2025/09/04 by Réka Tamássy · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Gender studies #Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection #Lesbian #Media Studies and Communication #Media studies #Political science #Politics #Queer #Social Media and Politics #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1080/00918369.2025.2555295
published in Journal of Homosexuality 73(10), 2561-2587 (Taylor & Francis)
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Anti-LGBTQ measures and political discourse have significantly intensified in Hungary since 2020, with the initiation and unanimous support of Fidesz and KDNP, the governing parties since 2010. To understand the political context in which these took place, this study investigates how prominent Hungarian politicians-government and opposition alike-discursively constructed the concept of LGBTQ people in their social media communication prior to this wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation. Specifically, it turns to the 2019 social media communication of 44 prominent Hungarian politicians from 12 political parties and groups. The discourse analysis of politicians' LGBTQ people-related Facebook posts examined the portrayal modes, naming techniques, and the representation of LGBTQ voices. The study identified three predominant discourses at work in the discursive construction of the concept of LGBTQ people: political showcase discourse, human rights discourse, and anti-gender discourse.