Will Sexual Minority Rights Be Trumped? Assessing the Policy Sustainability of LGBTI Rights Diplomacy in American Foreign Policy. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Carlson-Rainer, Elise
• Is Part Of: Diplomacy and statecraft. Volume 30:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 147
• Page End: 163
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Diplomacy -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; International relations -- Periodicals; 327
• DOI: 10.1080/09592296.2019.1557422
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-2296

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A hallmark of the Barack Obama Administration's foreign policy was the incorporation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender and Intersex [LGBTI] rights diplomacy. With the change to the Donald Trump Administration in January 2017, this new aspect of American foreign policy has yet to be tested. This analysis investigates the methods used by advocates and government allies to imbed this policy in foreign policy institutions to increase the difficulty of a full policy reversal. It argues that whilst new leadership does not always support LGBTI equality domestically, LGBTI diplomacy will not likely face eradication from foreign policy mandates largely due to the strategic framing of LGBTI rights diplomacy.