Identifying the Instruments of spreading sexual fluidity from the perspective of identity politics

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Institute of Management and Planning Education and Research

2 Higher Institute of Management and Planning Education and Research

Abstract

Despite the specific treatment of the act of homosexuality in religious systems, the new coordinates of the homosexual movement in Western societies and its increasing development in other societies, require detailed studies to deal with it. Considering the nature of new social movements, "identity politics" can be a suitable analytical framework for understanding this movement. Therefore, in the current research, the theoretical framework of identity politics is the basis of study planning and identification of tools for the development and dissemination of homosexuality policy. Method: The current research was qualitative and of thematic analysis type; The research population consists of two groups: 1) books and articles in the field of gender and sexual fluidity and 2) specialists and experts in the field of gender and culture. In the document analysis section, 5 books and 9 articles and in the interview section, 14 experts were selected using the purposeful sampling method, and the process continued until theoretical saturation. The data were collected by means of document analysis and semi-structured interviews and analyzed by Atride-Sterling's theme network analysis method. In the findings section, according to the results, 5 overarching themes, 17 organizing themes and 128 basic themes have been obtained. The overarching themes are: "scientific agenda", "political agenda", "legal agenda", "cultural agenda" and "economic agenda". Conclusion: The homosexual movement has been able to achieve a significant level of development and promotion of the discourse of sexual fluidity by using various tools; Therefore, facing this generalized flow, it will be necessary to identify and intelligently use various tools.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 05 August 2025
  • Receive Date: 22 July 2024
  • Revise Date: 26 September 2024
  • Accept Date: 05 August 2025
  • Publish Date: 05 August 2025