Instrumentally Inclusive: The Political Psychology of Homonationalism
2023/09/13 by Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, STUART J. TURNBULL-DUGARTE, Alberto López Ortega +1 · 2 voices · 27 citations
Social Sciences · #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Gender Politics and Representation #Social and Intergroup Psychology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0003055423000849
Abstract
Can nativist attitudes condition support for LGBT+ rights? The sustained advance in pro-LGBT+ attitudes in the West often contrasts with the greening of anti-immigrant sentiment propagated by nativist supply-side actors. We argue that these parallel trends are causally connected, theorizing that exposure to sexually conservative ethnic out-groups can provoke an instrumental increase in LGBT+ inclusion, particularly among those hostile toward immigration. Leveraging experiments in Britain and Spain, we provide causal evidence that citizens strategically liberalize their levels of support for LGBT+ rights when opponents of these measures are from the ethnic out-group. In a context where sexuality-based liberalism is nationalized, increasing tolerance toward LGBT+ citizens is driven by a desire among nativist citizens to socially disidentify from those out-groups perceived as inimical to these nationalized norms. Our analyses provide a critical interpretation of positive trends in LGBT+ tolerance with instrumental liberalism masking lower rates of genuine shifts in LGBT+ inclusion.
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