Are we 'persons' yet? : law and sexuality in Canada /

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In 1929 women were declared 'persons' under the British North America Act. Seventy years later a similar move is afoot to establish constitutional personhood for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgendered people.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lahey, Kathleen Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Canada. > Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Canada. > Charte canadienne des droits et libertés.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada)
Cross-dressers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Transsexuals > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Bisexual people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Gay people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Personnes homosexuelles > Droit > Canada.
Personnes bisexuelles > Droit > Canada.
Transsexualisme > Droit > Canada.
Travestis > Droit > Canada.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Gender & the Law.
Bisexuals > Legal status, laws, etc.
Cross-dressers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc.
Transsexuals > Legal status, laws, etc.
Canada
Electronic books.
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Full life," human rights, and sexuality
  • Chart(er)ed rights
  • "Demonstrably justifying" discrimination
  • Human rights, charter rights, and "legal personality"
  • Are we "persons" yet?
  • Counting queers
  • The high costs of being queer
  • The high costs of heterosexuality and the "queer penalty"
  • The "benefit" conundrum and the politics of exclusion
  • The costs of "incrementalism"
  • The future of queer personhood.

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