ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author argues reconcilable — uses of the language of citizenship in the contexts of the sexual citizen emerging from sexual identity politics, and the transnational European citizen of the European Union. He also argues that, historically, citizenship has been constitutively built on a series of exclusions made possible through a number of theoretical, binary divisions. The author shows how citizenship remains an appealing concept in the domain of sexual identity politics, and it has been invoked widely, especially given its close connection to the language of rights and entitlement. He sketches out the ways of European citizenship has been analysed in academic discourse, and then go on to connect that to the construction of sexual citizenship. The author interrogates the relationship between European and sexual citizenship, examining the ways in which theoretical work in these two areas interestingly relates, and how they might usefully inform each other.
