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Because we are human : contesting US support for gender and sexuality human rights abroad /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burack, Cynthia, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Colección:SUNY series in queer politics and cultures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Putting the SOGI in Human Rights; From Human Rights to SOGI Human Rights; Human Rights: What Are They Good For?; International LGBT Organizations; The Mainstreaming of LGBT Human Rights; The Yogyakarta Principles; The UN and Member States Support SOGI Human Rights; A Map of the Book; Chapter 1 The US Government and SOGI Human Rights Abroad: The Early Years; The Clinton Administration; The Early Years: SOGI Before 2009; The Nazi Persecutee Relief Fund; The "Gay Billboards Scandal"; The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
  • The Obama Years: 2009-2011PEPFAR Redux; Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; UN Universal Periodic Review; Lifeline: Embattled Civil Society Organizations Assistance Fund; Coming Out on SOGI Human Rights; Chapter 2 SOGI Rights Are Human Rights, and Human Rights Are SOGI Rights; What Happens in Geneva Doesn't Stay in Geneva; Unpacking the Speech; Part One: Just Human Rights; Part Two: SOGI/LGBTQ Human Rights; Part Three: What Is to Be Done; Part Four: To LGBTQ People Worldwide; Reviews, Responses, and Rejoinders; Liberal Responses; Conservative Responses; Progressive/Critical Responses.
  • Political Values and Political ReasonChapter 3 The US Government and SOGI Human Rights: After Geneva; The Global Equality Fund; Diplomatic Initiatives/Embassy Engagement; A Tale of Two Embassies; Country No Promo Homo; Uganda; International SOGI Human Rights Conferences; US-Indigenous SOGI Advocacy: A Case Study; The 2013 ASOGIHRO Conference; The 2015 ASOGIHRO Conference; USAID and LGBTI Human Rights; Special Envoy for LGBTI Human Rights; SOGI Human Rights Skepticism; Chapter 4 No Human Right to Sodomy: Christian Conservative Opposition to SOGI Human Rights.
  • The "External" Critique of SOGI Human RightsUS Anti-LGBT Civil Rights Politics; The Christian Right's Human Rights; SOGI versus Religion in Human Rights; The Travels of Cultural Imperialism; Christian Conservatism as Cultural Relativism; Chapter 5 Dispensing Human Rights? Critical Humanists and SOGI Human Rights; The "Internal" Critique of SOGI Human Rights; The Problem of the State; When Critique Goes Bad; What about Homonationalism?; On Critique Running Out of Steam; Knowing What We Know; Human Rights and the Unthinkable; On Blaming America First.
  • Afterword Reflections on SOGI Human Rights and DemocracyOpposing SOGI from the Right and Left; SOGI Human Rights and Problems for Democracy; On Evading Human Rights Transparency; On Imposing Western Gender or Sexual Identities; On US Human Rights Assistance Undermining Democracy; On Strengthening Authoritarianism and Facilitating Violence; Final Reflections; Appendix A Barack Obama, Presidential Memorandum; Appendix B Hillary Clinton, Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day; Notes; Index.