caa a22 4500 397524501 CHVBK 20180308164641.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19950501xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/3096904 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.2307/3096904 Identity Politics as High-Risk Activism: Career Consequences for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Sociologists [Elektronische Daten] [Verta Taylor, Nicole C. Raeburn] This paper argues that identity politics is a form of high-risk activism. We draw from collective identity approaches to social movements to describe how the Sociologists' Lesbian and Gay Caucus has used identity-based organizing, assimilationist politics, and personalized political strategies during the past two decades to challenge stigmatized representations of same-sex sexuality and promote equal treatment of gays and lesbians in sociology and the larger society. Using survey data collected in 1981 and 1992 from caucus members, supplemented by intensive interviews, we assess the extent to which an increase in reported rates of discrimination and bias during the past ten years is linked to variations in activist experience and political consciousness. We then present a qualitative analysis of five career consequences suffered by gay, lesbian, and bisexual sociologists who engage in various forms of personalized political resistance: 1) discrimination in hiring; 2) bias in tenure and promotion; 3) exclusion from social and professional networks; 4) devaluation of scholarly work on gay and lesbian topics; and 5) harassment and intimidation. We conclude by examining the implications of our findings for the social movement literature that addresses the formation, use, and impact of identity politics. © 1995 Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. Politics of Activism and Culture nationallicence Taylor Verta Ohio State University aut Raeburn Nicole C. Ohio State University aut Social Problems Oxford University Press 42/2(1995-05-01), 252-273 0037-7791 42:2<252 1995 42 socpro https://doi.org/10.2307/3096904 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/3096904 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taylor Verta Ohio State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Raeburn Nicole C. Ohio State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Problems Oxford University Press 42/2(1995-05-01), 252-273 0037-7791 42:2<252 1995 42 socpro Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford