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Are We 'Persons' Yet? : Law and Sexuality in Canada /

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
Autor principal: Lahey, Kathleen Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.