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CIAO DATE: 12/5/2006

“We exist, but we are not seen...” Collective Action and Non-governmental Organizations: the demands of sexual minorities

Alicia Bermdez

August 2006

CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study about the ways of social mobilization held by the sexual minorities of the gay-lesbian community in Monterrey, México. Some indicators related to the genesis and development of the collective action process are examined, having as a staring point the analysis of certain situations experienced by this community. Making an emphasis on the gay-lesbian community demands and the strategies driven to funnel them, as well as on the simultaneity of the process by which collective action and identity are shaped.

 

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