Conflicts and Tensions in Community-Building at Pride Events6. A Necessary Evil? Funding, Sponsorship, and the Commodification and Corporatisation of Pride EventsPart 3: No Pride Without Social Justice: Building the Futures of Pride Events7. Making Space, Creating Place: Disability and the Making of Accessible Pride Events8. Pride on Tow? Environmental Sustainability and Queer Eco-Criticism at Pride EventsConclusion: Pride Events Between the past and the Future: Challenges and Opportunities

‘This is an indispensable study of global queer communities’ central shared event, one that has also become normalized in many locations as a marker of queer progress and inclusion for all in that society.’ Momin Rahman, Trent University in Canada