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Comparative Homonationalisms: Far-Right Visions of LGB(TQ+) Belonging in the United States and the Netherlands

Foxe, J. & Sciarone, J. Comparative Homonationalisms and the Far-Right: How Dutch and American Neofascist Ideologies Imagine Queer Citizenship(s), Working Paper

This paper explores variations in homonationalist discourse among far-right parties in the United States and the Netherlands. We propose a distinction between ‘White Christian homonationalism,’ rooted in White Christian Nationalism, and ‘secular homonationalism,’ rooted in secular nativism, arguing that these contrasting visions of the nation inform a given far-right movement’s use of homonationalist and “anti-gender” discourse. We argue that far-right homonationalist discourses do not necessarily reflect an embrace of LGB citizens, but instead serve to discipline a far-right party’s perception of whether and how TQ+ identities belong in their vision of society. We conduct a Critical Discourse Analysis of campaign manifestos from two Dutch political parties and the ‘MAGA’ movement within the Republican Party, the Party for Freedom (PVV), and the Forum for Democracy (FvD). We conclude that MAGA discourse aligns with White Christian homonationalism, while PVV employs secular homonationalism, but the FvD integrates characteristics of both. 

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