BEYOND THE PINK CURTAIN GATHERS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
»INTIMATE/SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP« (14-15
OCTOBER 2005), ORGANIZED BY THE PEACE
INSTITUTE (LJUBLJANA), AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
(LJUBLJANA), ASSOCIATION FOR THE
INTEGRATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY (LJUBLJANA)
AND THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY, HUNGARIAN
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (BUDAPEST).
SCHOLARS AT THE SEMINAR, FOCUSING ON
THE LIVES OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN POST-SOCIALIST EASTERN
EUROPE, WERE GATHERED TO DISCUSS
THE EVERYDAY LIFE EXPERIENCES OF LGBT
PEOPLE REGARDING THE FUNCTIONING OF SOCIAL,
POLITICAL AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES
THAT SEPARATE THE “GOOD HETEROSEXUAL
CITIZEN” FROM THE REST. THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR WAS MADE
POSSIBLE BY THE EAST EAST: PARTNERSHIP
BEYOND BORDERS PROGRAM (OSI) AND THE
EC PROGRAM PROMOTION OF ACTIVE EUROPEAN
CITIZENSHIP. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES
STUDIES, WHICH WERE NOT PRESENTED AT THE
SEMINAR.