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PublisherFernwood Publishing Co., LTD.

ISBN-101552664376

ISBN-139781552664377

eBay Product ID (ePID)117136685

Product Key Features

Book TitleAbout Canada: Queer Rights

Number of Pages143 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCanada / General, Lgbt Studies / General, Sociology / General, Civil Rights, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies

Publication Year2012

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, History

AuthorPeter Knegt

Book SeriesAbout Canada Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-488077

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal323.3/2640971

Table Of Content: What Does Our Progress Mean? : Regional Organizing : Legal Reform : Institutional Homophobia : Children, Youth and Education : Health : Difference and Privilege : Conclusion : Bibliography : List of Supplementary Materials

SynopsisThis short and accessible book examines the history of the struggle for queer rights in Canada to create a better understanding of the present., Is Canada a "queer utopia"? Canada was the fourth country in the world - and the first in the Western Hemisphere - to legalize same-sex marriage. Queer people in Canada enjoy many of the same legal rights as heterosexuals, and social acceptance of homosexuality has grown exponentially. But are these the goals that queer activists hoped to achieve? Is this legal regulation and normalization of homosexuality what the lesbian and gay liberation movement of the early 1970s fought for? Using the origins of this movement as a starting point, About Canada: Queer Rights examines the history of the struggle for queer rights in Canada to create a better understanding of the present. What Peter Knegt finds is that Canada's queer people are as diverse and multicultural as Canada itself - they are not easily generalized and have most certainly not achieved equality., Is Canada a "queer utopia"? Canada was the fourth country in the world - And The first in the Western Hemisphere - to legalize same-sex marriage. Queer people in Canada enjoy many of the same legal rights as heterosexuals, and social acceptance of homosexuality has grown exponentially. But are these the goals that queer activists hoped to achieve? is this legal regulation and normalization of homosexuality what the Gay Liberation Movement of the early 1970s fought for? Using this liberation movement as a starting point, About Canada: Queer Rights examines the history of the struggle for queer rights in Canada to create a better understanding of the present. What Peter Knegt finds is that Canada's queer people are as diverse and multicultural as Canada itself - they are not easily generalized and have most certainly not achieved equality.

LC Classification NumberHQ76.3.C2K64 2011