"The liberation of LGBTQ plus will also liberate heterosexuals": Heterosexual feminist women's participation in solidarity-based collective action for LGBTQ plus rights

Uysal M. S., Ulug O. M., KANIK B., Aydemir A.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.52, no.2, pp.377-390, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/ejsp.2799
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PASCAL, ATLA Religion Database, CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.377-390
  • Keywords: collective action, feminist identity, intersectionality, LGBTQ plus rights, perceived discrimination, politicized identity, privilege awareness, solidarity
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The current studies aim to examine the underlying predictors of heterosexual feminist women's willingness to participate in solidarity-based collective action for LGBTQ+ rights. We hypothesized that feminist identification, perceived discrimination against LGBTQ+, and strategic intra-minority alliance between feminists and LGBTQ+ would predict their willingness to participate in solidarity-based collective action. Study 1 (N = 141) showed that higher feminist identification and more endorsement of the strategic intra-minority alliance predicted more willingness to participate in solidarity-based collective action among heterosexual feminist women in Turkey. Study 2 (N = 644) replicated and extended the findings of Study 1 with a larger sample by showing that higher awareness of sexual orientation privilege predicts more willingness to participate in solidarity-based collective action. By following an intersectional and multi-identity approach in Study 3 (N = 280), we showed that higher feminist identification predicted more willingness to participate in solidarity-based collective action, whereas higher heterosexual identification predicted less willingness.