Antilgbtqism: How Far-right Ideas Become Mainstream Through Policy Debate

As the electoral success of far-right parties continues to rise in nowadays political landscape, the legitimisation of far-right ideas becomes more than relevant. Multiple studies point out that nativism is mostly experiencing such phenomenon. Yet, there is not enough investigation about the mainstreaming of far-right’s authoritarianism, more precisely expressed through antilgbtqism. This article shows that constructed extremist frames like «traditional family», «rented womb» and «gender theory threatening freedom of speech» are used to mainstream antilgbtqism. Moreover, far-right parties implement softening techniques to mainstream such exclusionary ideas once they join the government.