Queer mobilizations : social movement activism and Canadian public policy /

Ever since certain homosexual acts were decriminalized in 1969, queer activists have fought for - and won - a series of public policy battles in governments across Canada. As Queer Mobilizations shows, anti-discrimination legislation, the extension of benefits to same-sex couples, the right to marry...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tremblay, Manon, 1964- (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2015.
Temas:
Gay rights > Canada.
Gay liberation movement > Canada.
Gays > Government policy > Canada.
Lesbians > Government policy > Canada.
Bisexuals > Government policy > Canada.
Transgender people > Government policy > Canada.
Homosexuels > Droits > Canada.
Mouvement de libération des homosexuels > Canada.
Homosexuels > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Lesbiennes > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Bisexuels > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Transgenres > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Transgender people.
Bisexuals > Government policy.
Gay liberation movement.
Gay rights.
Gays > Government policy.
Gay rights
Canada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space / Miriam Smith
  • 2. LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada / Dalie Giroux
  • 3. Queer Advocacy in Ontario / David Rayside
  • 4. Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship? / Manon Tremblay
  • 5. Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada / Joanna Everitt
  • 6. LGBTQ Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia / Rebecca Haskell
  • 7. "Severely Queer" in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta / Alexa DeGagne
  • 8. From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal / Julie Podmore
  • 9. Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto / Catherine J. Nash
  • 10. Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver / Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram
  • 11. "Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight": LGBT Organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia / Nathaniel M. Lewis.

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