On the Unholy Public-Private Split

The author discusses the rights of the LGBT population in Croatia using categories from the contemporary Anglo-American political theory, particulary the concepts crystallized through the debate between the feminist multiculturalists (Fraser, Young) and the liberal universalists (Barry). The author shows how the private-public split came under attack from both some feminists and from some eminent theologians (Ratzinger, Bertone), though this distinction is essential in solving the problems stemming from sexual differences. The author tries to show why he thinks the best approach in the struggle for the rights of the LGBT population in Croatia is a combination of the piecemeal cultural non-revolutionary action and the promotion of the laws like “the Law on Registered Partnerships”.