Beyond electoral performance: reviewing and advancing the literature on LGBTIQ political careers.

Prearo, Massimo; Trastulli, Federico

In recent years, the rising number of LGBTIQ politicians across the world has been matched by an increase in academic attention on which factors foster or hinder their careers. Here, we provide a comprehensive analytical review of the relevant literature, with the goal of illustrating both its synergies and imbalances. We show that most of the existing evidence specifically concerns LGBTIQ politicians' electoral performance. Moreover, this knowledge has largely been produced in very similar contexts politically and socioculturally. Finally, we highlight the potential of investigating a number of additional factors that may impact LGBTIQ political careers, such as intersectional dynamics that may have a differentiated impact within this population. Future works could expand the scope of this literature by considering these elements and focussing more on the direct experience of LGBTIQ politicians.

REPRESENTATIVE government; POLITICAL candidates; EXPERIMENTAL design; POLITICIANS; INTERSECTIONALITY

Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 2024, Vol 54, Issue 2, p154

0048-8402

Academic Journal

10.1017/ipo.2024.3